Automatic-writing Analyst
In my work as a Paranormal Investigator, I have analyzed several cases of "automatic writing"-supposedly the product of some paranormal entity, such as a ghost, who guides the hand of a medium or "sensitive." One investigation is given in my "A Case of Automatic Writing from Robert G. Ingersoll's Spirit?" (Skeptical Briefs, December 2007, pp. 5-7). My linguistic analysis revealed the text to be only imitative of Ingersoll. (For other cases, see Forensic Linguist.) Several automatic writings-in the form of nineteenth-century "spirit" messages (shown here)-are part of my collection. See www.skeptiseum.org.)