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b"In the mid-1970s, a series of purported supernatural events took place in a small, yellow, wooden slatted house in a suburb of Bridgeport, Connecticut. At a time when demonic forces were very much in vogue, the Goodin family were plagued by all manner of phenomena that quickly drew the attention of the national press, along with thousands of curious onlookers. Despite the contemporary fervour that it sparked and the similarities to several other, far more well traversed, supernatural tales such as Amityville in America, or Enfield in the UK, the events that took place in Bridgeport in the mid-70s have, remarkably, managed to slip largely under the radar, cloaked from wider public attention. Less glamorous but no less fantastic, the case of the Lindley Street haunting, officially struck off as a hoax before a swift U-turn by the authorities, remains as one of the most dramatic and well documented cases in the history of the American Supernatural to this day. \\nThe email link I mentioned at the start to send in your urban legends, if you want to, is social@darkhistories.com\\nFor the Dice Bags mentioned in the ads, the link to Mayfly December Design is: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MayflyDecemberDesign\\nUse the code DARKHISTORIES10 at checkout for the discount.\\nSOURCES \\n\\u201cThe Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist\\u201d Dir. Nick Freand Jones. BBC, 1998. Documentary. \\n\\u201cFamily Haunted No Longer; Cops Say Girl Tells of Hoax\\u201d (1974) The Bridgeport Post, 26 Nov, 1974, p.1 \\n\\u201cPoltergeist?\\u201d (1974) The Kokomo Tribune, 26 Nov, 1974, p.1 \\n\\u201cHaunted House or Hoax at 966 Lindley Street\\u201d (1974) The Bridgeport Post, 2 Mar, 1974. p.65 \\n\\u201cLindley Street Happenings For Real and Still going On, psychic Asserts\\u201d (1975) The Bridgeport Telegram, 9 Jan, 1975, p.11 \\n\\u201cNone Buy House of Happenings On Lindley Street\\u201d (1975) The Bridgeport Post, 30th Jan 1975, p.3 \\n\\u201cExorcist: Repulsive, Not for the Feint of Heart\\u201d (1974) The Capital Times, 07 Feb, 1974, p.41 \\n\\u201cOccult Fascination Growing\\u201d (1974) Northwest Arkansas Times, 02 Feb, 1974. p.5 \\nHall, William J. (2014) \\u201cWorld\\u2019s Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindsey Street\\u201d New Page Books, USA Teller, Herbert F. (1975) \\u201cHaunted House or Hoax at 966 Lindley Street?\\u201d. The Bridgeport Post, 02 March, 1975. P.65\\nFor extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com \\nSupport the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories\\nConnect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast\\nOr find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories\\n& Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/\\nOr you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com\\nor via voicemail on:\\xa0(415) 286-5072\\nor join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf\\nMusic was recorded by me \\xa9 Ben Cutmore 2017\\nOther Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that."