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Psychics and Missing People

fowlsound said:
Sorry about the domain name. I got a call in a while back and was sidetracked. I will call again, and hope they let me change it. If not, I will register the second one and point them both at the website.

Sorry!

*mumbles something about needing a clone to help with all the bloody work...
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That's ok. If there is one lesson I've learned in all of this, it is patience. Good thing come to those who wait, as they say.

I'm not done with my part either, so no guilt.

I am entirely grateful to have all the help!

Kelly :)
 
chillzero said:
.... it is probably pretty obvious that a person leaving a bar on New Year's Day located next to the docks is likely to have fallen into the water and perished ......
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There was a quite similar case in the danish town Odense, where a young man went missing and was later found in the water, although the initial search failed to find him. In this case, however, the psychic that came forward didn't state the obvious, but instead claimed that the man had been abducted, and was held captive in a basement somewhere in town!
This resulted in his friends starting their own search, even waking up a caretaker in the middle of the night to search a building. All this commotion scared the town, of course, but when it was all over, the psychic didn't think she had done anything wrong! :mad:
It's at least a year ago I heard the story in a radio broadcast, and it was also available as a streamed broadcast. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it anymore. :( The program was about the use of psychics by the police, and whether they should put manpower into investigating psychic claims. I've contemplated writing a post about this case, so if anybody has a link to the broadcast, it'll be most appreciated. (It was from DR, most likely P1)
 
Our very own chillzero is featured on the blog series today. She tells the story of how she came to rational thinking, and she also does a very good job of addressing the families of the missing in relationship to using psychics.

Thank you, chillzero!

Kelly

http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/
 
Poetic justice alert!

I just received a call from the Fxxxxxxxx Scholarship folks in Washington, DC. They read yesterday's blog entry about "The Guarantee?" and they are very upset.

They are not upset with me, but with Diego and what he did. At the time, University Police only gave him a slap on the hands, but the Fxxxxxx folks are ticked off and want to take it further. They said his priveliges/Visa could be revoked, depending upon what the university decides to do.

I xxx'd out part of the scholarship name, since they do searches on it daily, and I don't want them poking around. I offered to delete their name from the blog, but they were ok with it staying.

I think they were pretty shocked to have uncovered this. I told them frankly that I thought the U should confiscate his PC and make sure he did not attempt it again or actually scam someone. I hope they do that. I did ask them to let me know what happens.

So, after all this time, perhaps justice will be served.

Thanks for listening.
 
Kelly, be sure to update us on what, if anything, happens to this guy. I read the blog and noticed that, even though you wrote "University of XXXXXX in XXXXX, KY, you provided a link to the actual university. :o

Anyway, since XXXXX, KY is where I live, I'd like to know if anything happens to him.
 
Q:How many psychic detectives does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: 1000. 989 to grope around in the dark looking for the darn thing, 1 to be lead by a police officer to the bulb and watch her screw it in, and 10 to crow in the media about how they helped solve the Case of the Unscrewed-In Light Bulb.
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Okay, so maybe light bulb jokes aren’t the most appropriate vehicle for your series, but sometimes a single light bulb joke can do more than 20 pages of irrefutable logic.

Or maybe I’m just looking for a belated excuse to say how I, like everyone else, am gladdened by your participation in this forum and by all the good work you do.;) (especially loved the Diego entry)
 
chillzero said:
Inspired by Luke T I decided to write to the BBC about the article:

In your report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4803686.stm

You state "Diane Lazarus has helped the police in the Republic and in Britain find other missing people.".
....

I'll let you know if they respond.
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John Jackson alerted me to the fact that the wording of this article has now been altered. It now reads:
"Diane Lazarus has previously been involved in attempts to find missing people. "
 
Spidey13 said:
Kelly, be sure to update us on what, if anything, happens to this guy. I read the blog and noticed that, even though you wrote "University of XXXXXX in XXXXX, KY, you provided a link to the actual university. :o

Anyway, since XXXXX, KY is where I live, I'd like to know if anything happens to him.
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That is hilarious! I thought I cleaned that out so there was no clear reference to the actual location. The Fxxxxxx Scholarship people were able to figure it out because apparently he was the only Diego in KY with that privelege.

The woman from Fxxxx promised to let me know what happens to the scumbag. The reason that I did not make it 100% clear who he is, is because of a bit of nervousness when dealing with people from foreign countries. YOu never know what is their take on respect for life.

Note to self: Get more sleep. Either that, or don't post when half alseep. :D
 
Ryan O'Dine said:
Okay, so maybe light bulb jokes aren’t the most appropriate vehicle for your series, but sometimes a single light bulb joke can do more than 20 pages of irrefutable logic.

Or maybe I’m just looking for a belated excuse to say how I, like everyone else, am gladdened by your participation in this forum and by all the good work you do.;) (especially loved the Diego entry)
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HI Ryan, and thank you.

I'm glad you liked the Diego entry. I never dreamed something would come of that one, and so quickly!

Good joke, and so true. It may bear repeating.
 
Spidey13 said:
Kelly, be sure to update us on what, if anything, happens to this guy. I read the blog and noticed that, even though you wrote "University of XXXXXX in XXXXX, KY, you provided a link to the actual university. :o

Anyway, since XXXXX, KY is where I live, I'd like to know if anything happens to him.
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Something damned well ought to. Enough is enough. This creep, while on a scholarship, is trying to bilk money from innocent people who are suffering.

His scholarship ought to be revoked, he ought to be sent home, and he ought to be barred from returning to this country. Bastard.
 
Roadtoad said:
Something damned well ought to. Enough is enough. This creep, while on a scholarship, is trying to bilk money from innocent people who are suffering.

His scholarship ought to be revoked, he ought to be sent home, and he ought to be barred from returning to this country. Bastard.
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I don't know anything about the Fxxxxx Scholarship, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the money does come from taxes.

He already has his PHD, the woman told me. :(

RT: Why don't you just head on down there and make some carefully placed treadmarks?

If you hear on the news that I was shot and killed, you'll know why. (dramatic music plays)
 
KellyJ said:
Our very own chillzero is featured on the blog series today. She tells the story of how she came to rational thinking, and she also does a very good job of addressing the families of the missing in relationship to using psychics.

Thank you, chillzero!

Kelly

http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/
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Excellent piece by chillzero. Very informative and well written. The part about how you can unconciously use cold reading was very interesting.
 
Mr. Stick said:
Excellent piece by chillzero. Very informative and well written. The part about how you can unconciously use cold reading was very interesting.
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I'd like to second that sentiment.

Chillzero's article was an enlightening piece that will serve to not only inform people who are unfortunately in this terrible situation, but also self-professed psychics who (genuinely) think that they can help in these situations and skeptics who need to understand more deeply why certain people think they can genuinely help.

Congratulations chillzero for an excellent piece, and congratulations also to KellyJ for setting up such an important project. Truly inspiring work.

John
 
KellyJ said:
That is hilarious! I thought I cleaned that out so there was no clear reference to the actual location. The Fxxxxxx Scholarship people were able to figure it out because apparently he was the only Diego in KY with that privelege.

The woman from Fxxxx promised to let me know what happens to the scumbag. The reason that I did not make it 100% clear who he is, is because of a bit of nervousness when dealing with people from foreign countries. YOu never know what is their take on respect for life.

Note to self: Get more sleep. Either that, or don't post when half alseep. :D
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Hi Kelly,

I haven't posted before in this thread as I didn't think I had anything to add but I just want to say I'm very impressed with everything you're doing over there. Also, I thought I'd just give you a heads up that although you've now blanked out the link and if you click on it it goes to no where if you hover over the link you can still see the universities web address, I'm not sure whether this was your intention or not but incase it wasn't I thought I'd let you know
 
Psychics and light bulbs

Given a burned-out light bulb...

Psychic: "I'm getting an impression of height, an impression of reaching up, as if to a ceiling..."

Homeowner: "No, it wasn't a ceiling light."

Psychic: "No, it was a table lamp. Like I said, elevated above the floor."

Homeowner: "No, it wasn't a table lamp."

Psychic: "As I said, it was near a table...one of those free standing floor lamps..."

Homeowner: "No, it came from the light outside my front door."

Psychic: "Exactly as I said; it was above your head."

The next day the psychic's website is updated to include the claim: Assisted homeowner in emergency bulb replacement.
 
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