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.