Halloween is the time of year when interest in the paranormal peaks and people celebrate all things supernatural. Of particular fascination are stories and tales of ghosts and ghouls and poltergists.

The sight of small blonde girls watching television is guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of anyone who has watched the movie Poltergeist. We’re right to be terrified, say physicists. Children ...

Poltergeists are a frightening breed of paranormal entity. With their ability to move objects and influence the environment around them, those who claim to have witnessed them are usually left ...

There are few things we enjoy more than a good scare - as long as it's not real or happening to us. But over the years, there have been reports of families in Greater Manchester being terrorised out ...

Sure, some of those same Conjuring-lite enterprises, and even a few franchise entries, have endeavored for more tactility—Annabelle: Creation comes to mind. But writ large, the scares and physicality ...