psychic detectives

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R000100280009-3.pdf This was, in my opinion, an article to ridicule. Promoting "psychics". I would be interested in some of your thoughts.

I received my July/August 2017 issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine today. It offers a lengthy article written by Gary Posner , M.D. He is both the founder of the Tampa Bay Skeptics, and also a CSI Scientific and Technical Consultant. Titled Psychic Detective Noreen Renier: The Grinch Who...

With more than 40 psychic detective videos posted and typically linked to her website, Noreen Renier typically pulls first on search engines and has the largest mix. Interestingly over the past several months the dates on many of these --- typically filmed 10-32 years ago, have been re-dated...

Even the unsupported claims by psychics of being directly hired by public police agencies has now dwindled to only 1 claim in 2016 across North America. And this claim of "working with police" still came with a refusal to provide a police contact or even the agency name. And that 2016 case was...

I have been looking for skeptical material on the alleged psychic dream detective Chris Robinson. I managed to find this reported by Richard Wiseman in his book Night School (2014), so thought I would share it: Source: Richard Wiseman. (2014). Night School: Wake Up to the Power of Sleep...

I am looking for information on the psychic Florence Sternfels (March 2, 1889 - April 1, 1965). In the Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy, it says on p. 282: Obviously the American Psychical Institute is not credible, I am just interested in any information...

Having taken down my own critical web site about TV missing person psychic detective Noreen Renier, I'm following the website first posted in mid March. The registrant is based in Nobby Beach, Queensland, Australia. It incorporates some materials from my former 'Commentary by Sherlock' postings...

A few hours ago Orlando area "TV psychic detective" Noreen Renier celebrated her 78th birthday. According to a number of sources who have contacted me she celebrates her 78th while in rapidly declining health. Over the past two years she has undergone medical treatments for both lung cancer...

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/04/metro_detroit_psychic_sees_dea.html Apparently the psychic pinpointed the place(and told police) where the body was eventually found by police years later.Opinions? A bit more interesting than just the standard "a railway line near water" fare.

OK, so the other night I see a movie from the early 70s called Man on a Swing. It's the fictionalized account of a true crime book called The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor. In the film, Joel Grey (fresh off his Oscar® win for Cabaret) plays a self-proclaimed clairvoyant named Franklin Wills who...

Since publicly posting questions to "police psychic detective" Noreen Renier some months ago --- none of which she has answered --- I've been reviewing dozens of media stories where she's indicated police agencies sent her murder evidence. Bags of "police evidence" that she apparently collected...

Noreen Renier is apparently preparing to deceive the public once again with her <snip> "I found a lost airplane" charade. This time in Phoenix. In addition to a public speaking session at the Unity Church of Tucson on Thursday March 13th, Noreen Renier will follow up on Friday with a 7pm-9pm...

The Cocoa Beach Public Library (Florida) on its web site is showcasing the "courage of this truly original woman" after booking "renowned" psychic Noreen Renier for an "engrossing personal account" of her "career as a psychic detective" for a September 25th appearance at 6:30pm. On April 18...

You'd think after Sylvia Browne they'd learn. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/07/11/psychic-says-she-knew-where-to-look-for-murdered-11-year-old-boy-and-police-concur/ (Emphasis mine)

Ha-ha-ha! Not that they'll ever see a dime of it.

Many of the media's current crop of "psychic detectives" have informed clients seeking missing persons that those they sought were dead --- only to later have the persons be found alive. Super exaggerator "psychic" Noreen Renier told reporter Luisa Yanez with the [Florida] Sun Sentinel in...

TV missing person psychic detective Noreen Renier on January 16, 2013 turned 76 years old and according to her Facebook page a week later entered an Orlando hospital for lung cancer surgery. During previous court testimony when questioned if she could cure cancer using her “psychic energy...

Hello, Some of you here may remember me. I run a nonprofit which assists family members of missing persons in the US, Project Jason. I also authored the blog series, "Psychics and Missing Persons" and was a speaker at TAM some years back. I used to be a fairly frequent poster, but my...

TV Psychic detective actress and weak book sales author Noreen Renier continues to suffer further axe chopping against her promotional self-marketing campaign. WIKI has deleted the site under her name which her followers kept entirely devoted to various positive-only spins of her paranormal...

Sylvia is going to be so jealous/Couple sues "Angel the psychic" over false claims http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/06/texas_couple_suing_angel_the_p.php Texas Couple Sues Angel the Psychic, Belo, the Times and CNN Over False Claims Of a Mass Grave at Their House Last June...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/9266260/TV-psychic-Derek-Acorah-Maddie-is-dead.html Very classy. Didn't Sylvia Browne do something very similar and get it wrong? I'd imagine that this guy reckons that as it's been so many years since it happened it's now a safe bet.

Positioned immediately under the U.S. Supreme Court the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 ruled against Noreen Jean Renier, a woman who poses as a credible psychic detective and has falsely claimed to have been directly hired by public law enforcement...

Just posted is an update covering Victor Zammit and his stepped-up promotion of TV psychic detectives, specifically Noreen Renier and Laurie McQuary at http://www.gpinquirygroup.com/gpinqu...it%20page.html I know many JREF readers are fully knowledgeable about Zammit's anti-skeptical rants, but...

Michael Mapes, a self-described psychic and psychic detective player has recently criticized skeptics as a group for failing to admit to the involvement of psychics with law enforcement agencies. But he has switched his language into a clever path of obfuscation. Critics of psychic involvement...

This is an open December 2011 “breaking news” announcement for TV psychic detective Noreen Renier supporters. This week TV psychic detective Noreen Renier has clearly reached the point of utter desperation using a ploy and dodge with her followers. She’s apparently using a scheme to convince...

Dallas psychic Stephanie Almaguer injected herself into the case of a kidnapped baby and when her tip proved wrong, she blamed the media. Stephanie Almaguer's listing at psychiccrimefighter.com says she is an officer at a school and there is a picture of her wearing a police-type uniform...

It seems that some U.S. state and county forensic coroners and public crime labs are the latest income source of psychic detectives. Nine nationwide coroner associations and/or divisions have now admitted to booking paranormal mediums. Anyone else a bit concerned about how bizarre this is...

I had a conversation with a retired law enforcement senior officer this weekend. He retired after more than two decades as a Assistant Chief of Special Operations at a state law enforcement agency and previously worked as a Captain over one of the largest metro detective bureau teams in the...

For nearly three weeks Jhessye Shockley, a five year old girl, has been missing. With no updates, psychic Dave Campbell takes the limelight to make a 50/50 prediction. He gives a lot of detail based on the "planets" and claims 80% accuracy. The police have no interest in consulting a psychic...

After almost three years of analyzing subpoena information and contacting hundreds of public law enforcement agencies the conclusion is clear. Dozens of paranormal claimants have falsely claimed police hiring’s for their alleged paranormal investigative work. More than a thousand cases reported...