{"id":2283,"date":"2024-06-14T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist.jpg"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:38:28","slug":"the-baltimore-poltergeist","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/hauntings\/poltergeists\/the-baltimore-poltergeist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Poltergeist, by Michael Naver and Travis Kidd"},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-2283","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-210x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"&quot;The Baltimore Poltergeist&quot; by Michael Naver and Travis Kidd, From Tomorrow, Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 1960 The chandelier swung violently, pitchers and bottles crashed, a sugar bowl leaped, and an incense burner flew off the shelf. To any outside observer, the Edgar G. Jones family would appear as a model of a closely-knit, happy household. Lodged in a pleasant six-room brick house in a quiet residential section of Baltimore, the Joneses are three generations of a family - to all appearances, a harmonious, self-sufficient family. Yet the observer need only have entered the house between January 14 and February 8, 1960, to discover how far from the case this was. A succession of breaking, cracking, flying and exploding objects had left the house a shambles and tightened the family&#039;s nerves to the breaking point. More eerie yet, the events had fallen generally into the classic pattern of the poltergeist, or so-called &quot;noisy ghost&quot; phenomena. Edgar G. Jones, the homeowner, is a retired fireman, home for good after thirty-seven years of service in the Baltimore Fire Department. He is taciturn, almost phlegmatic, but he has fond [text continues on next page]\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-1075x1536.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-1433x2048.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/The-Baltimore-Poltergeist-scaled.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Poltergeist haunted the Jones family of Baltimore between January 14 and February 8, 1960. <\/p>\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/hauntings\/poltergeists\/baltimore-poltergeist-2\/\">next page<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Baltimore Poltergeist,&#8221; Michael Naver and Travis Kidd, from <em>Tomorrow<\/em>, Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 1960, pg. 9, Folder &#8220;Baltimore Poltergeist,&#8221; Box D, Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation collection, Collection 331, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/hauntings\/poltergeists\/baltimore-poltergeist\/\">\u2190 Back to &#8220;Baltimore Poltergeist&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Poltergeist haunted the Jones family of Baltimore between January 14 and February 8, 1960. See: next page &#8220;The Baltimore Poltergeist,&#8221; Michael Naver and Travis Kidd, from Tomorrow, Vol.&hellip;<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"\"The Baltimore Poltergeist\" by Michael Naver and Travis Kidd, From Tomorrow, Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 1960 The chandelier swung violently, pitchers and bottles crashed, a sugar bowl leaped, and an incense burner flew off the shelf. To any outside observer, the Edgar G. Jones family would appear as a model of a closely-knit, happy household. Lodged in a pleasant six-room brick house in a quiet residential section of Baltimore, the Joneses are three generations of a family - to all appearances, a harmonious, self-sufficient family. Yet the observer need only have entered the house between January 14 and February 8, 1960, to discover how far from the case this was. A succession of breaking, cracking, flying and exploding objects had left the house a shambles and tightened the family's nerves to the breaking point. More eerie yet, the events had fallen generally into the classic pattern of the poltergeist, or so-called \"noisy ghost\" phenomena. Edgar G. Jones, the homeowner, is a retired fireman, home for good after thirty-seven years of service in the Baltimore Fire Department. 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