ASSOCIATION FOR EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATION OF EVIDENCE FOR SURVIVAL

"It is strong confirmation of any theory that proofs converging from many and varying classes of phenomena unite in establishing it."
— The Hon. Robert Dale Owen
The most convincing cases demonstrating the survival of the human personality after the demise of the physical body. Due to the difficulty of comparing cases based on communications with cases based on recollections, and to make the list easier to grasp, these are divided into two sections: the top 20 spirit-contact cases and the top 20 reincarnation cases. [For more info, see Key below.]
Top 20 Spirit-Contact Cases
Mediums / Ouija / Possession / Apparitions
Year
Case Name and Identification Number
Score
Source
2006
∗  New Meaning for 'Soul Mate'   [ID#24]
285
Eisenbeiss
2004
The Murder of Jacqueline Poole   [ID#69]
Playfair
2003
An Untimely Valentine   [ID#35]
Ginsberg
2002
Good Ships and Witches   [ID#9]
Schwartz
1989
A Country Revival   [ID#71]
Stevenson
1973
A Cameo Reappearance  [ID#64] 
Stevens
1971
The Rationalist Spirit  [ID#46]
Gauld
1957
∗  The Mysterious Death of Edgar Vandy  [ID#39]
Gay
1949
Anna's Amazing Abilities   [ID#67]
Westwood
1939
∗  Relics Revealed & Revisited   [ID#15]
Garland
1930
∗  The R-101 Disaster   [ID#14]
Price
1924
Fire and Iceland [ID#70] 
Haraldsson
1918
Soule Proves the Soul   [ID#56]
Hyslop
1916
The Picture of Raymond Lodge  [ID#62]
Lodge
1909
The `Deadicated' Reporter   [ID#66 ]
Funk
1907
The A.B.C. Séances  [ID#30]
Abbott
1904
The Unforgotten Coin  [ID#68]
Funk
1898
∗  Friends and Strangers   [ID#48]
Hodgson
1897
Cloak and Danger   [ID#44]
Johnson
1879
The Return of Mary Roff   [ID#45]
Myers
Top 20 Reincarnation Cases
Regressions, Recollections, & Visions of Other Lives
Year
Case Name and Identification Number
Score
Source
2009
∗  One More Mission   [ID#65]
Leininger
2003
My Mother's Brother Is My Father's Son   [ID#75 ]
Stevenson
2002
∗  Guns and Rebirth   [ID#74]
279
Haraldsson
2000
Dying To Meet Each Other   [ID#18]
264
Newton
1999
The Policeman and the Painter   [ID#19]
270
Snow
1995
Having A Friend   [ID#72]
264
Andrade
1995
Round Trip To Allentown   [ID#63]
273
Sightings
1993
A Town Reborn  [ID#23]
Rieder
1993
Family Lost and Found  [ID#61]
270
Cockell
1991
∗  A Submariner Resurfaces   [ID#59]
284
Brown
1990
∗  The Strangers Were Lovers [ID#60]
281
U.M.
1982
The Apprentice Murderer  [ID#22]
269
Goldberg
1978
Death In The Garment District  [ID#20]
268
Netherton
1978
The Numbers of the Beast  [ID#21]
268
Netherton
1977
∗  The Spirits Seller's Spirit [ID#76]
283
Stevenson.
1976
The Prince and the Servant Girl   [ID#58] 
261
Iverson
1963
Keeping Them In the Family   [ID#77]
278
Stevenson
1956
The Rebirth of Bridey Murphy  [ID#36]   -Hear Here-
270
Bernstein
Honorable Mentions — Cases previously ranked in the top 40.
Key: For those lacking time to examine the entire list, the top 10 cases (five in each category) are marked with ∗.   Cases are listed according to the year in which they were reported (newest on top). Only the highest ranking cases, as determined by our objective Evidence Scoring System, are included here. (Cases scoring within one or two points of each other should be considered essentially equal.) When a new case qualifies to be added, the lowest ranked case on the list is moved to the Honors List. For a quick look at the ranking principles, see the Evidence Hierarchy. Click on the case name to go to a summary in .pdf format. Clicking on the source will lead you to information on obtaining the source, if it is a book. Clicking on the score will take you to the table showing how its value was determined.

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