▁book ▁" g ives ▁us ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁brief ▁accounts ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁read ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁spiritual ists , ▁and ▁the ▁del us ions ▁of ▁such ▁great ▁men ▁as ▁Oliver ▁L odge ▁and ▁Con an ▁Do yle ". ▁ ▁T abor i ▁and ▁Peter ▁Under wood ▁in ▁their ▁book ▁G hosts ▁of ▁Bor ley ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁wrote ▁they ▁believed ▁" some ▁of ▁the ▁phen omena ▁were ▁genu ine " ▁at ▁the ▁Bor ley ▁Rect ory . ▁The ▁research er ▁Tre vor ▁H . ▁Hall ▁critic ized ▁T abor i ▁and ▁Under wood ▁for ▁select ive ▁reporting . ▁According ▁to ▁Hall ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁par an ormal ▁phen omena ▁from ▁the ▁rect ory ▁were ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁natural ▁causes ▁such ▁as ▁various ▁cre aks ▁heard ▁from ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁r ats ▁or ▁the ▁flying ▁of ▁b ats ▁in ▁the ▁house ; ▁also , ▁pr anks ▁such ▁a ▁local ▁village ▁boys ▁throwing ▁stones ▁at ▁the ▁house ▁or ▁tr amps ▁trying ▁to ▁keep ▁warm ▁by ▁light ing ▁small ▁fires ▁in ▁the ▁rect ory . ▁ ▁Piet ▁Hein ▁Ho eb ens ▁with ▁Marcel lo ▁Tru z zi ▁evaluated ▁some ▁psych ic ▁detect ive ▁cases ▁in ▁pre war ▁Germany ▁that ▁were ▁featured ▁in ▁T abor i ' s ▁Crime ▁and ▁the ▁Occ ult ▁( 1 9 7 4 ), ▁con cluding ▁the ▁cases ▁had ▁been ▁mis report ed . ▁ ▁Other ▁activities ▁ ▁T abor i ▁was ▁the ▁vice - pres ident ▁of ▁The ▁Ghost ▁Club