lives, learning of their existence as pirates in 1564. Scrooge's hired hypnotist, "Prof. Mesmer J. Spellcaster, H. P., D. H.," has a row of books on his office shelf that includes Quest for Tidie Brophy, Search for Lydie Burfee, Paging Gracie Macie, and The Search for Murphy's Bridie. In the movie Peggy Sue Got Married, Peggy's grandfather mentions reading a book about a woman in Colorado who claimed to have lived 159 years ago in Ireland. In the My Favorite Martian episode "Extra! Extra! Sensory Perception" The Search for Murphy's Bridie is mentioned when Mrs Brown is accidentally regressed. In Thomas Pynchon’s V., a character is mentioned as reading the book “The Search for Bridey Murphy”. It is described as a book written by a Colorado businessman to tell people there was life after death. In Sydney Sheldon's Tell Me Your Dreams, Bridey Murphy is referenced after a hypnosis session is carried out on the main character. See also On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, a 1965 Broadway musical with a past-life theme, loosely based on the 1926 play Berkeley Square Notes References Further reading Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner (Dover Publications, 1957) A Scientific Report on "The Search for Bridey Murphy" by Milton V. Kline et al. (Julian Press, 1956) (OCLC: 543329) External links Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) - Entire movie (with hard subtitles). Accessed August 30, 2019. Bridey Murphy in the Skeptic's Dictionary Cecil Adams on the Bridey Murphy controversy Time magazine: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Bridey Lalo Guerrero's son sings "Do You Believe (In Reincarnation)", with an introduction explaining its connection to the Bridey Murphy craze Hypnosis Parapsychology Popular psychology Reincarnation Nonexistent people