CLASSIC: Poltergeists: Fact and Fiction
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In the world of spirits and apparitions, the poltergeist is a unique type of ghost -- one known for its alleged ability to move physical objects (often in violent, unpredictable ways), to target and torment specific human beings and, perhaps strangest of all, to suddenly, one day, disappear. While not everyone uses the name 'poltergeist,' legends of these and similar creatures occur in numerous civilizations throughout history. Some stories are proven hoaxes. But others, the true believers argue, are more difficult to explain.
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| 0:00.0 | fellow conspiracy realist have you ever found yourself in a situation where stuff is flying around you got an irritated teenage teenager person in your household and you think what can i do how can i learn about this well call us write to us conspiracy at iheartradio.com this is our classic episode we are telling you |
| 0:25.5 | that we can help you separate the fact from fiction regarding poltergeist yeah are there |
| 0:31.2 | spooky clowns lurking under your bed are the chairs and furniture and explicitly stacking |
| 0:35.7 | themselves upon we're talking about the plot of the movie, Poltergeist. |
| 0:39.0 | Boy, boy, what a cool movie. |
| 0:41.0 | Apparently, ghost directed by Stephen Spielberg. |
| 0:44.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.7 | Whoa, ghost director. |
| 0:46.2 | Exactly. |
| 0:47.0 | You can tell. |
| 0:48.2 | You can tell. |
| 0:49.5 | We know that not everybody uses the name Poltergeist, but legends of these invisible, super, just like, irritated creatures. |
| 1:01.3 | It occurs in numerous civilizations. |
| 1:04.3 | They're like the gremlins of the ghost world. |
| 1:06.2 | I mean, they're just so agitated. |
| 1:09.9 | You know what I mean? |
| 1:10.7 | Like, what does a poltergeist have in a good day? |
| 1:14.3 | You have the power of telekinesis, and you're not just going to, you know, save someone from dropping a glass or you're not going to... |
| 1:22.5 | No, you're going to knock the glass. |
| 1:23.9 | Why? |
| 1:24.2 | Why? |
| 1:24.3 | Why are... |
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