Eusapia Palladino sittings in Paris

Record summary

A series of controlled-looking séances with Eusapia Palladino was organized in Paris under investigators associated with the Institut Général Psychologique, including Charles Richet, Édouard Branly and Pierre Janet. Reports described table movement, levitations and other physical phenomena, while critics debated darkness, positioning and possible normal movement. This is useful for comparing laboratory-style psychical research with séance practice. Researchers should distinguish contemporaneous protocols from later paranormal narratives and verify which sittings each investigator actually attended.