Meticulously documented, "The South Shields Poltergeist" is a truly terrifying account which details the authors' struggle
with an invisible, malicious entity that threatened and intimidated anyone who dared to stand up to it. Their encounter
may well go down in the annals of psychical research as one of the most chilling true-life encounters of its kind. The
book details the authors' investigation, over a period of several months, into what they believe to be the most intense,
protracted and well-documented case of its kind. A man had his torso slashed severely; knives, coins and other objects
were thrown around; a woman received sinister telephone calls and text messages from numbers that were supposedly
disconnected; and children's toys spoke to the investigators. The book is based on the testimonies of those who actually
experienced the South Shields Poltergeist at first hand.
Almost ten years on after the famous South Shields Poltergeist case of 2006, and its disturbing book of 2008, Darren W.
Ritson and Michael J. Hallowell bring you Contagion, a fascinating and ground-breaking new study of the world of
poltergeist activity. After researching a number of different and bewildering poltergeist cases, post-South Shields, the
authors have come to some startling conclusions and raise some serious thought-provoking hypotheses regarding the
aspect of poltergeistry known as 'contagion'. Contagion is one of many facets of the poltergeist phenomenon and, if it so
desires, can touch all those that choose to investigate it - no one is safe. During the years subsequent to the South
Shields case, both authors were subjected to poltergeist 'contagion' which, after studying these events and further cases,
brought them to conclude that they may not have been as free of the South Shields entity as they had previously - and
somewhat naively - thought. This book was originally completed and ready for publication in 2009, but due to unforeseen
circumstances and situations out of the authors' hands, they decided to wait until now to release these new accounts,
along with hitherto unpublished material and photographs pertaining to the 2006 case. With a foreword by the late Colin
Wilson (1931-2013) this book promises to be one of the most controversial paranormal publications of recent years and
create some serious debate about the nature of the poltergeist phenomenon.
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