…of the Society for Psychical Research 11, 24-113. Myers, F.W.H. (1895b). Reply to Dr Hodgson. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 7, 55-64. Myers, F.W.H. (1895c). Hysteria and genius. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 8, 51-8, 69-70. Myers, F.W.H. (1895d). Resolute credulity. Proceedings of the Society for…
…Science. In 1855, he declared his conversion to Spiritualism and published a book about his investigations of mediums, for which he developed experimental apparatus. Hare’s reputation ensured a wide audience, although his claims were harshly attacked by fellow scientists. Richard Hodgson (1855–1905) Australian by birth, Richard Hodgson moved to England…
…evidence showing that under certain (rather poor) séance conditions and for certain kinds of small-scale ostensibly paranormal phenomena (e.g., slate-writing), subjects err in their observations and sometimes report events that never occurred.17Besterman (1932); Hodgson (1892); Hodgson & Davey (1887). But the conditions of these tests were much more conducive to…
…Die (2006), Sam Parnia includes a case related to him by cardiologist Richard Mansfield.23Parnia (2006). During a night shift, Mansfield had been called to deal with a cardiac arrest; the patient, a 32-year-old man, had no pulse, was not breathing and had a flat ECG. The team intubated the patient…
…telepathically read the minds of the Roffs concerning Mary’s life, thereby tricking them into thinking she was really their daughter. Michael Tymn Literature Baird, A. (1949). The Life of Richard Hodgson. London: Psychic Press. Bruce, H.A. (1908). Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters. New York: Moffat, Yard & Co. Hoffman, F.S….
…contribute new cases,6For instance, Piddington (1902a), 303-304. but his attention gradually focused on the mental medium Rosalie Thompson, who was the subject of an extensive 1901 report by Oliver Lodge, Richard Hodgson, Margaret Verrall and others. As well as describing sittings of his own7For instance, Piddington (1902b), 116-37. Piddington authored…
Richard Wiseman is an English psychology professor, bestselling author and professional sceptic, a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), formerly the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). He has carried out investigations of psi phenomena, including ESP, psychic detection and hauntings. He presents…
…covertly used a small mirror to observe the means by which the sisters pretended to receive written ‘spirit messages’.10Krebs (1901), 5-16. Further details of trick methods attributed to the sisters were published by SPR researchers Richard Hodgson11Hodgson (1899), 223-36. and Hereward Carrington12Carrington (1913), 76-94. and by David P Abbot, a…
…Verrall and that he attach some code words or symbols in order to confirm that the message came from him. In later sessions Rector informed Piddington that the message had been passed on to ‘Myers’, also that ‘Myers’ was being helped in the task by Richard Hodgson, a SPR researcher…
