A creepy Hillfoots haunting is to be the subject of a guest lecture being presented by one of Scotland’s top paranormal researchers.
Malcolm Robinson will deliver the talk in Sauchie this weekend on the famous haunting in the village.
‘The Sauchie Poltergeist’ is widely regarded as Scotland’s most famous poltergeist case.
The term ‘poltergeist’ comes from the German words for “noisy ghost”.
The spooky events began in November 1960 and centred around the then 11-year-old girl, Virginia Campbell.
Malcolm first began investigating the case in 1987 and says he managed to speak with some of Virginia’s classmates who claimed to have witnessed bizarre paranormal happenings.
He later tried to interview the aunt of Virginia Campbell, who declined to speak to him. For a period he then abandoned plans to keep searching for further people involved. However, his desire to find out more re-surfaced in 1994 and he once again was chasing potential witnesses to the events.
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According to the expert, Virginia arrived in Scotland with her family from Donegal, Ireland. Her mother came to Sauchie to live with her married older brother and his wife at a house in Park Crescent.
As the story goes, the first few weeks were uneventful, but soon the peace was broken by numerous scratching noises which came from various parts of the house for which nobody could account for.
As the weeks progressed, the strange noises increased.
To compound this, the family then noticed that various household items would disappear only to return at a later date and ornaments would move of their own accord.

However, the most unsettling and terrifying occurrence during those early weeks, was when the furniture in the residence began moving around the living room and doors throughout the house would open and close on their own.
A large and heavy linen chest was seen to rise several inches off the floor and its lid would open, remain like that for a short period of time then slam down violently.
It became apparent that when all these events occurred, Virginia was in the house but when she was out, all was quiet and peaceful.
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The family sought the help of their local GP, Dr HW Nesbit, who lived in Tillicoultry. However, the doctor was unable to help other than prescribe some drugs to calm their nerves.
They came to the conclusion that the house was haunted and on the basis of that, they turned to a local vicar by the name of Reverend TW Lund.
Mr Lund attended the family home but could offer little support other than to offer them prayers.
In a bizarre twist to the case, the poltergeist effects did not just contain themselves to the family home; incredibly they travelled with Virginia to her local school.

In a Supernatural Magazine article last year Malcolm said: “For any poltergeist event this is very rare, it may happen occasionally, but in the main most, if not all, poltergeist effects will contain themselves to one location, and that’s usually the home or residence of shall we say the victim’.”
According to witnesses, one day at school, Virginia’s teacher looked up from her own desk and saw Virginia struggling with her desk lid. Virginia had both elbows trying to force down her desk lid which seemed to have a mind of its own.
Later, Virginia was moved to another house in Dollar in a desperate bid to alleviate matters. The phenomena followed her and she returned to the house in Sauchie. The family are understood to have left the area after this.
Malcolm’s lecture will present all the facts and for the first time in 61 years, the audience will hear sounds of the poltergeist, as recorded by the local doctor at the time.
The presentation will take place at Sauchie Hall, in Mar Place, at 7.30pm on Saturday, November 20. Entry is £5.
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