Biography of Electric Psychokinetic Anne-Marie Sch. About the psychokinetic German Anne-Marie Sch., biography and history of the woman who caused strange electrical disturbances. PEOPLE WITH STRANGE POWERS. The Electric Phenomenon of Rosenheim The extraordinary phenomena that manifested themselves in November, 1967, at Rosenheim in Bavaria, Germany, have been investigated by psychologists and parapsychologists and by Prof. Hans Bender, director of the Institute for the Frontiers of Psychology in Freiburg-im-Breisgau. Two physicists, F. Karger and G. Zicha, have also made a study of the phenomena. Since the days of the Romans, if not earlier, parapsychological, psychokinetic phenomena have been recognized by the fact that there is an absorption of energy: the temperature drops. But the Rosenheim phenomenon also absorbs electrical energy, a completely new event that deserves serious study. In November, 1967, the 8-ft.-long luminescent tubes in the ceiling of an attorney's office in Rosenheim began to become unscrewed of their own power. Switches tripped for no reason. Liquids from the photocopying machines came out of their containers and made everything wet. The four telephones rang simultaneously; there was no one at the other end. The telephone bills were enormous; the number for the correct time had been called thousands of times. A preliminary study of the phenomenon was made by the electric company and by the Siemens Company, as well as by the German television networks, which presented the phenomenon in two episodes. Then Professor Bender was called in. He found that the phenomenon always occurred in the presence of a 19-year-old employee whom he called Anne-Marie Sch. Upon the complaint of the head of the office, Mr. Adam, the criminal police began their own investigation, the outcome of which was that no hoax could be detected. It was noted, for example, that a picture hung on the wall had rotated 320 degree, and that this rotation seems to have been due to paranormal forces. The luminescent tubes were replaced by incandescent bulbs. These proceeded to burst. In the presence of the experts, drawers opened by themselves, and a file cabinet weighing 385 lb. moved 1 ft. away from the wall. Miss Sch. became ill and returned home, where the same phenomenon occurred. She changed jobs; identical events took place in her new office. Measuring instruments showed that the phenomenon absorbed electrical power. The same phenomenon called the correct time number five times a minute, without touching the dial! The impulses appeared directly in the line. Several measurements made on Miss Sch. Showed that the phenomenon was linked to states of hypertension. Insofar as could be judged, she had no evil or hostile intention; her entire attitude seemed indicative rather of a desire to help her employer, Mr. Adam, who was greatly disturbed by this phenomenon. Despite the fact that she was on a medical leave of absence, Miss Sch. came to the office every time she was requested to do so, and this made it possible to establish a definite correlation between the phenomenon and her presence. She also submitted to parapsychological tests. During her periods of tension, she showed faculties of clairvoyance that were on a high level. The most recent news of this girl is very sad. The phenomenon in question apparently followed her along the street and into a bowling alley managed by her fiance. The entire electrical recording apparatus of the bowling alley went out of order, and the fiance, terrified, broke the engagement, whereupon Miss Sch. became ill. This drama shows, in any case, that she had no intention of arranging these manifestations, even if she had had the power. The manifestations in question, particularly the calls to the automatic telephone number for the correct time, require an extremely high mental power and the exercise of senses that we human beings do not have or that are not known to us. What is involved here is the long-distance emission of electrical signals and their transmission along a line with the precision of about a millisecond. No human being normally possesses such powers, and this is the disturbing aspect of this phenomenon. The study made by the physicists F. Karger and G. Zicha shows that the Rosenheim phenomenon seemed to be able to cause the needle of a measuring instrument to move, without the presence of any natural phenomenon to explain it. The following natural causes have been examined and eliminated:
1. Variations of voltage in the lines (despite the deflection of the recorder, the voltage remained constant);
2. High-frequency demodulated voltage combining with a nonlinear distinctive wave-length (no signal to the tension probe, test made with a generator having a 100-watt signal);
3. An electrostatic charge;
4. Static outside magnetic field (no signal to the magnetic field probe);
5. Poor contact in the electronic amplification system; mechanism out of order in the recording device (the same phenomena occurred with a second, brand-new recording device, and so this hypothesis must be rejected);
6. Effects of ultrasounds or infrasounds; strong vibrations;
7. The hypothesis of fraud by human intervention in the recording operation was completely eliminated.
When a microphone was planted, a signal with an amplitude of 10 volts was detected. This seems to have been the result of a paranormal mechanical pressure on the crystal of the microphone. No sound was heard. The microphone was under surveillance, and no one had gone near it. When the abnormal impulses of the current were recorded, movements of the recording pencil corresponding to currents of 50 amperes were found. No current was detected. The recorders were all standard models in perfect adjustment. The rotation of a picture was recorded on a cassette by an Ampex Video Recorder device of the type commonly used in television--the first time that a device of this type recorded ghosts. A case is known in Great Britain in which a television camera being used in an attempt to film a ghost in a haunted house was pushed by invisible hands and fell into a stairwell, just missing a cameraman. But to date, no one had ever seen standard electronic equipment record phenomena of paranormal origin. For this reason, the Rosenheim case is historic. As regards the electronic aspect, it should be added that the phenomenon continued when the premises were supplied by batteries without being connected into the local supply circuit. This eliminates once and for all the possibility of irregularities in the supply circuit, which, moreover, would have been detected by the maintenance service who maintained a Siemens Unireg recorder on the current feed line throughout the period of these events. The only interesting thing to be found in the report of the maintenance service is the testimony of an employee, who noted that when Miss Sch. passed through the corridor, the light bulbs swayed behind her. The importance of Doctors Karger and Zicha, who studied the phenomenon on the scientific level, must be emphasized. They are members of the Max Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics in Munich-Garching, a highly competent scientific institution. The fact that they were authorized to participate in the investigation and make an official report on it is proof of a broad-mindedness that is extremely rare among "established" scientists. Furthermore, established science, the police, the electric supply company, and German television showed absolutely remarkable understanding and breadth of vision in this matter. The police even accepted a complaint against "X," but to date have not arrested any "spirit."
© 1975 - 1981 by David Wallechinsky & Irving Wallace
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1. Variations of voltage in the lines (despite the deflection of the recorder, the voltage remained constant);
2. High-frequency demodulated voltage combining with a nonlinear distinctive wave-length (no signal to the tension probe, test made with a generator having a 100-watt signal);
3. An electrostatic charge;
4. Static outside magnetic field (no signal to the magnetic field probe);
5. Poor contact in the electronic amplification system; mechanism out of order in the recording device (the same phenomena occurred with a second, brand-new recording device, and so this hypothesis must be rejected);
6. Effects of ultrasounds or infrasounds; strong vibrations;
7. The hypothesis of fraud by human intervention in the recording operation was completely eliminated.
When a microphone was planted, a signal with an amplitude of 10 volts was detected. This seems to have been the result of a paranormal mechanical pressure on the crystal of the microphone. No sound was heard. The microphone was under surveillance, and no one had gone near it. When the abnormal impulses of the current were recorded, movements of the recording pencil corresponding to currents of 50 amperes were found. No current was detected. The recorders were all standard models in perfect adjustment. The rotation of a picture was recorded on a cassette by an Ampex Video Recorder device of the type commonly used in television--the first time that a device of this type recorded ghosts. A case is known in Great Britain in which a television camera being used in an attempt to film a ghost in a haunted house was pushed by invisible hands and fell into a stairwell, just missing a cameraman. But to date, no one had ever seen standard electronic equipment record phenomena of paranormal origin. For this reason, the Rosenheim case is historic. As regards the electronic aspect, it should be added that the phenomenon continued when the premises were supplied by batteries without being connected into the local supply circuit. This eliminates once and for all the possibility of irregularities in the supply circuit, which, moreover, would have been detected by the maintenance service who maintained a Siemens Unireg recorder on the current feed line throughout the period of these events. The only interesting thing to be found in the report of the maintenance service is the testimony of an employee, who noted that when Miss Sch. passed through the corridor, the light bulbs swayed behind her. The importance of Doctors Karger and Zicha, who studied the phenomenon on the scientific level, must be emphasized. They are members of the Max Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics in Munich-Garching, a highly competent scientific institution. The fact that they were authorized to participate in the investigation and make an official report on it is proof of a broad-mindedness that is extremely rare among "established" scientists. Furthermore, established science, the police, the electric supply company, and German television showed absolutely remarkable understanding and breadth of vision in this matter. The police even accepted a complaint against "X," but to date have not arrested any "spirit."
© 1975 - 1981 by David Wallechinsky & Irving Wallace
Reproduced with permission from "The People's Almanac" series of books.
All rights reserved