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ABOUT THE
BOOK
One scientist’s account of the poltergeist case that made headlines across the
country -- and the riveting examination of a child’s mysterious murder.
When she was just fourteen years old, Tina Resch became the center of the
best-documented case of poltergeist activity of the twentieth century. During
the spring of 1984, Tina’s home in Ohio was thrown into chaos: appliances turned
themselves on without electric current, objects flew through the air, furniture
scooted across the floor. Censured endlessly by her adoptive family and thrust
into the eye of a media twister thanks to one reporter’s photographic evidence
of a flying phone, Tina was propelled into a downward spiral that led to an
abusive marriage, a divorce, and the birth of a child -- all before her
twentieth birthday. Three years later she was charged with that child’s murder,
and she is currently serving a life sentence for a crime as controversial,
mysterious, and complex as the accused herself -- a crime she maintains she did
not commit.
Unleashed is Tina’s story as told by a parapsychologist who witnessed
striking paranormal phenomena in Tina’s presence. Examining the destructive
powers of thwarted emotions from a scientific perspective, William Roll sheds
remarkable light on the case of Tina Resch -- and boldly confronts our cultural
responses to events that cannot be easily explained.
What People are Saying about Unleashed
"Unleashed is a gripping account of that strange, unguarded borderland between mind and matter, where thought and emotion explode onto the physical world in chaotic, unpredictable ways. William Roll is the world's foremost explorer of poltergeist events, which have been recorded throughout human history. His account of Tina Resch is the most compelling description of these happenings ever published.
Unleashed reveals dimensions of consciousness that we have not yet come to terms with, and for this reason this book may be threatening and disturbing.
Unleashed should come with a warning label: MAY FOREVER CHANGE YOUR WORLDVIEW." -- Larry Dossey, MD, author of
Healing Words
"William Roll and Valerie Storey provide their readers with an amazing
narrative, one that will provoke controversy and, perhaps, provide a glimpse
into an overlooked dimension of reality. Unleashed describes how William
Roll, the world's leading authority on poltergeist phenomena, witnessed powerful
forces wreaking havoc in the home of a 14-year-old girl. The book goes on to
trace the psychological dynamics associated with these events that resurfaced
later in the girl's life, a life that was to be marked by tragedy and sadness.
Unleashed tells a powerful story; it is bound to become a classic in the
annals of parapsychology.” -- Stanley Krippler, Ph.D., Alan Watts Professor of
Psychology, Saybrook Graduate School; coauthor, Extraordinary Dreams
coeditor, Varieties of Anomalous Experience
"This horror story encompasses every element in a Stephen King novel -- a
tragic teenage protagonist, who can cause objects to move with the force of her
mind; an assortment of villains, seemingly intent on destroying her; a murdered
child -- and an ending that makes you want to leap up and scream. But this isn't
fiction. And the author, William G. Roll, Ph.D., is a well-respected
parapsychologist, who was at the scene when these events took place. I was
mesmerized by this story." -- Lois Duncan, author of Who Killed My Daughter?
"From renowned parapsychologist William Roll and Valerie Storey, a most
dramatic and well-documented, poltergeist story. Like a terrible fairy tale, an
unhappy girl at odds with her harsh foster parents unleashes strange physical
powers, and ends up in prison for the murder of her three-year-old child. A
riveting account of a mystery gone tragically awry, this is a book readers will
not want to put down.” -- Michael Grosso, Ph.D., author of Experiencing the
Next World Now
"In our own professional judgment, the most difficult of all physical
processes to study in a rigorous scientific fashion are those that show
empirical correlations with subjective aspects of human consciousness, i.e.,
psychical phenomena. Of these, the most elusive and problematic to access for
controlled research, despite their severe anomalous effects, are the so-called
RSPK or ‘poltergeist’ events. And in this domain, the leading scholar for many
years has been William Roll. In the engagingly poignant story of his Tina Resch
case, Bill shares with his readers the fascinating entanglement of the physical,
psychological, medical, and cultural aspects of one of the best-documented
poltergeist eruptions in recent history. For professional and general readers
alike, this text should provide fascinating insight into this bizarre expression
of the complexities of human consciousness and stimulate profound reflection on
the nature of our own personal realities." -- Robert Jahn, Professor and Dean,
Emeritus, at Princeton University, and author, with Brenda Dunne, of Margins
of Reality: The Role of Consciousness in the Physical World
"I agreed to take a quick look at Unleashed because poltergeists have
long interested me, and I knew that anything William Roll, the world's leading
authority on this subject, had to say would be worthwhile. But my quick look
turned into reading every word for this is a touching human story, quite aside
from its scientific interest!" -- Charles Tart, Professor Emeritus of
Psychology, Davis campus, University of California, author of Altered States
of Consciousness
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