Abstract

This paper reports an unanticipated replication and extension of Schwartz and Russek (2001), involving exceptionally accurate findings from a single reading involving two research mediums. In this experiment a double-blind design was implemented with the medium Laurie Campbell (LC). There were six sitters; three new sitters and three sitters who had successful readings in previous single-blind experiments. One of the latter was George Dalzell (GD, also a medium) with whom LC had been exceptionally successful in a previous experiment. The sitters were not able to hear the readings at the time they were conducted. Two transcripts, the sitter's true transcript and control transcript, were blindly scored by each sitter. The most accurate and specific information was obtained for GD. The double-blind experimental design seems to rule out all conventional explanations of the findings, including rating bias of the sitters. It is hypothesized that convincing mediumship findings, especially using double -blind designs, may require the careful selection of gifted sitters as well as mediums for purposes of research.