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Regurgitated Nonsense
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Regurgitated Nonsense, Harry Price's 1931 report published in the National Laboratory of Psychical Research Bulletin, documents Price's own laboratory finding that a sample of medium Helen Duncan's supposed ectoplasm was ordinary cheesecloth. Price ran the National Laboratory of Psychical Research and personally conducted the physical examination he reports here, making this a primary investigative document rather than secondhand commentary. Its authority rests on that direct physical testing; its limit is that it is one investigator's own report of one sitting, not a comprehensive verdict on Duncan's entire career. Cite it for this specific finding.
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Harry Price's Regurgitated Nonsense, published in the National Laboratory of Psychical Research Bulletin in 1931, the middle tier reflecting a primary investigative document since Price ran the laboratory and personally conducted the physical examination finding medium Helen Duncan's supposed ectoplasm sample was ordinary cheesecloth. Its limit is that it is one investigator's own report of one sitting, not a comprehensive verdict on Duncan's entire career; cite it for this specific finding. NotesPrice's laboratory finding that a sample of medium Helen Duncan's 'ectoplasm' was ordinary cheesecloth.
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AuthorHarry Price
PublisherNational Laboratory of Psychical Research Bulletin
Publication Year1931
Source TypeReport
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 2 popular myth - corrected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Psi Phenomena, 3 claims: 2 popular myth - corrected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
Popular myth - corrected
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