| Despite UK police forces neither confirming nor | | | | character emerge from a coma discovering he had a |
| denying they use Psychic Mediums in their | | | | psychic detective ability. Other films including the |
| investigations, several Psychics insist that they are | | | | subject of psychics, mediums and paranormal is vast |
| called upon to assist in solving tough cases with many | | | | but some more notable ones include Six Sense where |
| saying they have worked closely with investigating | | | | a young boy sees dead people, The Gift, where a |
| officers for years helping police solve murders. | | | | woman with extrasensory perception is asked to |
| Often these Psychic Mediums are called Psychic | | | | help find a young woman who has disappeared. Don't |
| Detectives whilst working in this field and they use | | | | Look Now, Daphne De Maurier famous story of a |
| their paranormal psychic abilities to help police in | | | | couple on a getaway trying to overcome the death |
| solving kidnappings, murder cases or locating corpses. | | | | of their young daughter when the father starts to |
| By using a range of different abilities from | | | | have premonitions which co inside with a series of |
| Postcognition (the paranormal perception of the | | | | murders in the city. |
| past), Psychometry (information psychically gained | | | | There is no denying that police forces have acted |
| from objects), Telepathy and Remote Viewing, | | | | upon information from Psychic Mediums in the past, |
| Psychic Mediums manage to communicate with the | | | | with Dyfed Powys Police only recently spending |
| spirits of the murder victims and relay valuable | | | | £20, 000 following a line of investigation in a |
| information about the crime, the criminal and the | | | | murder inquiry based on information a medium had |
| details that surround the event. Tarot Reading, | | | | passed on. But the police remain ambiguous in their |
| numerology and dowsing also tend to be used. | | | | response to using Psychics and whilst they say "We |
| There has been a long history of Psychic Detectives | | | | welcome any information from people who feel they |
| in fiction with TV Series, films and books all covering | | | | are able to assist." They go on to say "We are |
| the phenomenon. Stephen Kings book 'The Dead | | | | unaware of any inquiries significantly progressed |
| Zone' was adapted into a film and saw the lead | | | | solely by information provided by a psychic medium. |