Weekly News Round-up 11/27/13

The LAPD are using zombies to scare people into locking their vehicles. Read about it here.

BBC has an article about how churches in Mexico believe they are under attack by Satan and looking for more exorcist. Check it out here.

In some sad paranormal news, a group of guys claiming to be ghost hunters burned a historic mansion to the ground. The people involved were all arrested. You can read about it here.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so for all of you celebrating, have a happy holiday!

Psychic Detectives

There have been a lot of missing persons cases in the news lately. It got me thinking about the phenomenon of police working with psychics to solve cases. In some ways, I think this is totally fascinating. The idea of people being able to help locate missing people or save lives with just their minds would be an amazing thing. My curiosity got me researching it a bit and I was slightly surprised by what I found.

There was almost no real evidence of psychics actually solving any cases. There are tons of websites, groups, TV shows and documentaries about psychics working various agencies to help solve crimes, but if you are looking for solid, hard evidence, you might be out of luck.

Many people have claimed to have helped solve various crimes, but there is rarely enough evidence to back up their claims. It’s not surprising that most police agencies deny any involvement with psychics. Following tips brought in by psychics can eat up a lot of time and money, so discouraging psychic involvement makes sense from a business stand point.

I would actually love to come across real evidence that someone with psychic abilities was able to help assist in solving a case, so if anyone knows of any proof out there, feel free to send it my way.

 

What do you think? Can psychics help solve crimes? Should police try and work with them?

Weekly News Round-up

A video has been circulating of a strange sea creature caught by an oil rig camera. Check it out here. What do you think it is?

Looking for a fun ghost-related vacation or activity? Someone sent me a link to a site that has all kinds of spooky vacation packages.

Mirror has an article about a collection of emergency calls all related to paranormal incidents. Check it out here.

Just a quick note!

I'm planning on going back to using the blogger address for this blog, instead of www.paranormalpursuits.net. So if you use the .net address you will need to change it back to paranormalpursuits.blogspot.com. This should change around November 10th. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Weekly News Round-up 11/6/13

A bigfoot hunt turned into a man getting shot and two people ending up in jail. Read about it here.

A dust devil was filmed doing some damage to a car in a parking lot. It's not exactly paranormal, but it is pretty cool to see and the phenomenon might explain some of the ghostly experiences people have had in the past. See it here.

Edinburgh was titled UK's spookiest city. Read about why here.