The S.P.R. Investigation of Eusapia Palladino in Naples

Record summary

A Society for Psychical Research delegation investigated Eusapia Palladino’s séances in Naples in 1908, including reports associated with investigators such as Hereward Carrington and W. W. Baggally. The sittings are significant because they combine attempts at physical controls with persistent accusations that Palladino exploited lapses in attention. They can be compared with later laboratory approaches to psychokinesis and with the social dynamics of séance observation. The exact personnel, sitting conditions, and conclusions differ across reports, so the original Proceedings should be consulted.