Thursday Talk on 'World's Most Haunted House: The Bridgeport Poltergeist'

The story of the 1974 Bridgeport, Connecticut poltergeist is at last revealed in Bill Hall’s book, The World’s Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street. A crowd of more than 2,000 onlookers gathered.

National media reported jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, and attacking entities. Decades after the publicity quieted, more than 40 hours of never-before released interviews with police officers, firefighters, and others tell the story as it actually unfolded.

Presenter and author William J. Hall was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the events of this book took place. He watched the news coverage of the Lindley Street haunting on TV when he was 10 years old. Hall is professionally equipped to recognize trickery.

After more than 25 years as a performing magician, he knows how to create and recognize illusions. He is experienced in researching the unexplained, from folklore and urban legend to fortune telling, the pyramids, and other mysterious tales.

His syndicated 1990’s column “Magic and the Unknown” ran for six years in multiple local papers in his home state. Hall has two sons and resides in Plainville, Connecticut.

This program will be held at the Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow Street on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Registration is requested at 860-658-7663 or the Simsbury Library website. Free and open to all.