Unleashed: Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743482943)

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.

Author: William George Roll, Valerie Storey
ISBN-10: 0743482948
ISBN-13: 9780743482943
Publisher: Pocket Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2004
Pages: 309
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.30w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2004 pg. 157