A photo from open sources
In September 2012, another horror film about “restless house” called “When the lights go out,” directed Pata Holden (made in the UK). This movie notable for the fact that it is shot based on really real poltergeist case that occurred in the late 1960s. in town Pontefract in Yorkshire (England) in the house of Joe and Gene Prichard. IN special literature, this poltergeist is known as a “ghost Black Monk of Pontefract. “Many researchers are abnormal phenomena call this case the most cruel manifestation poltergeist in Europe, which is associated with many aggressive episodes of the phenomenon, aimed primarily at members families. It is known that unusual phenomena in this ill-fated house began in August 1966, almost immediately after moving there Prichard families with their two children: Philip (15 years old) and Diana (12 years). At the same time, the phenomenon didn’t really “swing” and started right away with active manifestations. Puddles of water appeared in the kitchen, and in the living room – incomprehensible “snow” from white powder, lights were lit and went out, pots flew, pieces of wallpaper came to life, objects flew through the air, buffets and cupboards shook, knocks were heard everywhere, and very often in the house suddenly became cold. Besides poltergeist liked to arrange different tricks with slow flights items in the air. One of the similar episodes where flying candlesticks occurred in the presence of a local vicar Mr. Davy, who himself was convinced of the presence of “something evil” in home.
A photo from open sources Photo of the real house of Prichard from the inside.
At the second stage of his manifestations, the poltergeist translated his aggression on family members, primarily on Philip, and subsequently to his little sister Diana. The fact is that in 1966, Dyna most of the time she was away from home, and so the “ghost” directed his leprosy mainly on her brother Philip. In 1968, when Diana returned home (she was already 14 years old), poltergeist “woke up” again, but having already focused most of his attention to the daughter of Prichard. In one such case the nightstand soaring into the air tightly pressed the poor girl to the wall. In another episode, an invisible force tried to strangle teenager dragging her sweater up the stairs. Only the intervention of father and mother allowed Diana to be freed from asphyxiation. At the same time, reddened marks from fingers of the ghost. Exorcism sessions held several times in house only led to an increase in the activity of the phenomenon. After one of such sessions all the crucifixes in the house were pointedly upside down. Although, in general, Pritchards are accustomed to the presence of “Mr. None “or” Fred “(as they called him), but every night the situation complicated. As Prichardy noted, already at the end of the paranormal activity in their home, they began to periodically see high a figure resembling a black monk in the hood that they subsequently associated with “Mr. Nobody.” After the episode with asphyxiation, which was the climax of the poltergeist, Philip hung garlic all over the house. Strange, but it worked. After years of terror, Fred disappeared and never showed again again. The well-known paranormal researcher Colin Wilson. His original the view was that the Pontefrat poltergeist was more degree is associated precisely with the activity of the ghost, than, as in the case classic poltergeist, with some involuntary activity psyche, say Philip or Diana. Wilson noted that analysis of all episodes of this poltergeist speaks about the manifestation of a specific reason, and its excessive aggressiveness towards the house and members family cannot be connected with the psyche of Diana or Philip. Friend Wilson, local historian Tom Cannif partially confirmed initial hypothesis of a psycho-researcher. Cannif studied history of these places and found that Prichard’s house is located on the site of the former the gallows where in the reign of Henry VIII was hanged for rape of a certain monk of the cluni order. True afterwards Wilson himself did not find evidence of execution or violence and therefore turned to the observations of Rene Aldan, who identified underground streams with a “naiad field” (wet place holding localized electromagnetic field). According to the hypothesis of T.K. Lethbridge it is ideal for “mental” prints of emotional stress. Based on this, Wilson is changing its original opinion on the Pontefract poltergeist and concludes that the decision the secrets lie in the geomagnetic properties of the area. In his opinion, in such places the human psychic energy and geomagnetic properties terrain can somehow interact and produce all kinds of phenomena. Although Wilson did not completely abandon of the original idea and assumed that in Prichard’s house they could two factors act: the ghost factor and the special factor mental states of man. The researcher noted that an awakened entity could pick up the mood from the Proverbs and their friends, and her powers supported subconscious participation as well the abilities of the medium are in Philip, and later in Diana. In the movie “When the lights go out, “the creators initially changed some of the details real story. First of all, the scene and the names of the main characters. Family composition decreased by one person, remained only father, mother and their daughter. But at the same time the overall picture of events and the general meaning of everything that happens in the film is in many ways related to real events in Pontefract. Typically shown problems of the poor English family, representatives of the worker classes that they know how to resist life adversity. Against the background of everyday difficulties, fate presents them also paranormal problems. From point of view Researchers, the film turned out to be close enough to reality, reflecting the nature of the course of a typical exuberant poltergeist. The picture was shot in the UK, so there is no Hollywood gloss and simulated drama. Yes, and the real story itself is not needs exaggeration and embellishment, so it is originally there were enough dramatic events and vivid paranormal incident. It’s not for nothing that the Pontefract poltergeist still considered the most brutal poltergeist in Europe.
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