The Martins Croft Poltergeist: The Devil of Ylöjärvi

In the frozen landscape of Finnish winter, 1885, the quiet croft of Efraim Martin in Ylöjärvi became the center of local attention thanks to a series of unexplainable events that saw almost the entire neighbourhood crowd into the small farmhouse. Rumours of the devils and demons wound through the township, as neighbors swore they saw an invisible force cause havoc throughout the otherwise peaceful home. The story spread like the winter frost, and soon the authorities themselves were forced to ask the question: was this trickery, or had the Devil truly come to Ylöjärvi?
SOURCES

Stenius, J. Harrison (2020) The Haunting of Martin’s Croft. Independently published, Finland

Aamaluheti (1885) The Devil’s Tricks. Superstition or Spiritism? Aamaluheti, Thurs 22 Jan 1885, p4. Tammerfos, Finland.

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