The South Shields Poltergeist: One Family's Fight Against an Invisible Intruder

The South Shields Poltergeist recounts a reported haunting that began in 2005, when a young family in South Shields noticed doors opening, chairs moving and their son’s toys behaving violently. The disturbances escalated to scratches, threatening mobile-phone messages, a rocking horse suspended from a ceiling fan and a stuffed rabbit found holding a box cutter. The family’s three-year-old son was also reportedly hidden in strange places and disturbed while sleeping.

Darren W. Ritson and Mike Hallowell investigate the claims, documenting objects balanced at unusual angles and messages appearing on paper and an Etch-A-Sketch. The account also records reported sightings of a large black shadow before the activity abruptly ceased, leaving the family to sell the house and move away.