Posted by Anthony at July 3rd, 2006

A large number of billboards and bus stops in NYC have been recently occupied by this poster promoting the new Court TV series about psychic detectives. Since the subject matter seems to be popular with the masses, the question one needs to ask is: “How many crimes have real life psychic-abilities actually helped solve?”. As Court TV’s own crime library suggests it’s, ummm 0. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, there isn’t a single proven case on the record where a psychic who’s not been been an accomplice in a crime actually helped solve it. Sure, there is plenty of anecodal accounts, but you’d think with all those years of hard work there’d be at least one well-documented case? Well, there are a few of them to be sure, like this gem where a psychic has demonstrated his supernatural ability to ground the planes. In this case, I actually wonder who is more gullible the psychic, or the TSA officials who actually listened.

In conclusion. Since Court TV’s pitch for the show is “America’s most wanted meet America’s most clairvoyant” - I’m betting on the most wanted. At least their abilities are fairly well-documented.