The Intruders by Pat Montandon - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - July 15, 1975

After an irritated Tarot card reader hurls a curse at both her and the house she is living in, socialite Pat Montandon's life begins to unravel. As online review summarized "[Montandon] began to feel unsafe and uneasy in her apartment. She heard noises, felt dread, felt a presence. Mysterious fires broke out, her apartment was robbed, criminals seemed to be lurking about at all times."

Was it real, or was it just a figment of imagination and nervous paranoia brought upon the very real troubled and troubling times occurring in the city of San Francisco in the late 60s and early 70s? I have no idea, but finding this ad buried in the pages of the Oakland Tribune arouses my curiosity. 

Whether real or imagined, this is an interesting foreshadowing of true haunting genre that would arise following the larger commercial and cultural success of Jay Anson's book The Amityville Horror. Which would be published two years later, in 1977.