THE SPIRIT RADIO and THE GHOST PHONE
This video created by The Why Files explains that despite disagreements over electricity between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Alva Edison, both felt they had created devices that would allow people to speak with loved ones living in the life after this life. Tesla called his device “The Spirit Radio,” and Edison called his “The Ghost Phone.” The Scole Experimental Group received the plans for The Ghost Phone from Edison in spirit on a previously undeveloped roll of film during a seance session and built the device. They were successful in using it to communicate with the afterlife.
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Transcript of the Efforts by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Alva Edison to Build Devices to Communicate with the Afterlife
Well, Nikola Tesla was convinced he could invent a device to communicate with the spirit world, and Thomas Edison was convinced he could get there first.
In 1882, Tesla was a promising young engineer working for Edison, but as time went on, the differences between them became a problem. Edison liked hands-on experiments. Tesla preferred working out inventions on paper before picking up any tools. Tesla was meticulous and tidy. Edison was a notorious slob. Well, finally, Tesla went out on his own and quickly made a name for himself. And the Tesla Edison conflict was global news in the late 19th century with the War of Currents and Tesla’s more versatile alternating current eventually beat Edison’s direct current. And this was Tesla’s biggest victory over his former boss and one that Edison would never forgive or forget.
So when Tesla claimed he invented a device that could tune into the spirit world, Edison wanted in on the action, and Tesla called his device a spirit radio. Edison’s was called a ghost phone. But what I found most interesting about the story is why did two of history’s most famous scientists think that talking to ghosts was even possible? Well, because science.
