After nearly being raped by a local shoemaker named Bob MacNeal, Esther started experiencing violent poltergeist activity including moving objects and loud noises.
As all the doors and windows to the room were still locked when we discovered the scene, we first suspected a poltergeist.
Check out these poltergeist snapshots and the accompanying stories.
Hear about our legendary haunted vaults, home of the notorious, violent and misogynistic South Bridge Poltergeist.
If the shadow leaves you cold, we hear tell the cells there have been plagued by a poltergeist too.
In 1907, in northern Ireland, a farmer's house was troubled with flying stones (see Poltergeist).
In a few very rare cases, there may be a ghost that can manifest small amounts of poltergeist activity through the use of psychokinetic energy; however, this is rarer than popular culture and media would have you believe.
Instead, a poltergeist is believed to be a form of psychokinetic energy manifested by a living person who is unaware of what they are doing.
It has been an active scene of poltergeist activity since the 1980s.
Other poltergeist cases can seem even more frightening than this, with objects being hurled through the air and light bulbs exploding.
Others experience the sort of poltergeist activity that Tennessee farmer John Bell experienced in 1817 at the hands of the famous entity known as the Bell Witch.
Poltergeist, in 1982, brought ghosts into a family's familiar home, threatening the youngest member of the family.
Staff members of the restaurants housed here reportedly have seen ghosts and witnessed poltergeist pranks.
Still, research has revealed that poltergeist cases are almost always caused by a living human.
The Windmill The Windmill was once said to be haunted by a poltergeist.
Within paranormal realms, poltergeist hauntings are often the most feared because they can be terrifying and even violent.