Â鶹Éç

Available for over a year

In a restored archive documentary, originally broadcast on Radio 4 in 1978, Rosalind Morris tells the story of a series of seemingly inexplicable events which took place at 284 Green Street in En-field, North London. The family who lived there believed they were being haunted by a poltergeist. On the evening of 31st August 1977, mother-of-four Peggy Hodgson witnessed a chest of drawers moving by itself in her children’s bedroom. This was the first in a series of inexplicable events which would last for 18 months. These included objects flying around the room, incessant knocking, levitation, and a gravelly voice which seemed to emanate from the youngest daughter, Janet Hodgson. In total, over 30 eyewitnesses reported seeing strange activity at the house, making it Britain’s best-documented paranormal case. Â鶹Éç reporter Rosalind Morris was one of the first to report on the case and revisited the family on numerous occasions to make this 1978 documentary. She conducted extensive interviews with those at the heart of the case, including the Hodgson family, their neighbours, and paranormal investigators Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair. She also captured rare recordings of the unusual knocking sounds and the gruff voice coming from Janet. Presenter: Rosalind Morris Producer: Sally Thompson Contributors: Peggy Hodgson, who lived in the house Vic Nottingham, her next-door neighbour Peggy Nottingham, his wife Graham Morris, a photographer with the ‘Daily Mirror’ Maurice Grosse, an investigator with the Society for Psychical Research Guy Lyon Playfair, another investigator Janet Hodgson, Peggy’s youngest daughter Margaret Hodgson, Peggy’s other daughter Ron Denny, a sound engineer John Burcombe, Peggy Hodgson’s brother Professor John Hasted, Birkbeck College Hazel Short, a lollipop lady John Rainbow, a local bakers’ roundsman David Robinson, an undergraduate who studied the activity Professor Hans Bender, a leading authority on the subject of poltergeists This restored programme is a Whistledown Production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4.