The World’s Most Haunted House

The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street

By: William J. Hall

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1974. 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. In The World's Most Haunted House, listeners will:

• Relive the experience, the terror, the rampant emotions, and the unexplainable events that took place in that house as they happened
• Have access to revealing excerpts from actual interviews, police reports, and rare documents
• Access unreleased audio, poltergeist sounds, and an old radio broadcast

With The World's Most Haunted House, return to 1974 and feel the Lindley Street experience from the inside. Find out why it is deemed the haunting that should have brought the paranormal into mainstream science.

©2014 William J. Hall (P)2016 Tantor

Critic reviews

"This work is a contribution to the nonfiction paranormal genre and one that needs to be read." (Edwin F. Becker, author of True Haunting)

True Story

What drew me to this book is that it's an actual story. But it left much to be desired as far as experience. Rating given as props to real story and coverage.

Good documentation.

Over all, good documentation. Nicely told. A bit slow in the beginning.,however it picks up. Good follow up at the end. Nice to know what happened to the people involved.

Unpredictable & Scary

If you enjoy the paranormal this book is for you. The story is riveting, interesting and thought provoking.

Superb!!!

Would you listen to The World’s Most Haunted House again? Why?

I've already listened twice, and read in hardcopy three times!

What did you like best about this story?

The dark journalism kept me on the edge of my seat!

What does Stephen R. Thorne bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He didn't. Plainly, the narrator didn't capture the scary edge to this book.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both, but mostly it gave me the chills horror lovers crave.

Any additional comments?

If you haven't read William J Hall, you've really missed out! He's scary because he gets to the hard facts of a story in a fine journalistic way others don't. I couldn't put it down. Even better in hardcopy.

A factual book. Not a spooky one.

An incredible event like this, deserves a better re-telling.

It was factual, which is good. There’s no hyperbole. I just feel like it could have been told in a more interesting way.

It was a little disappointing.

Stephen R. Thorne knocks it out of the park!!!

I have had the pleasure of listening to (6) other books narrated by Master of His Craft, Stephen R Thorne, this one being the magical number 7.

I really cannot give this man enough praise for his work. He is astoundingly well spoken, with a voice that is an absolute joy to listen to, no matter the subject content.

I can honestly say that I would be seriously tempted to listen to his narration of a purely technical specifications manual if it so existed.

The book was well written, layed out, and expertly executed, a must read for anyone curious about the validity of the paranormal.

Loved the primary story!

I loved everything about the book except for the one chapter reviewing what he character said during an interview. I feel it threw me off a bit, but overall, I stuck to the book like glue.

Exceptional look into a forgotten incident.

DO NOT listen to the reviews saying this "wasn't scary" as that is not the point of this book (though I would argue it DOES get verrry creepy). These "reviewers" wanted a scary movie, not a non-fiction account of a real haunted house. If you believe this incident was real or not, William J Hall does a very good job delivering the facts. I'm shocked this isn't as famous as The Amityville Horror or the Belle Witch. Stephen R Thorne is the perfect narrator here. A perfect mix of news reporter and actor when needed. If you like true unexplained tales of paranormal phenomena and liked to be creeped out... this one is for you. Though I must say the story of the Daughter is a sad one... and WHY did they leave her in that house and put her through the potential danger of injury? Surely someone could have taken her in? But I guess the mother was too controlling and would have never had let that happen. Just get this book... wow.

Professionally researched.

I always approach books on this topic with a jaundice eye. Especially after reading that somehow the infamous Warrens were involved in this ‘haunting’ my eyebrow went up even further. But the author is extremely detail oriented & covered every single question the normal human being would ask. There is only one other alleged poltergeist experience I halfway believe, and that is the Enfield Haunting. Given the authors, extreme detailing and research, there is no doubt in my mind that this phenomenon actually truly exists. It’s a shame this author isn’t a professional journalist. His work ethic and logical deductive analysis was something that was once expected in all investigatory research. This book could be used as an example in journalism school.

Objective and Informative

This is a very straightforward account of the goings on surrounding this unique phenomenon. I was very impressed with the efforts made by the aauthor to state the facts without dramatization and editorializing. very credible- and very fascinating.