The Enfield haunting, the most famous haunting event in 20th century Britain, is about a single mother and her four children moving into a house in the town of Enfield, where a series of unexplainable phenomena occurred. The American horror movie "The Conjuring" was adapted from the Enfield haunting, which makes it difficult to distinguish whether the event is true or false.
In 1977, Peggy Hodgson, a single mother, moved into a house at 284 Green Street in the town of Enfield (near London) with her four children: 12-year-old Margaret, 11-year-old Janet, 10-year-old Johnny, and 7-year-old Billy. After moving into the house, unexplainable phenomena began to occur, such as loud knocking sounds on the walls, furniture moving by itself, and mysterious stones appearing in the house. It was very eerie.
At the beginning, although Peggy and her family were terrified, they were able to endure it. However, on August 30, 1977, they broke down! One night, while Peggy was putting her youngest son to bed, Janet suddenly screamed upstairs, claiming that her brother's bed was moving. Peggy didn't see it, so she thought it was Janet's prank and scolded her. But when Peggy went downstairs, she heard furniture moving upstairs again. Angry, she ran upstairs, only to find Janet and her brother trembling together, and the cabinet beside the bed was shaking uncontrollably.
Peggy was instantly stunned, and the terrified family ran out crying and screaming. With the help of their neighbors, they called the police, and the police arrived soon after. However, according to available information, the first group of police officers who arrived on the scene also witnessed some strange things with their own eyes. Female police officer Caroline Sims, who was sent to investigate, reported that she witnessed an armchair fly up and move to the other end of the room without any external force.
The arrival of the police was of no help to the haunted house. Afterward, the haunting phenomenon in the house became more and more intense, even developing to the point where Janet was "possessed" and claimed to be the true owner of the house, named Bill Wilkins. According to the recorded evidence left at the time, Janet described "Bill's" death experience in a creepy, elderly male voice: "Before I died, I couldn't see, and then I started bleeding, and then I went into a coma, and then I was in a chair in the corner downstairs."
After the haunting of Enfield was made public by the media, someone called the newspaper claiming that their father was a previous owner of the house, indeed named Bill, and did die of a sudden illness while living there. The Daily Mail's coverage of the family's ordeal generated a great deal of attention. After being possessed, Janet underwent a variety of medical tests for a month and a half, all of which proved that she was no different from an ordinary person.
Later, researchers installed cameras in the house and captured some controversial footage. On December 15, 1977, the strange phenomena in the house reached a climax. On that day, researchers had already moved all the furniture out of the house. However, in the evening, after a loud noise, the people who rushed into the house found that the fireplace embedded in the wall had been completely dragged out.
Throughout the whole event, we can find a lot of "first-hand evidence" from the parties involved, investigators, police, neighbors, and passersby, all of which suggest that the haunting is real; but the editor still believes that the entire event is a hoax, with the purpose of attracting public attention and media coverage for profit. It is understood that Janet, as an adult, admitted in an interview with the Daily Mail that she had fabricated a small part of the events. However, whether the whole event is true or false depends on how people interpret it.
The authenticity of the Enfield haunting is now unclear, but its influence is significant. The well-known American horror film "The Conjuring 2" is based on it. The movie tells the story of the Perron family moving into their dream home in Rhode Island in 1971. The house is located in a picturesque countryside setting, but a series of terrifying events occur one after another. Ten years later, everyone becomes restless and they ultimately decide to leave Rhode Island.
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