The Haunting of Alma Fielding: Hoax Or Haunted?

Alma was 34 years old when the case began.

She lived in a red brick house on Beaverston Road with her husband, Les, their 16-year-old son, Don, and a lodger named George Saunders.

Les worked as a builder and a decorator.

George repaired shoes.

From the outside, the Fieldings appeared to be an ordinary working family living a comfortable suburban life.

Then on February 13th, Alma was struck by an intense pelvic pain connected to a kidney condition that had troubled her since she was a child.

She went home shaking, feverish, and in pain.

A few days later, Les joined her in bed.

He had recently undergone dental surgery and his gums were bleeding badly.

The first major disturbance began while both of them were ill.

Objects flew across the bedroom.

A jar of face cream shot towards the door.

Coins struck the lodger.

Don came running from the next room and had to duck.

Then the bedside lamp went dark.

The bulb had vanished from its socket.

It was found unbroken and reportedly still hot on a chair across the room.

Over the next several days, the destruction spread through the house.

Glasses shattered, doors moved, furniture shifted, a wardrobe crashed onto Don's bed while he was staying with a neighbor.

By the time the investigators examined the damage, the Fieldings claimed that dozens of glasses, cups, bowls, light bulbs, and eggs had been broken.