Rudi Schneider

Rudi Schneider ( born July 27, 1908 in Braunau am Inn, † April 28, 1957 ) was, like his brother Willi by his alleged psychic, psychic abilities known.

The father of the Schneider brothers ( Joseph) was a typesetter. Fours of his six sons, Willi, Rudi, Hans and Karl was rumored to have supernatural, especially telekinetic powers, the latter two, however, only a small extent. Rudi's history is usually considered to be the most interesting of all his brethren.

Life

By profession he was a motor mechanic. He gained the spiritualistic education through Albert of Schrenck Notzing in Munich. Rudi's psychic abilities have been identified at the age of 11 years for the first time. The first seance ( Séance ) he held in 1919 in Braunau from. Reports about him and his abilities appeared. Thomas Mann mentioned Rudi and Willi Schneider in his 1923 essay published occult experiences.

1927 also visited Dr. Walter Prince, a series of séances in Braunau and Stuttgart. His record of it were published in 1928 under the title Experiments with Physical media in Europe. In it he declared that the observed phenomena could be explained easily. This dampened Rudi's reputation.

In the years 1929 and 1930, Harry Price made ​​with Rudi Schneider two series of experiments at the laboratories for para - Research in Munich. They are described by Harry Price in his book Rudi Schneider. His research methods, however, were questioned later, among others, Dr. Eugene Osty ( 1874-1938 ).

1930 and 1932 gave Rudi Schneider numerous other séances.