Dec 23, 2019
Jeb and Blake join Leonard Nimoy and a group of St. Louis clairvoyants as we go in research of psychic detectives.
Watch this episode of ISO on YouTube.
A quick thanks to Shane Gower for his helpful blog post from 2015 about this episode.
- 1970s Famous psychic Peter Hurkos is featured during the introduction.
- Hurkos was vouched for by Andrija Puharich, after being challenged by James Randi. Puharich was a major figure in Ancient Aliens, Remote Viewing, and New Age culture in the US.
- "Psychic Detective" has changed meaning over the 20th century from detectives who investigated the paranormal into detectives who were themselves paranormal.
- IMDB and Wikipedia say that Sylvia Browne is in this episode. Jeb and I could find zero evidence to support that assertion. She appeared neither on-screen, nor in the credits. Furthermore, the episode took place in St. Louis and involved local psychic investigators but Browne had left Missouri for California in 1964 according to her obituary:
"She eventually began giving readings to others and, 10 years after moving to California in 1964, she formed the Nirvana Foundation for Psychic Research."
- Irene Hughes makes an appearance, already a media figure when this was shot
- Phyllis Deggendorf is said to attend George Washington University which is in Washington D.C. - but actually it is Washington University in St. Louis.
- Articles about the Sally Lucas murder case discussed in the
episode:
Body of Sally Lucas Found (Sep 1971)
Details on Sally Lucas' Murderer's trial (Anthony Damico)
Damico found Guilty
St. Louis Magazine article on Bevy Jaegers
Details on the Criminal Trial of Anthony Damico (no mention of Psychics)
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