About PARC

PARC was established in Autumn 1998. As a cooperative effort, PARC consists of many members who willingly contribute to the project or concept under development. The results of this are then archived, documented, and then finally published - cf our first release, "The Ghost Orchid". We are constantly looking for new and interesting forms of acoustic indifference, whether it be paranormal, or just abnormal. In 1999 we published our first CD which investigated research into the paranormal phenomena known as EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena). Developed out of a healthy interest in all matters paranormal, The Ghost Orchid was the first project that allowed us to make contact with some of the most renowned researchers involved in the recording of EVP.

EVP Researchers

There is, and has been, an enormous amount of research into EVP - some more credible than others, of course. As of writing, a search for EVP produced 3,770,000 results... Here we have tried to distill the work of the 3 major researchers from the 20th Century: Freidrich Jürgenson, Dr. Konstantin Raudive and Raymond Cass.

Friedrich Jurgenson

In 1957 Jürgenson bought a tape-recorder to record his own singing and he started to notice at this time some quite strange phenomena; inexplicable fade-ins and fade-outs on the tapes; abstract visions and telepathic messages…

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Raymond Cass

Raymond Cass was considered one of the 'Worlds' foremost researchers into EVP. His voice samples have been played at many lectures and presentations worldwide. Raymond's tapes have been the focus of study by various institutions such as the Bio-Energetics Institute in Osaka, Japan, The Parapsychology Unit of Olivert College, Michigan, USA, The ESP Research Associates Foundation at Little Rock, Arkansas and the Parapsychology Unit at Freidburg University. His work has been observed by the War Department, USA and the Ministry of Defence here in the UK.

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Dr. Konstantin Raudive

The Latvian born author grew up with two languages, Latvian and Russian. Already as a young man he left Latvia for studies in Paris, Madrid, Edinburgh and later in Uppsala (Sweden) where he studied philosophy, history of literature, psychology and later also became naturalised. He was known in Europe through his literary and philosophical authorship. In 1965 he became acquainted with Jurgensen and his work. Raudive became interested, and after having attended some of Jurgenson's experiments he decided to start his own investigation - and like Jurgenson became so fascinated with this strange phenomenon that he continued his work until his death. It's worth mentioning that Raudive without slightest hesitation took over Jurgenson's postulated spiritualistic interpretation, a rash decision which like Jurgenson's work later turned out to be fatal for any further recognition, not only of his own work but also of the very Voice Phenomenon.

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