UNLEASHED  Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch

                                         William Roll, Ph.D., And Valerie Storey

Unleashed is the fascinating true story of one of the best documented cases of a poltergeist explosion. The activity centers around Tina Resch, a fourteen year old girl living in foster care. As the case unfolds, the brilliant Dr. William Roll, one of the pioneers in the field of parapsychology comes in to investigate. Tina Resch is the young girl who is the central figure in the case.

The case is a complicated one; Tina had been caught staging some of the events. Needless to say, that cast a pall over the investigation. Tina was honest and admitted staging certain events. Her reasoning was simple; reporters were camping out in her house and they were not about to leave until they witnessed the amazing phenomena themselves.

However, Dr. Roll saw through that and took the case on. He personally witnessed many events, events Tina could not have staged. So too did others. Dr. Roll had a theory. He felt that Tina's tough life and the incredible pressure she was under resulted in spontaneous bursts of energy. He called this "Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis. (RSPK) To prove his theory, he set up laboratory experiments.

There is another part of this story and it is extremely sad. Tina continued to struggle through life and there was a tragic turn of events. While visiting a friend,  Amber, Tina's three year old daughter died. Her death was ruled a homicide. Although she was not there at the time, Tina was charged with her daughter's murder. The man who was with Amber when she died was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Upon the advice of her public defender, a confused and medicated Tina accepted a plea "bargain." That plea bargain resulted in her receiving a life sentence with little hope of parole. It is a tragic ending to a tragic soul. Tina never had a chance for a normal life. Abusive foster parents, unbelievable paranormal phenomena and low self-esteem merged together into a "perfect storm" life. Justice was  not served and one can only hope that it will someday in the near future. Perhaps there is an attorney in Georgia who will try to get the case reopened.

This book is a must read for anyone who studies paranormal phenomena in general and poltergeist explosions specifically. It is a compelling book and one you can easily read in one day. I found it hard to put it down. As with most books I really enjoy, I am going to read it a second time in case there was something I missed.

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