Sensing murder or dead set useless….. (direct line to heaven)
There will always be people in society who want to believe in psychics. No amount of rational discussion, facts or other evidence will change their minds. I’ve learnt over the years to appreciate and embrace the differences that a diverse population brings to us all.
Last week the NZ Herald led with an article about a television programme - Sensing Murder. The essence of the article was that the programme had run 39 times and never found a useful piece of evidence.
Over the years in police I have been involved in many homicide investigations. As an investigative tool, psychics are dead set useless. From a personal perspective, I found this programme to be overly dramatized and very boring.
As Officer in Charge of various homicides my name would be in the media frequently. As a result I would regularly receive letters from a number of different psychics who would profess to know where the bodies were buried or a location that had compelling evidence to help solve the case.
One such psychic contacted me quite regularly by post. I would never give these people oxygen by replying to them. During one such investigation the psychic wrote to me about the murder and provided some guidance to solving it. Of course it was nonsense and the ideas from the psychic had nothing whatsoever to do with the evidence or any facts related to the investigation. What was of more interest was that the psychic had been in touch with my mother – on the other side. My mother apparently wanted me to know that she was fine and looking out for me and my brother.
On this occasion I was tempted to reply and let the psychic know that if I wanted to get in touch with my mother, I would just pick up the phone and speak to her. And no I didn’t have a direct line to heaven. Common sense prevailed and this letter, along with the many others I had received over my career, all went the same way.