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The Man Who Would Be King (original title: The Man Who Would Be King) is a 1975 adventure, drama, and war film directed by John Huston. The screenplay was adapted by John Huston and Gladys Hill from Rudyard Kipling’s short story of the same name. The film follows two former British soldiers who decide to travel to Kafiristan, a region untouched by any white man since the time of Alexander the Great, in order to establish their own kingdom. Plot and Themes The story is set in 1880s British India.

The Battersea Poltergeist Case, refers to a series of poltergeist phenomena reportedly occurring between 1956 and 1968 at 63 Wycliffe Road in the Battersea district of London, England, in the home of the Hitchings family. The case became one of the most debated poltergeist incidents in the United Kingdom due to the mysterious appearance of Shirley Hitchings, numerous eyewitness accounts, extensive media coverage, and decades-long documentation by paranormal researcher Harold Chibbett. Records of