Bridgeport, CT | With a remarkable range of witnesses—police, firefighters, religious leaders, and neighbors—reporting impossible events, this might be one of the most convincing cases of poltergeist activity. We are breaking from our current season on Los Angeles and taking a trip to 1974 Bridgeport, Connecticut to tell the story of the Goodin family haunting on Lindley Street.
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🔎 Want to see how deep this story really goes? Here’s the full set of sources we used:
-Associated Press. (1974, November 28). Girl admits hoax: some not convinced. Brandon Sun.
-Byrnes, P. (2013, July 12). The devil among us. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Publishing. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
-Cop Says Girl Tells of Hoax. (1974). Used by permission of Connecticut Post, Hearst Conn. Media Group.
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-Geller, H. (1976, January 18). All's quiet with Goodins on Lindley but who knows? The Bridgeport Post. https://www.newspapers.com/image/60537788/
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-https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/local/2015/04/13/marsha-godin-next-kin/25731001/
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-Officials Close Books on Lindley Street Hoax. (1974). Used by permission of Connecticut Post, Hearst Conn. Media Group.
-Patrick, M. (1997, October 24). Truth or scare? Ghost hunters' stories fail to rattle skeptics. Connecticut Post, 6, Front Page, A14.
-The true story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist, Midday Author Program. (2017, October 13). Newtown Bee, p. 6A. Available from NewsBank: Access World News. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/167A6240F998EB38
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