Case file · High strangeness

Indriði Indriðason's séances

From 1905 to 1909, the young printer Indriði Indriðason held séances in Reykjavík with raps, levitations and voices, closely recorded by the Experimental Society.

1905 CE · 64.15, -21.94 · status: disputed

The account

He was the first medium documented in Iceland. Members including theologian Haraldur Níelsson kept minutes; psychologist Erlendur Haraldsson later re-examined them.

The sceptical view

Séances were held in darkness; fraud cannot be ruled out, though no trickery was found at the time.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Indriði Indriðason
  2. Wikipedia: Erlendur Haraldsson
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