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The History

American photographer Attila von Szalay was among the first to try recording what he believed to be voices of the dead as a way to augment his investigations in photographing ghosts. He began his attempts in 1941 using a 78 rpm record, but it wasn't until 1956, after switching to a reel-to-reel tape recorder, that he believed he was successful. Working with Raymond Bayless, von Szalay conducted a number of recording sessions with a custom-made apparatus, consisting of a microphone in an insulated cabinet connected to an external recording device and speaker. Szalay reported finding many sounds on the tape that could not be heard on the speaker at the time of recording, some of which were recorded when there was no one in the cabinet. He believed these sounds to be the voices of discarnate spirits. Among the first recordings believed to be spirit voices were such messages as "This is G!", "Hot dog, Art!", and "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all". Von Szalay and Bayless' work was published by the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research in 1959. Bayless later went on to co-author the 1979 book, Phone Calls From the Dead.

History Continued...

In 1959, Swedish painter and film producer Friedrich Jürgenson was recording bird songs. Upon playing the tape later, he heard what he interpreted to be his dead father's voice and then the spirit of his deceased wife calling his name. He went on to make several more recordings, including one that he said contained a message from his late mother.

EVP Evidence Page

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| Revised in Jan 26, 2012 |

Some of the Stories behind the VOICES

EVP 1 & 2 David was recorded at Mountain Mikes Pizza in Manteca California we originally was looking for Garth Adams that died after selling the restaurant. The mystery of David is ongoing to this day!
EVP 3 Meeks Mansion - Caught in Mr. Meek's Bedroom (2nd floor) the researcher was a little bored, so she started looking in the draws of the dresser. This is an intelligent response from the entity present in the room.
EVP 4 "Help Me Help Me Daddy!" This Residual Haunt was caught between 11AM to noon after daily research was being done at a Stockton Residence. We've learned that there was a fire near the property the house burned to the ground there was no fatalities. The trauma of the event imprinted itself into the property, and plays out at the same time every day.
EVP 6 & 7 House Blessing in a Manteca home during the blessing we picked up crying from a girl, and screaming from something with non-human characteristics.
EVP 19 Modesto Home Intelligent Haunt: The client reported seeing a full bodied apparition of a little girl dressed as if she was going to Church in a white laced Church Dress. We was there for the walk through the 13 year old boy dropped a couple "F-bombs" the older daughter said we're going to take you to get an exorcism! The boy responded with "Yeah take me to Church!" The little girl entity then said "Your taking me to Church Too! Okay Please!"

EVP Classifications

Class A - Loud, audible, clear and of very high quality. Words are easily understandable and does not need audio enhancement or amplification. Class A EVPs are also often in direct response to a question being asked. On CGC® Methods and Technology Page. We have developed our own techniques of recording low frequency acoustics more clearly then ever before. The examples are above in our EVP Media Player.

Class B – The most common type of EVP. Lower quality and clarity than a Class A EVP but still audible. These EVP’s often do need amplification to be heard. The voice(s) may not be clear enough to be totally understood or there may be disagreement as to what it is saying. Class B EVPs are usually not in direct response to a question.

Class C – Lowest quality EVP. Even the best enhancement and amplification may not be sufficient to make the voice(s) audible or clear. There may even be debate whether or not an EVP is actually present.

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