• The Poltergeist Prince of London

  • The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist
  • By: James Clark, Shirley Hitchings
  • Narrated by: Alice Lowe
  • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Poltergeist Prince of London

By: James Clark,Shirley Hitchings
Narrated by: Alice Lowe
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Publisher's summary

It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher Harold Chibbett, whose case files appear here - by learning to write. Soon, the spirit had begun to make simply incredible claims about his identity, insisting that he was one of the most famous figures in world history - but what was the truth? Here, for the first time, is the full story, told by the woman right at the heart of it all - Shirley herself.

©2013 Shirley Hitchings, James Clark (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK
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Surprisingly boring.

Seriously wanted to like this, but found it tedious and unbelievable from the start to the last. Can't recommend..

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  • 06-21-21

Entertaining enough to keep you guessing

Genuinely interesting biography of a poltergeist or psychic phenomena or whatever the hell was going on in that house, I’ve never read a book that personalizes the terror so engagingly.

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  • A. McKechnie
  • 11-05-21

Stick to the podcast - waste of time

I bought this after listening to the BBC podcast. What a waste of time. I felt sorry for Mr Chibbett who appears to have been conned by Shirley and her family. There may be a grain of truth in the poltergeist story but 99.5% fabricated in a very obvious way.
The book is badly written and oh so boring and becomes more and more silly with every chapter.
The performance is ok but nothing special. Ok

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  • Martina Murphy
  • 11-25-21

Rubbish

What utter rubbish. I could have believed all the tappings and objects flying about, but when the poltergeist started to put up Christmas decorations and write letters, whilst magically attaching stamps - I'm afraid I almost lost the will to live and couldn't wait for the narration to end. I would have stopped part way through, but felt like it was a waste of my monthly subscription fee! Don't go there.

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