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#290 The Battersea Poltergeist

When a strange silver key appeared at No. 63 Wycliffe Road, Shirley Hitchings and her family had no idea what was in store for them. It wasn't long before ghost hunter Harold Chibbett was living with the family, trying desperately to capture evidence of the legendary Battersea Poltergeist.


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