Topic: Enfield Poltergeist

Enfield Poltergeist comes up in 2 chapters across 2 episodes of The Higherside Chats Free Show, from June 2024 to August 2025.

June 2024 August 2025

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Seriah Azkath | The Paranormal Subculture, High Strangeness, & Magical Practice
• 17:40 - 20:15

Seriah Azkath | The Paranormal Subculture, High Strangeness, & Magical Practice

Psychokinetic Energy, Liminal Stress and Poltergeists

The Extra-Terrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) is criticized as a potential military or CIA red herring, with the hosts favoring a model based on psychokinetic (PK) energy. They discuss how poltergeist activity often manifests during liminal periods of high stress, such as puberty or major life transitions. The Enfield Poltergeist is cited as a primary example of how human-generated energy can trigger external physical phenomena.

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Shannon Taggart | Spiritualist History, Seance Photography, & Ectoplasm
• 24:40 - 29:55

Shannon Taggart | Spiritualist History, Seance Photography, & Ectoplasm

Fraud as a Feature of Paranormal Phenomena

Shannon Taggart proposes that fraud might be an inherent "feature" of paranormal events rather than a reason to dismiss them entirely. Citing psychologist Kenneth Batcheldor, she explains the theory of "artifact induction," where fraudulent actions might actually lower psychological barriers and allow genuine "psi" to manifest. The discussion covers how reality seems to protect itself by framing participants as frauds when consensus reality is challenged. Examples include the Enfield Poltergeist case, where children admitted to faking some events despite investigators witnessing genuine anomalies.

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