France

This case is particularly interesting as it illustrates two common characteristics of poltergeists most clearly: they often bring messages and they are notorious liars.

In September 1612 François Perrault returned home after a short absence to find that both his wife and her housekeeper had been subjected to poltergeist activity. It had begun with curtains drawing themselves in the middle of the night and bedclothes being ripped off the bed. There had been terrible disturbances in parts of the house, loud noises heard and crockery thrown around the kitchen. The poltergeist became audible, starting with a simple five note tune and moving on to bring messages to Monsieur Perrault.

The poltergeist claimed that M. Perrault’s father had been murdered; it also named the perpetrator of this and other crimes and then went on to tell various unpleasant stories about local people, none of which turned out to be true. M. Perrault did not believe that his father had been murdered either. Two months later the poltergeist activity suddenly stopped.

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