The ChillX Zone

Inside the night investigators witnessed one of England’s most persistent hauntings

December 10, 2025

The Enfield case remains one of the most argued, documented, and unsettling hauntings of the 20th century. But among the many nights of activity logged between 1977 and 1979, one date stands out: December 10, 1977—a night when investigators claimed to witness physical disturbances, disembodied voices, and object movement without a human source.

A House Under Siege

By late 1977, the Hodgson family had endured months of escalating activity inside their small council house on Green Street in Enfield, North London. Furniture moved on its own. Knocks traveled through the walls in rhythmic patterns. Chairs flipped. Objects vanished and reappeared.

But December 10 became a turning point.

On this night, two researchers from the Society for Psychical Research were present to monitor the home after a fresh surge of reports earlier that week. What they witnessed became one of the most controversial entries in the official case notes.

A Voice With No Source

Shortly after 9:30 p.m., investigators noted the sudden appearance of a deep, gravel-like voice that seemed to come from within the bedroom walls. The sound moved—first behind the dresser, then near the doorway, then from the ceiling itself. Both researchers later wrote that the voice maintained a consistent tone even when the room was silent and no family member moved their lips.

The voice continued for nearly fifteen minutes, repeating short phrases, some unintelligible, others sounding like grunts or clipped sentences. Its origin was never determined.

Objects That Wouldn’t Stay Still

The most striking event of the night came just after 10 p.m. A maroon chair in the girls’ bedroom shifted nearly two feet across the floor in full view of both investigators and the family. No one touched it. The chair slid with such force that it bumped into the wall.

Moments later, a wooden jewelry box lifted slightly and rotated before dropping onto the carpet. Both incidents were logged independently by the researchers, who described them as “impossible to attribute to trickery from any angle of the room.”

Temperature Drops and Rhythmic Knocks

The room’s temperature fell sharply—from a comfortable 70°F to a documented 53°F in less than two minutes. This drop occurred moments before a sequence of five knocks traveled from one side of the room to the other, a pattern repeated twice exactly the same way.

The family maintained that they had experienced similar temperature shifts for weeks, but this was the first time researchers measured it directly.

A Case Still Debated

December 10 became one of the cornerstone dates in the Enfield file. Skeptics believe the voices were staged and the object movements exaggerated. Investigators insist the events were genuine, pointing to multiple logged eyewitness accounts and environmental readings.

Decades later, the Enfield Poltergeist case remains unresolved—neither proven nor debunked. What happened that night continues to live in official notes, audio recordings, and the memories of the people who stood in that bedroom and watched the impossible unfold.