 Ochorowicz, with Frederic William Henry Myers, Charles Richet and Oliver Lodge, investigated Palladino in the summer of 1894 at Richet's house on the Île du Grand Ribaud in the Mediterranean.Myers and Richet claimed that furniture moved during the séances and that some of the phenomena were the result of a supernatural agency.However, Richard Hodgson claimed there was inadequate control during the séances and that the precautions described did not rule out trickery.