As many of you know, Dr. Anabela Cardoso is a retired Portuguese diplomat and a pioneer in Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) and Direct Radio Voices (DRV). In 2000 Dr. Cardoso founded the ITC Journal, of which she remains Editor-in-Chief. Her new book "Friedel’s Conversations with the Dead" is the fascinating story of Friedrich Jürgenson (1903-1987) who became interested in EVP when he heard his mother's voice on a new tape that he was using to record bird song.

This book, written in collaboration with Anders Leopold Elmquist, a close friend of Friedrich Jürgenson, documents his encounters with scientists such as Hans Bender, who concluded, that the voices couldn’t be explained by normal means. TV personalities sought out Friedel, and he was the subject of TV shows, a film, and documentaries in Europe. He also produced and directed his own documentaries, became a regular guest at the Vatican, and took part in excavations in Pompeii. He even painted portraits of two popes that still hang in the Vatican today. Pope Paul VI later agreed that the voices were not of earthly origin (or demonic) and were indeed the voices from the dead. Read more.