Introduction
1. YOU AGAIN
A Visit to the Reincarnation Nation
2. THE LITTLE MAN INSIDE THE SPERM,
or POSSIBLY THE BIG TOE
Hunting the Soul with Microscopes and Scalpels
3. HOW TO WEIGH A SOUL
What Happens When a Man (or a Mouse, or a Leech) Dies on a Scale
4. THE VIENNA SAUSAGE AFFAIR
And Other Dubious Highlights of the Ongoing Effort to See the Soul
5. HARD TO SWALLOW
The Giddy, Revolting Heyday of Ectoplasm
6. THE LARGE CLAIMS OF THE MEDIUM
Reaching out to the Dead in a University of Arizona Lab
7. SOUL IN A DUNCE CAP
The Author Enrolls in Medium School
8. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
Telecommunicating with the Dead
9. INSIDE THE HAUNT BOX
Can Electromagnetic Fields Make You Hallucinate?
10. LISTENING TO CASPER
A Psychoacoustics Expert Sets Up Camp in England’s Haunted Spots
11. CHAFFIN v. THE DEAD GUY IN THE OVERCOAT
In Which the Law Finds for a Ghost, and the Author Calls In an Expert Witness
12. SIX FEET OVER
A Computer Stands By on an Operating Room Ceiling, Awaiting Near-Death Experiencers
Last Words
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Except from Mary Roach’s Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science
ALSO BY MARY ROACH
Credits
About the Author Six Feet Over
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