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MYS295: One of the most pivotal poltergeist cases involved a Catholic family in New York in 1958. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the strange events, including popping bottle caps, and explore why this poltergeist case was so pivotal and what may have been responsible.

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Links for this episode:

• The original Pratt and Roll article on this case is not presently accessible to the public online
• Nandor Fodor’s book On the Trail of the Poltergeist
• Fodor and Carrington’s book Haunted People: The Story of Poltergeists Down the Centuries
• The movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
• William Roll’s 2003 article Poltergeists, Electromagnetism, and Consciousness
• Psi-Encyclopedia article on the Seaford Poltergeist
• Psi-Encyclopedia article on Poltergeists (Overview)
• March 17, 1958 Life Magazine article on the case
• Mysteries at the Museum (video)

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