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  1. Maurice Grosse (6 March 1919 – 14 October 2006) was a British paranormal investigator. Famous for his involvement in the Enfield Poltergeist case from 1977 to 1979, he has been portrayed in several films and television series, including The Enfield Haunting (2015) by Timothy Spall and The Conjuring 2 (2016) by Simon McBurney .

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    • Paranormal investigator, inventor
    • 14 October 2006 (aged 87), London, England
    • 6 March 1919, London, England
  2. Oct 26, 2023 · The case came to the attention of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), and two of its members, inventor turned paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse and writer Guy Lyon Playfair, were sent ...

  3. Maurice Grosse was born in Hackney, London, the son of Jewish immigrants from Romania and Russia. The family moved to Tottenham where he excelled at school in science subjects, making a crystal radio set for himself. He attended Hornsey School of Art and took an apprenticeship in commercial art and design. Grosse joined the Territorial Army and ...

  4. May 1, 2015 · Maurice Grosse had a long interest in the subject of the supernatural and had suffered a tragic loss, that of his young daughter (also called Janet) who had been killed in a motorcycle accident.

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  5. Maurice Grosse, a successful inventor, initiated an investigation soon after the start of the events on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research. Grosse was soon joined by author and paranormal investigator Guy Lyon Playfair, whose 1980 book This House is Haunted: An Investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist is the main source of information ...

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  7. Oct 27, 2023 · In an interview prior to the release of the four-part docuseries that features actors lip-syncing archival audio recordings captured by Maurice Grosse between 1977 and 1979, director Jerry ...

  8. Oct 27, 2023 · The furniture-flinging ghost’s attempt to possess Janet has uncanny parallels with William Friedkin’s film, but in lieu of a priest, there was paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse, a kind ...

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