Friday, 10 January 2014

The Ghost Box: Tool for Talking With the Dead

Yesterday at 12:40 pm I performed an experiment to test the potential of a device known as a Ghost Box. This instrument also known as a Frank's Box is simply a radio that quickly scans multiple AM/FM stations. Normally these are apparatuses modified from old RadioShack technology, however I wished to immediately find the answer to the big question. Can a Ghost Box allow one to have a two-way conversation with the spirits of the dead in real-time? If so, this would make the process of necromancy quite a bit easier.

The device I settled on using was a Nokia cellphone, it might be an unusual choice but it is incredibly easy to transport. For the experiment I did not bother to leave my house, choosing to rely on the idea that ancestor spirits are almost always near the vicinity of the descendents who wish to communicate with the dead. I asked three questions which would allow me to gauge the veracity of the matter. Here are the questions I asked along with the answers I received while scanning.

Q. Is there anybody there?
A. Yes, yes, yes (Song Lyric)

Q. How are you?
A #1. Patient (Radio Host Speech)
A #2. Mending my broken heart (Song Lyric)


Q. Is there anything I should know?
A. Tools to help you find out... (Various Radio Hosts) ... the good times we know... (Song Lyric)

From this I have drawn a couple of hypotheses regarding this manner of communication. Firstly there seem to be genuine responses to the questions asked. Secondly longer messages seem to be broken up between different sources and sometimes are incomplete. However until I have accumulated more data through repeated testing it is not safe to conclude that experiences gained from this method are legitimate messages. Furthermore there seems to be no way to determine the identities of the speakers (if there are any) because of the limited number of full proper names used in Radio broadcasts.

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