The Rosenheim Poltergeist: A Modern Office Mystery (1967)
Episode notes
In 1967, a law office in Rosenheim, Bavaria became the center of one of the most debated modern poltergeist cases in Europe.
Lights flickered and exploded. Telephones dialed numbers no one had called. Electrical fluctuations were recorded by technicians. A heavy filing cabinet was reportedly seen moving across the floor.
Engineers, police officers, physicists, and parapsychologists investigated the disturbances. No single explanation was universally accepted.
In this episode of The Midnight Drive, we examine the Rosenheim Poltergeist — exploring the reported phenomena, the involvement of parapsychologist Hans Bender, the focus on a young employee at the center of the case, and the skeptical criticisms that followed.
Was it unconscious psychokinesis? An elaborate hoax? Electrical malfunction? Or an unresolved anomaly?
This episode is part of an ongoing exploration of documented paranormal cases, modern folklore, and the psychology of unexplained events.
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