Investigation Collection (page 16)

Scottish medium Helen Duncan starting to emit ectoplasm
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan starting to emit " ectoplasm" with " glove" during sance in Edinburgh whilst being controlled, May 1933. HPG/1/4/2(i)"

Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad lying in and investigating a s
Photograph of Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad lying in and investigating a sixteenth-century carved walnut bed, alleged to be haunted, at a private museum in Chiswick, 15 September 1932. HPG/1/12/2

Ectoplasm forming from Helen Duncans mouth
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (vi)

Undated photograph of Ethel Beenham with cheesecloth
Undated photograph of Ethel Beenham with six feet of 30 inch wide cheesecloth in her mouth, showing how easily it can be rolled up and secreted in the mouth

Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit Peggy
Photograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit Peggy, led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933

Undated automatic photograph of a handkerchief leaving a table at a Rudi Schneider sance. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into the mediumistic abilities

A portion of the electrical device for controlling mediums
Undated photograph showing a portion of the electrical device devised and demonstrated by Harry Price, for controlling mediums

Photograph of the infra-red cage at the National Laborator
Photograph of the infra-red " cage" at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, used during the Rudi Schneider experiments, 1932

Undated photograph showing ectoplasm forming
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (v)

Undated photograph of enlarged piece of teleplasm
Undated photograph of enlarged piece of " teleplasm" consisting of ordinary paper, secured from Helen Duncan during a sance, with scale annotations

Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded
Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand". The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence

Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit Pegg
Photograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit " Peggy", led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933

Harry Price, C. E. M. Joad and Fraulein Urta Bohn
Photograph of Harry Price, C. E. M. Joad and Fraulein Urta Bohn at the preparations for the black magic experiments on the Brocken, 18 June 1932 (the " Brocken Experiment" )

Dr Eugene Osty - French investigator of psychical phenomena, director of the Institut Metapsychique in Paris. HPG/1/13/2 (ii)

Double photograph of the counterpoise table
Undated double photograph of the counterpoise table from above during the Rudi Schneider sance. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into the mediumistic

Observer asleep on a bed in Base Room
Photograph of an observer asleep on a bed in " Base Room", during investigations at Borley Rectory, 21 November 1937. HPG/1/3/7 ()"

Porch entrance to Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of front and porch entrance to Borley Rectory from the drive. The bricked up window of the dining room can be seen on left

Undated photograph of wooded areas around Borley Rectory. HPG/1/3/3 (xx)

Five tags attached to the undervest
Photograph of the five tags attached to the undervest, signed by witnesses at the Edinburgh exposure of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan, 11 May 1933

Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad in Gottingen
Undated photograph of Harry Price and C. E. M. Joad standing in front of the " Goose Girl" fountain in Gottingen

Workmen digging in the cellar of Borley Rectory
Undated photograph of workmen digging in the cellar of Borley Rectory. HPG/1/3/7 (vii)

South east face of Borley Rectory
Photograph of the south east face of Borley Rectory taken from the south. The photograph, taken on 28 March 1939, shows the aftermath of the fire of 27 February 1939. HPG/1/3/5 (xxiv)

Plywood shroud and visor used to test Fred Marion
Photograph of plywood " shroud" and visor, screening every part of the " agent s" body, except for the feet, 1933

Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xi)"

Professor Christian Winther of Copenhagen University - Danish psychical researcher, associated with the Anna Rasmussen case. HPG/1/7/19 (v)

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance with her head covered with " ectoplasm" reaching down to her lap, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xv)"

Undated photograph of enlarged portion of ectoplasm
Undated photograph of enlarged portion of " ectoplasm", showing rents, warps and weft. This is one of series of photographs of Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen

Photograph of sentry box apparatus
Photograph of " sentry box" apparatus, with panels 1 and 3 removed, constructed to test the theory that the Czechoslovak vaudeville telepath Fred Marion (a.k.a)

Testing the Czech vaudeville telepath Fred Marion
Photograph of Dr S.E Soal, Ethel Beenham and others testing the Czechoslovak vaudeville telepath Fred Marion (a.k.a. Josef Kraus), 1933

Crash site of a German Night Raider
A house completely flattened by a crashed German Bomber on an air raid over the capital

Locksmith Opens Door
A locksmith opens a door with a master set of keys

Criminal Record Offce
Checking fingerprints on the computer at the Criminal Record Office of New Scotland Yard. Metropolitan Police

Criminal Record Office
Examining fingerprints at the Criminal Record Office looking through a microscope at New Scotland Yard. Metropolitan Police

Borley Investigation
Harry Price ghost-watching from the summer house in the grounds of the rectory

A crime scene taped off in Carnforth, Lancashire, UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Flying to Rainbow
Until the invention of the aeroplane, it wasn t possible to conduct first-hand investigation of such meteorological phenomena as the rainbow

Flying over Volcano
The aeroplane provides the scientist with unequalled opportunities for the investigation of natural phenomena

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