Eminent parapsychologist William Roll has died
William G. Roll (born July 3, 1926), a noted psychologist and parapsychologist, has passed away today January 9, 2012.
Dr. Roll’s most famous case was as the lead investigator on the 1984 “Columbus Poltergeist” case occurring in the home of Columbus, Ohio teenager Tina Resch. For more on this case and its serious implications, check out this Monster Talk episode(transcript).
From Parapsychological Association archive:
Roll has written more than 100 scientific papers, several articles for anthologies, edited 11 volumes of Research in Parapsychology, and written four books, The Poltergeist (1972), Theory and Experiment in Psychical Research (1975, his M.Litt. thesis), Psychic Connections (1995, with Lois Duncan), and Unleashed (2004, with Valerie Storey). In 1996 he received the Parapsychological Association’s award for a Distinguished Career in Parapsychology. In 2002 he was awarded the Dinsdale Memorial Award by the Society for Scientific Investigation for his RSPK studies.
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