Psychic Crimes

Superior Essays
Many skeptics believe that it is impossible for a psychic to be accurate when solving a crime, but many police officers have turned to psychics to help them in solving and even predicting crimes. Many people believe that psychics are just a hoax who have a crystal ball and predict your future by reading your palm, but psychic ability goes way beyond what we believe. Talented psychics swear to have the ability to communicate with the dead (Zammit The Politics of Envy). It is also said that there are different types of psychics who have different types of psychic abilities. By having the ability to directly communicate with the deceased souls of the victims, psychics have greatly impacted the solving of crimes.

Psychics claim to be to
…show more content…
When a case of the missing athlete, Shillie, came up the FBI recommended Valerie. Without the help of this talented psychic, the case would have never been resolved. Once Morrison was brought to the scene she immediately took on the emotions of the victim and was able to tell the police exactly what happened at the scene of the crime. She said that it was very fearful, dark, and in a tree growth. She also stated that there was missing shoes and jacket, and buried in a shallow grave and by a religious statue (Zammit). This information was too accurate for the killer to deny. Valerie Morrison knew that the murderer knew the victim. “The psychic in trance asked the mother, “where did you put me.”The mother of the victim then confessed to shooting Shillie in the head and is serving fifteen years in prison. The police officers in the case firmly believe in psychics and fully trust Valerie's psychic abilities. Detective Frank Martin stated, “All the information given to us by the psychic was one hundred percent …show more content…
Forensic psychic Ann Fisher could do just that. Ann Fischer has worked with police for 20 years and was correct in all she said to police. When Ann was brought to the scene of a missing person, she drew a map of the location for the police just by what she saw in her vision. She explains that the man was not alone at the crime and that the woman he was with has blonde hair. The police still have not found the women he was with. Ann states that she sees the missing victim in his car totally submerged in the Mohawk River. At first the police were spooked and did not believe in what she was telling them. The police searched the Mohawk and there they found the missing victim. Police were stunned that she was correct in her predictions and that they found him exactly where she said. Lieutenant Alex Rinaldi states, “The only reason why we searched the Mohawk River was because of the psychic telling us that’s where he (the victim) is – and we found him.” Another forensic psychic, Carol Pate, gave officers information about the people involved where it took place. Pate was brought to a case of a girl who was murdered and missing. Carol goes into great detail when explaining what happened at the scene of the crime. She showed police pictures of the people involved and what they did at the crime (Zammit). Carol identified that

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Chief Hamilton Case Study

    • 1200 Words
    • 5 Pages

    I have been ordered by Kirkland Police Chief Bill Hamilton to provide this written statement. Nothing that I include in this statement, nor evidence derived from the statement may be used against me in a subsequent criminal proceeding. I understand that I must complete this statement which will address questions which are specifically, directly and narrowly related to the performance of my official duties. At the direct order of Chief Hamilton, understanding that I can be disciplined and/or terminated for violating a direct order, I am making this statement.…

    • 1200 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Back at the scene, Adams said he and other officers were approached by Marci Kitchen. Officer Kadle said Marci Kitchen arrived at the scene demanding to see her daughter and appeared drunk. “She was visibly upset and crying; her speech was slightly slurred,” Kadle said. “I could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her as she spoke.” Adams said he let her walk past a police barrier to see if she could identify the body, which was later revealed to have been Tsarnas.…

    • 655 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Hsc300 Unit 3 Assignment

    • 768 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Many people think I'm the killer, but I'm not. I think I know who it really is. Today is the day I will get questioned. I can't believe some of my friends and even Katie's family, who I have known since I was little, think that I'm the killer. Katie's family probably knows I wasn't actually the killer.…

    • 768 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Kelly Ann Bates was described as a bubbly girl. Her mother said that she didn’t walk, she bounced. Her friends were older than she was so it was no surprise when she gravitated towards James Patterson Smith, born around 1948 and 30 years her senior. She was first to meet him when she was only 14 years old and was babysitting for one of Smith’s friends.…

    • 1171 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Many people are confused about what paranormal actually means. To most, the term can be pictured with pale ghosts and walking zombies or aliens with their bright UFOs. A real definition, however, is explained as: "the scientific study of interactions between living organisms and their external environment that seem to transcend the known physical laws of nature. Parapsychology [the study of the paranormal phenomena] is a component of the broader study of consciousness and the mind" (Rhine 1). This explanation describes it as the study of supernatural and paranormal beings we are unable to see, hear, or use any other sense to locate these spirits.…

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Sam Sheppard Case

    • 1392 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Victims’ lives are gone, and the killers disappear. Not much is worse than an escaped murderer. Many murders have been left unsolved, including the Sheppard case. However, sometimes it is obvious who committed the crime, yet they are not punished. It is clear that Dr. Sam Sheppard murdered his wife, Marilyn Sheppard, because of details included in the crime scene and Sam’s story, missing information in Sam’s story, and the possible motives for Sam to have killed his wife.…

    • 1392 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Psych Ethical Dilemmas

    • 1021 Words
    • 5 Pages

    In this T.V. show called, Psych, one of the main character, Shawn Spencer, would constantly send in small tips to the police department that would help them with the cases that they are currently solving. Shawn gets called in as a suspect and he had to make up something to not get jailed, so he claims himself to be a psychic. In reality, Shawn just has a high observation skill and great detective instinct skill along with the help of his childhood friend, Gus, to keep his psychic act in check. In the first episode of Psych, I believe that he would fall in under two type of theories, the Ethical Egoism and Utilitarianism. The dilemma in this episode is revolving around Shawn trying to prove to the chief of the department that he is an actual “psychic” because if he doesn’t he’s going…

    • 1021 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Upon arrival police found the body with hair clinched in James hand which sparked the idea to get his body examined immediately. After examination of his body, James was found with 20 steak knife stab wounds, and had been hit 4 times in the head with a blunt object, which was determined to be the cause of his death. The hair that was found in James’s hand had been traced back to Frank Wright. The police claimed Frank as a suspect after finding out that he had got into an argument with James an hour before the bar had closed. There were no witnesses of the attack but with knowing of the argument and the hair DNA analysis, police knew that the suspect was Frank wright.…

    • 718 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    On May 7, 2000, Brenton Butler (15 year old African males) left his home seeking gainful employment at Blockbuster thought it would be just a not Sunday morning. However, on the other side of town at the Mary Ann and James Stephens were leaving the Ramada Inn after having breakfast. The couple came to Jacksonville Florida to vacation, but Mr. Stephen’s never thought this would be the last time day he would spend with his wife. An African American male between the ages of 20-25 approach the couple demanding Mrs. Stephens to give him her purse.…

    • 1050 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Felony Crimes

    • 516 Words
    • 3 Pages

    If you are charged with a crime, you need to understand the different levels of offense that you can be charged with. This will help you determine what you should plea when you appear in court, and what the consequences will be of pleading guilty or accepting a plea deal. The Worst Kind: Felonies The most serious type of crime that you can be charged with is a felony. Felonies can be brought against you at both the state and federal level.…

    • 516 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Thought crimes are crimes that are involved with thinking a controversial idea or decision, and by turning those into judicial offenses, it creates debatable ideas based off of what someone thought. Instead of helping to develop mentorship to communicate the values favorable to society, it creates a society in which anything could become a judicial issue. It creates a society where everyone can create debatable issues, making the favorable values disappear because people are to focused on turning thought crimes into judicial issues. When people become focused on developing judicial issues, they become very focused on being right about their opinion all the time, and don’t worry about conducive values. The values are used to show how power…

    • 224 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Lucy change being egotistical after meeting with police. He wants to help the police to pursue the criminal who has severely against him. Based on data describes Lucy called the police to prevent victims in the airport and help them find the whole of the victim. The police objected to all the command because the police has been believe in Lucy, that Lucy will to eradicate criminal Based on data describes Lucy force want to talk to the police were two and she ran to nobody is following the police because Lucy want to tell important information about criminals who have been doing evil to some people . The victim be courier introductory drug .…

    • 222 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    So from evidence inferences that may be made about the psychological relationship between crimes and offenders, we can deduce potential suspect, giving cranial investigators leads. As “criminals are distinct in personality or psychological profiles.” (Anastasi, 1976). But the degree of how accurate criminal profiling may be brought into…

    • 1182 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Is there such as thing as a psychic palm reading? That is a difficult question to answer but when someone takes an interest in knowing their future (sometimes by examining their past), then a palm reading is just one option at a person's disposal. What is a palm reading? As part of psychic readings, many psychics ask to examine the person's palm.…

    • 545 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    What is Parapsychology? It is a field of study concerned with the investigation of paranormal and psychic phenomena. Parapsychologists study telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-deathexperiences, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other supernatural and paranormal claims. (Wikipedia) Telepathy is defined as the ability to communicate thoughts or ideas through ways unknown to the world. Precognition allows you to know something is going to happen.…

    • 784 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays