The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of The Battersea Poltergeist
James Clark · Shirley Hitchings
Jun 2021 · Little, Brown Book Group · Narrated by Alice Lowe
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It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher Harold Chibbett, whose case-files appear here - by learning to write. Soon, the spirit had begun to make simply incredible claims about his identity, insisting that he was one of the most famous figures in world history - but what was the truth? Here, for the first time, is the full story, told by the woman right at the hear of it all - Shirley herself.
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Shirley Hitchings was at the centre of this incredible haunting. She still possesses the original files of the psychical researcher who investigated these events, as well as her family's journals from the time. Now that her children have grown up, she can finally reveal the full story.
James Clark has been researching London's ghost stories for almost twenty years. He is a member of The Ghost Club and was the librarian for the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) for many years. His titles included Haunted London and Haunted Wandsworth.
James Clark has been researching London's ghost stories for almost twenty years. He is a member of The Ghost Club and was the librarian for the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) for many years. His titles included Haunted London and Haunted Wandsworth.
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