The Rudi Schneider Investigations

Record summary

Rudi Schneider, investigated by European psychical researchers in the 1920s, was associated with séances involving alleged psychokinetic and ectoplasmic effects. Investigators including Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, Harry Price, and members of the Society for Psychical Research used differing controls, photographs, and observational arrangements. The case is useful for comparing laboratory restraint, darkness, fraud allegations, and the transition from séance testimony to instrument-assisted testing. Results were not uniform, and disputed conditions make broad conclusions unsafe. Reports must be separated by investigator and year.