(Haunting) The Rosenheim Haunting

(Haunting) The Rosenheim Haunting

From From The Void Podcast by John Williamson

February 2, 2026 · 32 min · Season 6 · Episode 1

About this episode

This episode explores the controversial Rosenheim Haunting, a poltergeist case investigated by professionals in the late 1960s.

In the late 1960s, a small law office in the quiet Bavarian town of Rosenheim became the center of one of the most well-documented—and most controversial—poltergeist cases in modern history. Lights exploded. Phones rang without being connected. Heavy filing cabinets moved on their own. Electrical meters spun wildly, recording surges no one could explain. And unlike many alleged hauntings, this one didn’t stay confined to whispers and rumors—it drew the attention of engineers, physicists, psychologists, police, and courts of law. In this episode of From the Void , we examine what became known as The Rosenheim Haunting : a case investigated by professionals, witnessed by skeptics, and still debated decades later. In this episode, we explore: What first began happening inside the Rosenheim law office The bizarre electrical disturbances recorded by utility companies Phone malfunctions documented by technicians Objects moving without visible cause in front of witnesses Why police and engineers ruled out fraud and faulty wiring The involvement of parapsychologist Hans Bender The theory of recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis (RSPK) The young employee at the center of the phenomenon—and…

People in this episode

Host: John Williamson

Topics covered

  • poltergeist
  • haunting
  • psychokinesis
  • psychology
  • engineering
  • skepticism

Keywords

  • Rosenheim Haunting
  • poltergeist
  • psychokinesis
  • electrical disturbances
  • psychology
  • skepticism
  • Bavarian town

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Organizations: From the Void

Places: Rosenheim, Bavarian

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