WildCat
10th January 2005, 11:04 PM
There was a news teaser during the airing of Medium on the local NBC station tonight. It claimed that a psychic actually provided accurate information about missing candy heiress Helen Brach (she's been missing for 28 years). From the story: (http://www.nbc5.com/news/4069600/detail.html)
In 1991, investigators from the Cook County state's attorney's office traveled to Nutley, N.J., to see the famed psychic Dorothy Allison. One investigator's notes from the interview contain a chilling similarity to the story that sources say is being told by a federal informant, Unit 5' s Renee Ferguson reported.
...Denenberg said the psychic told investigators in 1991 that Helen Brach's body was taken to Inland Steel and incinerated. That detail was only revealed publicly last week.
Well, not really. The notes actually said:
"Ms. Allison felt that Mrs. Brach met death by fire/cremation and enroute, one would pass a Windsor Street. She also mentioned a Charles Reed -- either a person, place or thing -- possibly an incinerator."
Some observations:
1. She was killed before being incinerated. So the statement that she met death by fire is a miss.
2. I have no idea whether one would pass a "Windsor Street" on the way. But it's a very common street name. I grew up living on Windsor Drive. Lots of them around.
3. No "Charles Reed" uncovered by the investigation to date. That's a miss.
"It's very odd; it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little bit," she said. "It could be coincidence, but the fact that she said incinerator, and now everyone is saying incinerator?"
No, it's not odd. There were pages and pages of notes from the psychic interview. And one partial hit. Yes, it's a coincidence.
Allison died several years ago, so anything else she may have known about the case will remain untold.
Oooh, what a great loss! :p
I wonder if this story would have run at all if they weren't promoting Medium?
And no, I wasn't watching Medium. I just had it on channel 5 when I turned the TV on, and the teaser ran just then.
In 1991, investigators from the Cook County state's attorney's office traveled to Nutley, N.J., to see the famed psychic Dorothy Allison. One investigator's notes from the interview contain a chilling similarity to the story that sources say is being told by a federal informant, Unit 5' s Renee Ferguson reported.
...Denenberg said the psychic told investigators in 1991 that Helen Brach's body was taken to Inland Steel and incinerated. That detail was only revealed publicly last week.
Well, not really. The notes actually said:
"Ms. Allison felt that Mrs. Brach met death by fire/cremation and enroute, one would pass a Windsor Street. She also mentioned a Charles Reed -- either a person, place or thing -- possibly an incinerator."
Some observations:
1. She was killed before being incinerated. So the statement that she met death by fire is a miss.
2. I have no idea whether one would pass a "Windsor Street" on the way. But it's a very common street name. I grew up living on Windsor Drive. Lots of them around.
3. No "Charles Reed" uncovered by the investigation to date. That's a miss.
"It's very odd; it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little bit," she said. "It could be coincidence, but the fact that she said incinerator, and now everyone is saying incinerator?"
No, it's not odd. There were pages and pages of notes from the psychic interview. And one partial hit. Yes, it's a coincidence.
Allison died several years ago, so anything else she may have known about the case will remain untold.
Oooh, what a great loss! :p
I wonder if this story would have run at all if they weren't promoting Medium?
And no, I wasn't watching Medium. I just had it on channel 5 when I turned the TV on, and the teaser ran just then.