What is a Poltergeist?

5. What is the Difference Between a Ghost and a Poltergeist?

According to paranormal scientists and parapsychologists, there are several different types of hauntings. There are residual hauntings which are traumatic or everyday events that replay over and over. Many investigators theorize that there are certain types of stone that can ‘record’ emotion-heavy memories, much like a camera. Residual hauntings have no bearing on the living. These hauntings and regular hauntings are both classes as being ghosts, although the latter of which are aware of the living and have been known to make contact from time to time. These spirits can be either ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ but poltergeists are a whole other breed entirely.