Sir Oliver Lodge, Raymond’s father and one of Britain’s most prominent scientists, claimed that his son was regular communication with him from beyond the grave. Did Raymond communicate with his family from beyond the grave? Although the spirits Raymond did seem to have intimate knowledge of parts of his life, he was surprisingly vague about many important details. And skeptics point out that the incident of the photograph may have been no more than the result of a couple of lucky guesses on the part of the medium.