"A Fascinating New Book Explores the Eerie Connection " Topic

…Between Tech and the Supernatural.

"These days, the idea of trying to contact spirits using technology calls to mind those reality shows that send obnoxious "ghost hunters" into abandoned hospitals. But as a new book investigates, the practice has a whole lot more history and nuance behind it than that.

That book is Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural by Peter Bebergal, who io9 last spoke to back in 2014 for Season of the Witch, his book about the intersection between rock ‘n' roll and the occult. Bebergal's latest unusual exploration is both a history lesson and eyewitness account, as the author attends a séance with an artist who specializes in photographing mediums, interviews an electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) researcher, and attends performances that push the boundaries of "stage magic," to name just a few of his experiences. Along the way, he digs deep into the past, framing the contemporary search for proof of the spirit realm (there's an app for that!) as a fascination that stretches back thousands of years.

And before any skeptics click away from this page, Strange Frequencies doesn't claim to offer any proof that ghosts exist. Instead, Bebergal is way more interested in why human beings have always been so obsessed with piercing the veil—as well as the state of mind that one must get into before they can begin to open their mind to such fantastic possibilities. The book is available now, and we caught up with the author just before Halloween to learn more…."
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Armand

The departed obviously have a fascination with modern technology.

A few years ago, I was in a hotel in St Ives when I was woken in the small hours by a loud 'crump'. I looked over at the chair where I put my laptop bag and it was missing. Thinking it had just fallen on the floor, I went back to sleep. Next morning, I found the bag had 'fallen' about eight feet away. I could only reproduce it by swinging the bag from the handle with some effort, even when empty of valuable laptop.

A few months later, I told my boss. He knew the previous manager and she told me the room was considered haunted by the staff.

Personally, I don't believe in that stuff. But it still creeps me out…

Wow!….

If you have to do….could you return there?….

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Armand

I watch all those Ghost/paranormal reality shows ! Watching one now actually! They do use some pretty high tech equipment at times. Regardless, could be all BS, but still entertaining ! None the less, I don't go to supposedly haunted locations, old graveyards, etc. Just in case !

Armand

Not a chance! But that's primarily because St Ives (in Cambridgeshire) is a dump.

(smile)

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