Search for Truth: My Life for Psychical Research

Search for Truth presents Harry Price’s autobiographical account of a career spent investigating mediumship, alleged hauntings and other psychical claims. He describes the experiences that drew him towards the subject, his work as a conjurer and journalist, and the methods he applied when examining séances and supposed supernatural evidence.

The narrative includes his exposure of spirit photographer William Hope, investigations of mediums and the formation of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. Borley Rectory also features prominently, linking Price’s personal account to one of Britain’s most disputed 20th-century haunting cases. The book records his efforts to distinguish fraud, error and possible psychic phenomena, while also revealing the publicity and controversy surrounding his activities.