Ballechin House haunting investigation

Record summary

The Society for Psychical Research investigated Ballechin House in 1897 after reports that the Perthshire property was haunted. A large team stayed at or examined the house, producing disagreements over apparitions, noises, objects and possible trickery. The case is especially useful for comparison because it shows psychical researchers confronting expectation effects, factional interpretation and the difficulty of investigating a reputedly haunted residence under socially charged conditions. Accounts differ over what was actually observed, and the investigation did not establish a single agreed explanation.