A closer look

Nothing strikes terror quite like an 11-year-old girl suddenly barking in the gravelly voice of a deceased, foul-mouthed old man. The 1973 Enfield poltergeist case centered on a suburban haunting where a tween seemingly channeled a former tenant named Bill, who loved to complain about dying of a hemorrhage in a chair. Whether it was legitimate household haunting or just the greatest ventriloquist prank of the 70s, it completely baffled investigators.