poltergeists
Noisy invisible pranksters
Poltergeists are ghosts or supernatural entities believed to cause physical disturbances—knocking sounds, objects moving or flying, furniture shaking.
The word comes from German for "noisy ghost." Unlike apparitions that merely appear, poltergeists make their presence known through chaos: The poltergeist hurled dishes across the kitchen.
Skeptics attribute poltergeist activity to fraud, natural causes, or psychological phenomena.
Disturbingly unforgettable
- ghostApparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- manifestationOutward display of something
- entityIndependent existing thing
apparition · supernatural · séance · medium · ectoplasm · paranormal · specter · wraith
Tangible items or protests
- thrownPropelled by arm
- movingEmotionally affecting
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
knocking · banging · telekinesis · furniture · doors · slamming · crashes · breakage
Central European language
- noisyProducing much sound
- ghostApparition of the dead
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
superstition · tradition · haunted · house · castle · manor · Victorian · medieval
haunting
Disturbingly unforgettable
- ghostApparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- manifestationOutward display of something
entity · apparition · supernatural · séance · medium · ectoplasm · paranormal · specter · wraith · possession
objects
Tangible items or protests
- thrownPropelled by arm
- movingEmotionally affecting
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
noise · knocking · banging · telekinesis · furniture · doors · slamming · crashes · breakage · flying
German
Central European language
myth · superstition · tradition · haunted · house · castle · manor · Victorian · medieval · folklore
paranormal
Beyond scientific explanation
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- ghostApparition of the dead
- hunterPursuer of prey
EMF · detector · camera · recording · EVP · evidence · documentation · debunking · skeptic · hoax
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- HooperBarrel-ring maker
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
Spielberg · static · Carol · Anne · portal · closet · clown · tree · sequel · remake
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, apparition, paranormal phenomena
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- ghostsapparitions, ghosts, apparition, phantoms, specter
- hauntingsghosts, apparition, apparitions, ghost sighting, phantoms
- Gothic castledungeons, towers, turrets, battlements, drawbridges
- Invisiblesair, atoms, electrons, gravity, magnetism
poltergeistsguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
spirit guides · ancestor spirits · household gods · penates · Casper
- poltergeist activityNoisy spirit phenomena