The Columbus Poltergeist (featuring James Randi)

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2010

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In 1984, objects began to fly around the room in the presence of a Columbus Ohio teen named Tina Resch. The local paper claimed this was a poltergeist attack, and published photos to prove it. Tina’s story caught the attention of a young organization called the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal [CSICOP, now Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)] and its chief investigator, James “The Amazing” Randi. In this episode, Randi tells the MonsterTalk hosts about the outcome of this case — and shares his personal views about the unfortunate impact it may have had on Tina’s life. READ full episode notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	Early in March of 1984, the Ohio newspaper at the Columbus Dispatch, began the tale of a 14-year-old
0:57.0	girl who was undergoing a terrible ordeal.
1:00.3	Objects in her home began to fly across the room and smash.
1:04.0	Clocks ran faster than normal.
1:07.0	Silverware and China flew and broke.
1:10.0	Several witnesses reported seeing these terrifying events and a newspaper man caught photos of a telephone flying through the air in front of the frightened team.
1:18.0	Her name was Tina Resch, a foster child. She was in the care of a couple who over the course of 31 years would take care of over 250 foster children.
1:28.0	Was young Tina just seeking attention?
1:31.0	Was she faking these events? Or was she being plagued by the horrifying
1:36.0	paranormal phenomena known as a poltergeist?
1:40.3	It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.
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