Irish medium and parapsychologist (1893–1970)

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Eileen J. Garrett

<p><b>Eileen Jeanette Vancho Lyttle Garrett</b> (17 March 1893 – 15 September 1970) was an Irish <a href="/en/Mediumship" title="Mediumship" class="wl">medium</a> and <a href="/en/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology" class="wl">parapsychologist</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> Garrett's alleged psychic abilities were tested in the 1930s by <a href="/en/Joseph_Banks_Rhine" title="Joseph Banks Rhine" class="wl">Joseph Rhine</a> and others. Rhine claimed that she had genuine psychic abilities, but subsequent studies were unable to replicate his results, and Garrett's abilities were later shown to be consistent with chance guessing.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Russell_1938_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-Russell_1938-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> Garrett elicited controversy after the <a href="/en/R101" title="R101" class="wl">R101</a> crash, when she held a series of <a href="/en/Séance" title="Séance" class="wl">séances</a> at the <a href="/en/National_Laboratory_of_Psychical_Research" title="National Laboratory of Psychical Research" class="wl">National Laboratory of Psychical Research</a> claiming to be in contact with victims of the disaster. <a href="/en/John_Booth_(magician)" title="John Booth (magician)" class="wl">John Booth</a>, and others, investigated her claims, and found them to be valueless, easily explainable, or the result of fraud.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Booth1986_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-Booth1986-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Harris2003_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-Harris2003-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

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Garrett, Born, Died, Occupation, Na...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Eileen J. Garrett</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png/220px-Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="314" data-file-type="bitmap" height="282" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png 2x" alt="Eileen_J._Garrett_medium.png"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Eileen Jeanette Vancho Lyttle Garrett<br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1893-03-17</span>)</span>17 March 1893<br>Beauparc, <a href="/en/County_Meath" title="County Meath" class="wl">County Meath</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">15 September 1970<span style="display:none">(1970-09-15)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>77)<br><a href="/en/Nice" title="Nice" class="wl">Nice</a>, France</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/en/Mediumship" title="Mediumship" class="wl">Medium</a>, <a href="/en/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology" class="wl">Parapsychologist</a>, writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">Irish <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><a href="/en/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="12" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">20th Century</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/en/New_Age" title="New Age" class="wl">New Age</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/en/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology" class="wl">Parapsychology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Literary movement</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/en/Spiritualism" title="Spiritualism" class="wl">Spiritualism</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://parapsychology.org/" class="external text" target="_blank">parapsychology<wbr>.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>Garrett was married three times, and had four children. Garrett died after a long illness on 15 September 1970, in <a href="/en/Nice" title="Nice" class="wl">Nice</a>, France.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Guiley1994_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-Guiley1994-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></p>



Eileen Jeanette Vancho Lyttle Garrett was an Irish medium and parapsychologist. Garrett was married three times, and had four children. Garrett died after a long illness on 15 September 1970, in Nice, France. 