The 1980s British Society for Psychical Research crisis over poltergeist evidence

Record summary

During the 1980s, the Society for Psychical Research continued publishing and debating investigations of poltergeists, apparitions, psychic experiences, and alleged psychokinesis. Its case files and Journal articles provide identifiable material for comparing field investigation, witness interviewing, fraud detection, and competing psychological explanations. This is best treated as an archival lead rather than a single event: individual cases differ sharply in documentation and evidential quality. Researchers should identify the named case, investigator, volume, and publication before drawing cross-case conclusions.