Recommended readings: Gauld & Cornell, “Poltergeists”, https://amzn.to/38Uvxhv. Noakes, Physics & Psychics: https://amzn.to/3qYc0Tp. Sources & further readings for this video: https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/poltergeist2

Sources & recommended readings for this video: https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/poltergeist

My review of “The Myth of Disenchantment” (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Buy a copy of the book at https://amzn.to/2XVUT8A.

Welcome! I’m Dr. Andreas Sommer, a historian specialising in the hidden history of science & magic. For my academic credentials and links to some of my publications, see https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/about. If you’d like to start doing some background reading, I put together a comprehensive reading list, which you can check out at https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/key-readings.

Why everything you thought you knew about science and the “supernatural” is probably wrong.