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Electronic Voice Phenomena are allegedly disembodied "voices" that appear in audio recordings. The popular theory for the unexplainable voices is that they are those of the dead, although there are many more scientific explanations, including apophenia, cross modulation, or simply CB/radio interference. EVP has been researched for over 50 years and has become somewhat of a household name since the release of the 2005 film White Noise (Universal Pictures) starring Michael Keaton. (A sequel is scheduled to be released on January 5, 2007.)

The phenomenon was first discovered by Swedish film producer Friedrich Juergenson while recording bird song in a forest for an upcoming movie. He heard two very faint but, audible voices while playing back the recording he had made through a reel to reel machine. The first was the voice of a man speaking of the bird song at night and the other was that of his mother calling him by his nickname and saying he was being watched over.

Today the most common audio recording devices used to capture EVP are cassette tape & digital voice recorders. Paranormal investigatiors all over the world seek out to record these ghostly voices. They search through haunted homes, cemeteries, and even caves to record what is widely believed to be communication from the other side of existence.

External Links

Electronic Voice Phenomena Belgium

Skeptic's Dictionary Entry on EVP