Strange But True
Strange But True was a UK TV show in the mid-90's which usually involved a half-arsed, slightly comic look at things like Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster and other such tales, which to my 10/11 year old mind was brilliant.

And brilliant it was, until an episode aired that focussed on the 'Enfield Poltergeist' story from the 1970's, using actual footage and recordings from the time. Never before, or since, has a TV show frightened me so much.

I still can't believe they were allowed to broadcast that episode during a prime-time family slot.
( Sculpture of Man Putting a banging donk on it since, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:11, 5 replies)

I remember this
it also had voice recordings - sweet bejebus - terrible.
(M0nkeyb0Y ... you said "Simples"... like in the advert!, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 12:25, closed)

Oh, didn't it have that piss scary recording where the bloke goes ' I 'ad an 'emmorage. Downstairs on the chair'. That had me sleeping with light on for the next 2 years!

Strange but true was brilliant though. Genuinely fucked you up. Bet they wouldn't show anything like that these days.
(Nigella Pussycat picking baked-in hair from creme brulee, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 17:06, closed)

For anyone with a slight interest in this sort of thing
I recommend you read "Will Storr vs the Supernatural", by Will Storr.

A great book that looks at the Enfield poltergeist case in some detail.
( Sculpture of Man Putting a banging donk on it since, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 17:54, closed)

brown pants watching it now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX6LbNFYijQ
( parsley, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 15:38, closed)

That kid
grew up to be pretty fucking creepy herself. She looks like she's got Shergar's teeth for starters...
(Rsoles, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 20:10, closed)