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SPR Study Day 58 : Poltergeist Outbreaks, Then and Now. London – Halloween 2009
SPR Study Day 58 : Poltergeist Outbreaks, Then and Now
Oct 31 2009, All Day
‘Noisy spirits’ were disturbing the peace long before their naming as poltergeist effects (or even more recently as RSPK), and some unfortunate person was commonly identified as what we today would term the focus; he, or more usually she, would probably have been associated with witchcraft or demonic possession, and treated accordingly. Coming up to date, it may well turn out to be true that the raps on walls associated with these outbreaks are indeed not of this world, since acoustic analysis of paranormal raps has disclosed effects that have so far defied replication by human knuckles or other rapping mechanisms…
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Tagged APRG, Cheltenham Psychic Research Group, CPRG, Derek & Harry and the SPR, ESPRI, Ghosthunting in early 1990's UK, Mary Rose Barrington, Mike Rose, parapsychology, poltergeists, psychical research, review, RSPK, S.P.R, Society for Psychical Research, SPR Study Day, SPR Study Day Poltergeists, SPR study days 58, Tom Ruffles
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