Bridey Murphy

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Bridey Murphy is the purported 19th-century Irish woman whose alleged past-life memories, recalled under hypnosis by an American housewife, sparked a famous mid-20th-century case and popular interest in reincarnation.

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instanceOf alleged past-life personality ⓘ
cultural phenomenon ⓘ
allegedBirthPlace Cork, Ireland ⓘ
allegedCenturyOfLife 19th century ⓘ
allegedDeathCause fall down stairs ⓘ
allegedDeathCentury 19th century ⓘ
allegedHusbandName Sean Brian McCarthy ⓘ
allegedLifeEventsDescribedIn hypnotic regression sessions ⓘ
allegedMaidenName Bridget Kathleen Murphy ⓘ
allegedNickname Bridey ⓘ
allegedReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
allegedResidence Belfast, Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Belfast
associatedWithConcept past-life regression ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ
associatedWithPractice hypnosis ⓘ
broughtToPublicAttentionBy Morey Bernstein ⓘ
Virginia Tighe ⓘ
controversyType parapsychology controversy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
culturalImpact inspired books, articles, and a feature film ⓘ
existenceStatus historically unverified ⓘ
fieldOfDebate parapsychology ⓘ
psychology of memory ⓘ
religious views on reincarnation ⓘ
firstPublicizedIn 1952 ⓘ
inPopularCulture referenced as a classic case of alleged past-life recall ⓘ
languageOfAllegedMemories English with Irish inflections ⓘ
mediaCoveragePeakDecade 1950s ⓘ
mediaCoverageRegion United States ⓘ
memoriesFirstRecalledIn 1952 ⓘ
memoriesRecalledBy Virginia Tighe ⓘ
memoriesRecalledUnder hypnosis ⓘ
memoriesRecordedBy Morey Bernstein ⓘ
notableFor influencing public awareness of past-life regression ⓘ
sparking mid-20th-century popular interest in reincarnation ⓘ
popularizedByBook The Search for Bridey Murphy ⓘ
regardedByBelieversAs evidence for reincarnation ⓘ
regardedBySkepticsAs product of cryptomnesia ⓘ
subjectOf The Search for Bridey Murphy (book) ⓘ
The Search for Bridey Murphy (film) ⓘ
investigative journalism ⓘ
media controversy about reincarnation ⓘ
skeptical inquiry ⓘ
subjectOfBookBy Morey Bernstein ⓘ
subjectOfFilm The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956 film) ⓘ
yearBookPublished 1956 ⓘ

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