Type of ghost or spirit that moves physical objects.

The story of the poltergeist down the centuries / by Hereward Carrington and Nandor Fodor.

News from Pannier-alley, or, A True relation of some pranks the devil hath play'd with a plaster-pot there.

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Poltergeists

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The story of the poltergeist down the centuries / by Hereward Carrington and Nandor Fodor.

News from Pannier-alley, or, A True relation of some pranks the devil hath play'd with a plaster-pot there.