Wisconsin Paranormal Investigators (WPI): E.V.P. Evidence

Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are electronically generated noises that resemble speech, but are supposedly not the result of intentional voice recordings or renderings. Common sources of EVP include static, stray radio transmissions, and background noise. Recordings of EVP are often created from background sound by increasing the gain (i.e. sensitivity) of the recording equipment.[1]

Interest in EVP surrounds claims that it is of paranormal origin[2], although many occurrences have had natural explanations including apophenia (finding significance in insignificant phenomena), auditory pareidolia (interpreting random sounds as voices in one's own language), equipment artifacts, and hoaxes.

Parapsychologist Konstantin Raudive, who popularized the idea,[3] described EVP as typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase.[4]

As the Spiritualism religious movement became prominent in the 1840s–1920s with a distinguishing belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted by mediums, new technologies of the era including photography were employed by spiritualists in an effort to demonstrate contact with a spirit world. So popular were such ideas that Thomas Edison was asked in an interview with Scientific American to comment on the possibility of using his inventions to communicate with spirits. He replied that if the spirits were only capable of subtle influences, a sensitive recording device would provide a better chance of spirit communication than the table tipping and ouija boards mediums employed at the time. However, there is no indication that Edison ever designed or constructed a device for such a purpose.^[5] As sound recording became widespread, mediums explored using this technology to demonstrate communication with the dead as well. Spiritualism declined in the latter part of the 20th century, but attempts to use portable recording devices and modern digital technologies to communicate with spirits continued.^[6]

This page is very USER FRIENDLY and will work on any PC that can stream YouTube videos. These videos were created to give you the information leading up to the EVP without giving you a suggestive thought of what to listen for. This is why we leave the interpretation up to you. We do not enhance our EVPs (i.e. speed up, slow down or add any other type of filters) however we do loop them so you can focus on the actual EVP. What you hear is what we originally heard during our review. We are not trying to convince you that the paranormal exists. You've already had your mind made up prior to viewing our website. How do you know what you just listened to was paranormal? You don't! So how do you know it just wasn't a natural sound recorded that sounds like a voice? You don't! There are too many variables and you weren't there during the captured audio. We just want you to listen with an open mind. If you knew the extent of what we go through to debunk each piece of evidence captured, you'd take a leap of faith and trust that we post only what we deem to be paranormal.

These captured EVPs are posted with the sole purpose to share with you and more importantly to get your opinion on them. We HUNT the TRUTH and want to hear from you. Feel free to email wpi.jay@gmail.com or wpi.allen@gmail.com and state what EVP below on what you believe it is saying, whether fact or fiction.