There is little doubt I am a skeptic of psychics. I have demonstrated several times that simple observation is all these ‘gifted’ people have. Now, I am not ready to completely denounce all paranormal phenomenon, I am not the pessimistic little troll that is the editor of Skeptic magazine. No, I believe there are phenomenon that cannot be dismissed with the wave of the magic wand of scientific reasoning.
Yet, here we go again with another celebrity psychic making predictions about the kidnapping and possible homicide of a child! This time the warped psycho is none other than the real life version of that trite NBC drama medium, Allison Dubois.
The case involves 19-year-old Jackie Hartman a college student from Arizona. Ms. Dubois if you please went on Oprah (which should be called Doprah since everyone seems to be so damn addict to this mind numbing claptrap) and stated that she saw the young girl choked to unconscious and killed. She also stated the body would be found, blah, blah, and blah. More vagaries and horseshit!
Of course, the body will be found! They have a suspect in custody, the victim’s boyfriend, so it stands to reason the crime was likely a sudden impulse not a well thought act and he likely hastily disposed of the corpse. Duh! If they don’t find the body I have a prediction! All of the law enforcement involved with the case will be FIRED!
In addition, here is another, duh! Allison Dubois is just doing this for ratings because the crappy show based on her real life exploits (exploitations) is faltering under the weight of bad plot lines and pitiful acting.
The thing that burns my ass the worst about this is the fact the talk show hounds still give these idiots like Dubois, Sylvia Browne, and John Edwards air time and lend credence to their hogwash.
So Oprah, do us favor and stick to banal celebrity interviews and reviews of dull books that no one wants to read and leave the true crime to John Walsh.
(Excuse my abuse of passive voice on this one but I am a little emotional about this one! This is the very thing that burns me the most about psychics. Plus, I haven’t had any coffee!)