With the rise of spiritualism in the 19th century, attempts to make contact with the dead had drifted from cult-like activities to a more scientific and technological focus, beginning with Thomas Edison. Edison strived to make a type of phonograph device to contact the dead in 1890s, and then by the late 1920’s he tried to use special chemical equipment to accomplish this. Unfortunately, the first spirit voices were captured on phonograph in 1938, seven years after his death.

From 1903-1987 Friedrich Jurgenson pioneered the study of Electronic Voice Phenomena, or EVPs. It began when he was recording bird noises. While playing back the recordings, he realized he could hear human voices when no other human was in the vicinity of him recording.

To further test his discovery he would continually record voices in areas where no humans were around, and by 1964 he published a book on his findings titled “Voices from Space.”

Later, Jurgenson ended up recording the familiar voice of his deceased mother who called him by his nickname. At this time he assumed that he was recording voices from beyond the grave. In 1967 he published Srechfunk Mit Verstorbenen (radio-link with the dead).

In 1964, Dr. Konstantin Raudive was reading the book “Voices from Space” published by Jurgenson and was impressed to meet him. They began working together in 1965. They made many recordings and in one of them they heard many voices. After playing the recording back a number of times, they could understand all the voices. The last voice on one of their recordings was a women's voice saying “Va Dormir, Mararete” (go to sleep Margaret). Mararete Petrautzki was a friend of Raudive and had recently died recently from an illness. In his life he recorded more than 100,000 of these EVPs.

Today EVPs are still being recorded and studied, mainly by paranormal researchers. Although efforts have been made to prove that the recorded voices are not made by radio, TV, or other transmitted sound ways, EVPs still are not widely accepted as any sort of scientific evidence.

Although the study of EVPs remains controversial to science, R.I.P. believes that this is proof that there is more out there than meets the eye. We are dedicated to exploring this study further. This type of evidence is one that doesn’t require specialized equipment and which almost everyone can do.

If inclined to do your own EVP experiment, try it in an area where there aren't people or other sounds to cover any potential voices you may encounter. We prefer doing most of our EVP at night when most people and animals have quieted down. We have had luck in cemeteries or places with extensive history.

It may take a few tries to record and EVP. Remember that sometimes the voices may come in as a whisper or at a faster speaking rate, so be prepared to listen to your recording a few times and in quiet surroundings. Good luck, and if you have any questions on this or other ghost related topics, feel free to contact us. If you have an EVP you wish us to hear, email it to us and we will be glad to check out your findings.

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