June 2, 2025
Terrifying & True | The Herrmann Family Poltergeist – America’s First Televised Haunting!

In 1958, a quiet Long Island home became the site of one of the most explosive poltergeist cases in U.S. history. Bottles popped, furniture flew, and even police and scientists were baffled. Was it a hoax, psychokinesis, or something darker? Discover the mystery of “Popper,” the infamous Herrmann poltergeist.
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In nineteen fifty eight, bottles exploded, furniture flu and police
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watched in disbelief, all inside a quiet suburban home in
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Long Island. The Hermann family poltergeist, later known as Popper,
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sparked a media frenzy, scientific study, and national fear.
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What you were about to take burn? Based on witness accounts, testimonies,
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and public record, this is terrifying and true.
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Seaford, Long Island, February nineteen fifty eight, In a quiet
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suburb urban neighborhood, the Harman family lived an ordinary life
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until something extraordinary shattered their peace. Bottles exploded without warning,
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furniture moved on its own, and inanimate objects took flight,
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witnessed not only by the family but by police, reporters
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and scientists alike. Authorities searched for natural explanations, but none
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were found. Some blamed a prank, and others suspected the supernatural.
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As the nation watched, chaos grew. We're telling that story
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after this. In early February nineteen fifty eight, the peace
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full routine of a suburban family in Seaford, Long Island
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was suddenly shattered by an invisible intruder. James and Lucille
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Harmon lived with their two children, thirteen year old Lucille
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and twelve year old James Junior, in a typical ranch
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style house in a quiet neighborhood. On the afternoon of
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February third, nineteen fifty eight, strange noises rang out as
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the Harman children returned from school. Lucille Herman heard a
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rapid series of pops echoing through the house. Moments later,
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she discovered, to her astonishment that several sealed bottles in
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various rooms had inexplicably popped open, their caps scattered in contents,
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spilled in the kitchen, bathroom, basement, and bedrooms. No two
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bottles were alike. Holy water, starch, turpentine, shampoo, who and
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other liquids all had burst open simultaneously. All the bottles
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in the house are blowing their tops. Missus Harman frantically
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told her husband over the phone that day six bottles
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with screw on caps, from rubbing alcohol to bleach to
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holy water had opened on their own, ejecting their lids
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as if flung by some unseen force. The family cleaned
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up the odd mess in confusion. Since no one was
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hurt and no further disturbances occurred immediately. They initially wrote
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it off as a freak incident or a chemical coincidence.
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James Herman, an airline employee with a logical mindset, theorized
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that perhaps unusual humidity or a chemical reaction had built
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up pressure in the containers. But to his puzzlement, all
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the bottles had secured twist caps, not loose corks. What
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natural process could unscrew them. Two uneventful days passed, lulling
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the Hermuns into thinking the episode was a one time fluke. Then,
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on February sixth, just as the children arrived home from school,
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the mysterious phenomenon recurred again. A half dozen household bottles
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abruptly popped their lids and spilled their contents in rapid succession.
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A bottle of nail polish, a container of rubbing alcohol,
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a detergent, a bottle of bleach, some starch, even the
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same holy water flask on missus Herman's dresser all suddenly
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sprang open in an almost identical replay of the initial incident.
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Startled and alarmed, the family began to realize something truly
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bizarre was happening in their home. When the bottle lids
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popped for a third time the following evening, Friday, February seventh,
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James Herman's initial skepticism gave way to suspicion. He began
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to eye his science loving son, Jimmy as a potential
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prankster behind these cap popping capers. Perhaps, he theorized the
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boy had secretly rigged the bottles with some chemical pellets
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or homemade trick to scare the family, timing the pops
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to coincide with his return from school. Determined to catch
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the culprit, the father spent that weekend quietly observing Jimmy's
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every move, searching for any evidence of tampering. On Sunday,
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February ninth, James Herman's watchfulness was rewarded, but not in
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the way he expected. That morning, as the family went
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about their routine, several caps abruptly popped off bottle of starch, turpentine,
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and holy water right in front of him, the bottles
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rocking on the shelves as their contents spewed out. Mister
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Herman had been keeping a close eye on Jimmy the
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entire time, and the boy was nowhere near these containers.
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How could the child have possibly engineered this from afar.
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Baffled and growing fearful, the father confronted his son in
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the bathroom, where Jimmy was calmly brushing his teeth. James
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Herman angrily accused the boy of staging an elaborate hoax.
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But before Jimmy could protest too much, two more bottles
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moved on their own, as if to testify to the
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boy's innocence. Right before the father's eyes, a medicine bottle
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slid across the bathroom vanity and plopped into the sink,
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and a moment later, a shampoo bottle glided in a
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different direction and tumbled to the floor. Both bottles had
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been sitting securely on the counter just seconds before. Mister
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Herrmann's skepticism evaporated. He could no longer deny that an
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unseen force was at work in his home. After checking
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under the sink and around the bathroom for wires, magnets,
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or any trickery and finding nothing, the deeply unsettled father
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realized these incidents defied any conventional explanation, at least that
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he could imagine. Unsure where else to turn, James Herman
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reached out to local authorities. He phoned the Nassau County
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Police Department, struggling to convince the desk lieutenant that this
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was not a prank call. Detective Joseph Tozzi, a level
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headed veteran officer, was assigned to investigate the the Herman home,
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though he suspected there must be a rational explanation or
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perhaps a mischievous human hand behind it all. That same day,
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Patrolman James Hughes was dispatched to the house to take
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an initial report. Hughes arrived skeptical, surely this would turn
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out to be nothing more than an overwrought homeowner or
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a practical joke, But within minutes, Officer Hughes personally witnessed
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the otherworldly activity and had a dramatic change of heart.
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As the entire family gathered nervously in the living room,
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a sudden crack echoed from the bathroom. Hughes rushed to
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investigate and found that yet another bottle had overturned on
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its own. He had just inspected that bathroom moments before
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and swore that everything had been in order. Even more,
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shot several bottles abruptly popped their caps and shot their
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contents toward the startled officer. As if he were being
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deliberately targeted. Hughes was astonished. He later admitted he briefly
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wondered if the nutcase call might actually be real. Convinced
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now that the family truly needed help, the patrolman radioed
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in a perplexing report something unexplainable was occurring at the
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Herman residence. By the second week of February nineteen fifty eight,
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the Herman home had become a locusts of unpredictable chaos.
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Detective Tazzi began around the clock vigil at the house
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on February eleventh, intent on observing the occurrence's first hand
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and catching any possible hoaxer in the act. Initially, Tazi
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remained doubtful and methodical, making detailed notes of each incident,
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interviewing the family and neighbours, and systematically testing theories. But
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as he spent day and night in the residence, the
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disturbances only escalated in number and intensity, gradually convincing the
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detective that something truly anomalous was unfolding. Over the next
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several days, seemingly no room or object was safe from
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the inexplicable activity. Small porcelain and plastic figurines began to
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move and fly about as if of their own accord,
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in some cases hurling themselves with such force that they
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shattered on impact. One particularly unsettling incident occurred on February fifteen.
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While the Hermann children and their visiting cousin, thirty four
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year old Marie Mirtha, sat in the living room watching television,
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A delicate porcelain figurine on an end table began to
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twitch and wobble on its own, then suddenly launched into
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the air in front of their eyes. The figurine shot
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about two feet through the air and crashed to the
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floor with a sharp report, yet astonishingly, it did not break.
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Miss Mirtha was flabbergasted. She insisted to Detective Tazzi that
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neither she nor the children had been anywhere near the
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figurine when it flew. They could not have touched it
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even if they'd wanted to. This dramatic display left the
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family badly shaken and provided the first non family eye
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witness aside from police, to the Poltergeist's antics. As the
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days went on, the invisible assailant grew bolder, toppling larger
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and heavier pieces of furniture lamps flipped over, end tables
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were found mysteriously overturned, and in one case, a large
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wooden night stand in Jimmy's bedroom up ended itself without warning.
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A twenty five volume set of encyclopedias in the basement
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was strewn about after the hefty bookcase that contained them
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was found flipped upside down, dumping its contents. Even a
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solid mahogany coffee table flipped over in front of witnesses
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as if yanked by unseen hands. On one occasion, Detective
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Tozzy and young Jimmy were walking side by side down
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the basement stairs when a bronze horse statue weighing nearly
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one hundred pounds came hurtling across the cellar and struck
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the detective in the legs. Jimmy was several steps behind
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Tozzy at the time, and no one else was down
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in the basement. The sheer force with which the heavy
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statue had flown was terrifying. Tozzi luckily suffered no serious injury.
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The normally stoic detective found himself at a loss to
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explain how such a thing could happen. Each new incident
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had a random, capricious quality. Objects seemed to leap, slide,
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or smash at different times in different rooms, with no
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consistent pattern beyond one. Twelve year old Jimmy was often
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nearby when trouble struck. In fact, a review of Tozzi's
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notes showed that Jimmy was present or close at hand
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in roughly three out of four incidents, a fact that
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did not go unnoticed by investigators or by mister Harman,
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who had already harbored suspicions about his son. However, there
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were also disturbances that occurred when Jimmy was clearly elsewhere,
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or even when the children were out of the house entirely,
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and multiple independent witnesses had now seen objects move with
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no one near them, seeming to rule out any kind
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of trick that could be done by a bored child.
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By mid February, the relentless parade of phenomena had the
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Harman family nearing a breaking point for the first time.
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They began to flee the house for relief, spending nights
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with relatives on at least four occasions when the activity
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became too intense. The children, who initially might have found
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the odd bottle popping to be a curious thrill, were
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now truly afraid to sleep in their own rooms. The
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Herman's once comfortable home had become a nerve racking stage
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for nightly outbursts of clattering noises and flying objects that
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no one could predict or control. Even ordinarily mundane sounds
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had put them on edge. The family described low rumbles
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echoing through the walls, like the whole house was almost
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caving in at times. Detective Tazzi, meanwhile, was accumulating a
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thick case file documenting each unexplained occurrence in precise detail.
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By his count, Dozens upon dozens of incidents were logged
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over the course of a few short weeks, sixty seven
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separate disturbances by the end of the episode. Yet despite
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his careful cataloging of events and his dogged attempts at
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rational investigation, Tozi was no closer to identifying a culprit,
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let alone a cause. After roughly two weeks of this
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inexplicable siege, word of the herman House poltergeist leaked out
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to the press. What had begun as the Herman's private
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nightmare soon became public spectacle. By late February nineteen fifty eight,
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news media from across the country descended on sixteen forty
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eight Redwood Path in Seaford, turning the quiet suburban lane
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into a carnival of reporters, photographers and curiosity seekers. The
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strange case of the Long Island Poltergeist made headlines in
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major newspapers. Journalists from the New York Times, Newsday, and
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even the London Evening News traveled to witness events first hand.
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Life Magazine ran a photo essay titled House of Flying Objects,
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A Ghostly mystery, Plagues of Family and baffles. The Experts
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and Time magazine published an article in its religion section
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dubiously titled Long Island's Poltergeist. The Herman Home was soon
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besieged by television crews with bright lights and bulky nineteen
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fifties cameras, hoping to catch the mischievous spirit on film.
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In fact, the case became noted as perhaps the first
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haunting broadcast on American television, with news programs airing footage
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of the aftermath of incidents and live reports from the
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haunted house. Wide eyed TV audiences across the nation watched
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as the Herman's stood by a fallen bookcase in their
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cellar or pointed out dense in walls and furniture from
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airborne objects. The unseen entity, nick named Popper by the
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press for its penchant for popping bottle caps, seemed eager
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to perform for this wider audience, or at least the
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phenomena continued unabated under the media spotlight. One visiting reporter,
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Dave Kahan of Newsday even camped overnight in the house
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and personally witnessed multiple disturbances on February twenty third to
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twenty fifth, including an overturned dresser and a toppled lamp,
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which lent further credibility to the hermun's claims. Another journalist,
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John Gold of The London Evening News, was present in
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early March and saw flashbulbs lift off a table and
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hurdle through the air during his visit. The fact that
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skeptical newsmen were coming away convinced that something unexplained was
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occurring only fueled the public fascination. The Harmans, meanwhile, now
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faced not only a mysterious disturbance in their home, but
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also the overwhelming glare of public attention. It was worse
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than the phenomena in some ways, mister Harman later said
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of the crowds of gawkers on his lawn. Day after day,
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Their yard and street were crowded, with reporters scribbling in notepads,
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photographers setting off flashbulbs, and neighbors and curiosity seekers peering
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in hopes of catching a glimpse of moving furniture or
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phantom figures. Some onlookers took it upon themselves to offer
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help or interpretation, ranging from the well meaning to the
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outright bizarre. Letters and phone calls flooded in from far
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and wide. Amateur sleuths proposed all manner of logical sone,
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while occult enthusiasts confidently offered supernatural diagnoses. The Hermans were
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told that Martians had landed nearby and caused the disturbances,
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that the house had somehow been built on an ancient
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Indian burial ground, angering the spirit of a long dead
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Indian chief, or even that the Russians were tunneling under
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Long Island a prelude to an invasion. It was, after all,
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the height of the Cold War and Sputnik had only
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recently orbited the earth. Some callers screamed religious warnings, convinced
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the family was being punished by dark forces. Anonymous voices
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