Colin Wilson - Poltergeist: A Classic Study in Destructive Hauntings

About the Author

Colin Wilson lives in Cornwall, England, and has written over fifty books on crime, philosophy, and the occult, including the best-selling The Outsider, The Occult, and Mysteries.

Many people have provided me with invaluable assistance and information for this book. Nick Clark-Lowes, the librarian of the Society for Psychical Research, went to immense trouble to find for me information about the Bingen poltergeist, contacting Michael Goss on my behalf; he in turn went to considerable inconvenience to find the relevant passage in Fuldas Annales and to have it translated for me by Mrs. M. Duffield. Fr. Brocard Sewell, O. Carm, also translated for me some relevant passages from Grimms German Mythology . Guy Playfair provided me with dozens of invaluable references. Joe Cooper kindly lent me the typescript of his book on the Cottingley fairies and has given me permission to quote from it. Dennis Stacey and Stephen Spickard have sent me quantities of interesting material from America, including the Chua case. Tony Britton pointed out to me the relevance of A True Fairy Story by Daphne Charters. Robert Cracknell provided me with invaluable assistance and advice in looking into the Croydon case, and Maurice Grosses speculations and suggestions were most helpful. Leonard Boucher and Harold Phelps wrote down, at my request, personal experiences that I have used in the book. Stephen Jenkins always responded promptly and generously to queries about ley lines. My sister Susan provided me with material on the Billingham case and the Humber Stone. Mr. Thomas Cunniff provided invaluable material and advice during the compilation of this book. Finally, my thanks to Brian Marriner, an invaluable research assistant.

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