Episode 80 – Curious Cases: Poltergeist Raps

This episode we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Poltergeist raps in part 2 of our three-part poltergeist themed series of Curious Cases.

Last episode we heard about Dr Barrie Colvin’s investigations into Andover’s rapping Poltergeist, and this time we pick up the trail again to discover what Barrie did next – a rabbit hole that had us running around KOFY HQ hitting the walls with sticks and questioning everything we thought ever thought we understood about poltergeists.

Join us for a spooky exploration of Dr Colvin’s research, and our own experimental efforts, as we discover the very strange audio phenomenon of poltergeist raps.

Society for Psychical Research Andover Case Report

The Acoustic Properties of Unexplained Rapping Sounds by Barrie G. Colvin

Journal of Scientific Exploration Anomalistics and Frontier Science – Research Article by Eric Dullen – A detailed Phenomenology of Poltergeist Events

Enfield Independent 31st August 2010 – Enfield Poltergeist case offers new proof of paranormal existence

Barrie Colvin SPR UK Biography

Haunted History Chronicles – The Sauchie Poltergeist

Haunted History Chronicles Sauchie Poltergeist rapping clip

New Horizon’s Journal April 1975 – Page 21 Qualitative Time-domain Analysis of Acoustic Envelopes of Psychokinetic Table Rappings JOEL L. WHITTON, M.D.

Polterwotsit Blog Posts and commentary regarding Colvin’s Study

Poltergeist Breakthrough? JSPR publishes Dr Barrie Colvin’s research

Poltergeist Raps: JG experiments

Knocking away the poltergeist evidence? A follow up on Dr. Colvin’s JSPR paper

Okkulte Stimmen – Recordings of Unseen Intelligences 1905 – 2007

Wikipedia – Drummer of Tedworth

Nature – Joseph Glanvill and Psychical Research in the Seventeenth Century

Wikipedia – The Fox Sisters

 Poltergeists – Alan Gauld and A.D. Cornell – ISBN: 978-1-78677-040-0