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Nothing more than a working recording device with a connected microphone is required for this. This doesn't need to be a tape recorder but also can be a cassette recorder, MiniDisc recorder or computer with sound card. On the following pages I have tried to compile some practical tips and hints for this. You can also listen to some examples of EVP as MP3 files. Furthermore, there are some articles, e.g. on theories about the origin of the voice phenomenon which still is largely unsolved. Please choose a topic from the menu at the top of this page...
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the year 1959, the Swedish painter and opera singer Friedrich Jürgenson noticed strange voices
on a tape recording which addressed him by his name and told things which only he could know.
From this time on, he completely devoted himself to the exploration of the "Electronic Voice
Phenomenon" which became known as "voices from the hereafter" due to his book Voice
Transmissions With The Deceased which he released in 1967 (original German title:
Sprechfunk mit Verstorbenen). The Latvian psychologist Konstantin Raudive was one of
the first who got aware of Jürgensons discovery. Through his book Breakthrough
(original German title: Unhörbares wird hörbar) which was published in 1968, EVP
became well-known all over the world. Jürgenson was always eager to let the phenomenon
examine scientifically. For this, he addressed radio broadcasting technicians and drew
the attention of physicists and psychologists to it. In the years 1964 and 1970,
the parapsychological institute in Heidelberg carried out examinations of the voice penomenon
under the leadership of Hans Bender [
], which clearly confirmed
the existence of the phenomenon. However, these examinations weren't continued – allegedly
due to lack of money. Further investigations in London in the early 1970s
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