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92 opinions for Allison DuBois on Oprah

• Happy Jihad
  Feb 16, 2007 at 12:35 pm

  It was awful. I knew that Oprah was mindless entertainment, but I didn’t realize how vapid her viewers were until I saw the results of her website poll on the supernatural.

  My response is on my blog, Happy Jihad’s House of Pancakes: hjhop.blogspot.com

• Betty
  Feb 16, 2007 at 3:31 pm

  Can’t wait for your updates on her appearance!

• Dawn
  Feb 16, 2007 at 6:04 pm

  I was disappointed in the John Edwards segment. I find him to be less credible than Allison Dubois, but apparently Oprah didn’t, because she seemed to believe everything he said while she seemed very skeptical of Allison. It seemed like everytime she would quote Allison, you could almost hear the “quotation marks” in her voice, as if she were saying “So she claims..” But while Allison admits to having been tested and having documentation of her abilities, John Edward has never said anything about having any proof of his. I have noticed too a difference in the way they both give a reading. Allison is very methodical, making notes when something she says is confirmed by the subject. But John is very random, he talks very fast, almost not giving the person time to respond to him. I am not a “true” believer in this stuff, per se, but I have read about how some “psychics” give what is called a “cold reading”. That is when they will just start talking and watch the person for any reaction. When they see something, they focus on that topic, saying just enough to keep the person interested until they are convinced. I have to wonder if that is what John Edward is doing by talking nonstop. I’m not saying that I believe either of them, but I find Allison more believable than him. And did you notice how Oprah kept treating him, hanging on his every word? At the beginning, she even called him a “rock star of the paranormal world”. Yet she so easily dismissed Allison. Another difference in the two of them is that Allison uses her abilities to catch criminals, while he uses his for celebrity. Reportedly, Allison has never been paid for using her abilities. Makes me wonder.

• JCW
  Feb 16, 2007 at 11:06 pm

  Well, sadly…Oprah treated these interviews in the same manner she did the Michael Jackson interview she did at Neverland so long ago.

  In short, there was no journalistic integrity.

  If she’s interested in what these people can or cannot do, would it have killed her to tape a reading with them both in advance so that she could PERSONALLY speak to their accuracy?

  It was all about ratings - truth be damned. Makes me sad because in many respects I think highly of Oprah, but this is another one of those occassions
  where she dropped the ball. Big time.

  And Dawn - please do not be fooled - Allison is making major bucks doing readings for people. The only reason she does the crime gig is so she can claim that she aids in these cases to make herself seem more plausible. Between readings and books and the television show, make no mistake… the woman is cashing in BIG time. That’s why her husband no longer has to work.

  Yes, psychics do exist - but most don’t cash in and get rich, and you’re more likely to find one in the local trailer park scraping by than on TV.

  If they’re the real thing, usually you will find that they really do NOT cash in as you have seen Allison do.

  Trust me on this - those who think of it as a genuine “gift” to be shared with others do NOT seek national fame.

• nansee
  Feb 16, 2007 at 11:21 pm

  Is she that bad? I hate to be positive, a new thing for me. She’s annoying as F and bugs the hell out of me (if I met her, we probably wouldn’t get along), but is she nothing but a money-grubbing bitch? I don’t think so. JMO but I hope I’m right.

• JCW
  Feb 17, 2007 at 7:29 pm

  Well nansee, I did a lot of reading up about her thanks to Sheila’s “Psychic Smackdown” post, and it would surely seem that she is EXACTLY that bad.

• Medium Dreams » Allison DuBois on Oprah, Part Deux
  Feb 22, 2007 at 10:41 pm

  […] I just watched the Allison DuBois segment on Oprah again and several things jumped out at me. Perhaps it is because I have read both of her books, the book from the scientist in charge of her university testing, and the many blogs and forums of skeptics who think Allison DuBois is just a big old ghost-hag. (See my Psychic Smackdown post for a roundup.) […]

• ana
  May 17, 2007 at 8:50 am

  Hi I’m from Portugal. I wonder if it’s possible to contact allison dubois and help portuguese police to find the 4 y old Madeleine that was kidnappeted on 3 May. And since then no one have a clue, and the impact in europe has just been huge, the media, won’t stop talking about it.
  I’m too farway and im an ordinary 22 y old student of communication. I do believe in other forms of communication, so i don’t need proofs. I just thought allison could be helpful to give a big hand on this case and police could colaborate with her. Im sure the world could be more united. Im also sure there are mediums in portugal but they’re not mediatic. That is just a thought, sorry if im being ridiculous, but i guess not. Love, Ana

• ana isabel
  May 18, 2007 at 3:15 pm

  Hi, my name is ana isabel and i’m also from portugal. I also wan’t to know if allison dubois can be contacted and help a little girl named Madeleine Mcann. She disappered 15 days ago in Praia da Luz - Algarve - Portugal. She’s only 4 years old and she needs help. Please help her. Thanks Ana

• Tania
  May 19, 2007 at 7:43 am

  Hi
  Well I guess my thought is the same as the past two readers/commenters. I just finished watching the Oprah show with Allison Dubois (I am sure just as the other two readers did) and only one thought came to my mind: maybe Allison can help find Madeleine. I also live in Portugal and very much concerned about missing Madeleine McCann. If you know any way to get Allison interested in this case, and help find this missing little 4 year old girl please do so. Her family has setup a website http://www.findmadeleine.com. Check it out. - Tania

• Tania
  May 19, 2007 at 7:46 am

  sorry just to update that link it´s http://www.findmadeleine.com

  Thanks, Tania

• Maria
  May 20, 2007 at 3:12 pm

  Hello
  I’m portugueses and also very concerned about Madeleine. And after watching that Oprah’s with Allison Dubois that same idea cross my mind. I’ve trying to open her site but it’s never available. I also think that this medium could contribute to the return of Madeleine to her family. We could also write to Oprah, and ask her to contact Allison and tell her about Madeleine’s case. If Oprah gets los of emails,maybe she could pay some attention. Not only to Madeleine’s case but to others also. Keep the good faith.

• Maria
  May 20, 2007 at 3:14 pm

  Hello
  I’m portuguese and also very concerned about Madeleine. And after watching that Oprah’s with Allison Dubois that same idea cross my mind. I’ve been trying to open her site but it’s never available. I also think that this medium could contribute to the return of Madeleine to her family. We could also write to Oprah, and ask her to contact Allison and tell her about Madeleine’s case. If Oprah gets lots of emails,maybe she could pay some attention. Not only to Madeleine’s case but to others also. Keep the good faith.

• penny
  May 20, 2007 at 9:54 pm

  Hi, I am from Australia and have lost my younger brother and beautiful boyfreind in the past 4 years. I have read both Allison’s books and they have truly helped me especially with the loss of my boyfriend which was only 8 weeks ago. I beleive if you keep your heart and mind open anyone who has lost someone they love will feel things and see things beyond this world. I believe some people just have a gift to see and understand the afterlife more than others and Allison is one of them. Keep up the good work Allison!

• Vivi
  May 22, 2007 at 6:28 am

  Please help find Madeleine!

• Anabela
  May 22, 2007 at 6:58 am

  Find Madeleine should be an international cause…if Mrs. Allison DuBois has a gift from God, may someone help us to get in thouch with her and let her know Madeleine is waiting for her help… The portuguese, spanish and french police are making an huge effort to find our little Maddie, but for sure Allison´s help would be precious!!! Please, someone find Madeleine!!!

• Dunia Rodrigues
  May 22, 2007 at 7:59 am

  I`m from Portugal and, since I saw oprah on last week, I`ve tried to send several e-mails to portuguese newspappers, tv channels, Interpol, sugest the contact to Allison Dubois. I think she`s the key to find Madeleine! Please help to find Madeleine! Oprah, help this little girl to return to her family! Please!

• sara rawlins
  May 23, 2007 at 1:32 am

  The remarkable thing is that these mediums always seem to have information after the event. One medium I met said she could see but the authorities are sceptical! Does it matter? If there are people with this insight in UK , Australia, USA and so on why are they doing nothing. Get out there help with the little Madeline and prove your worth and no doubt the fees normally charged for readings

• Elsa Paquete
  May 23, 2007 at 3:51 am

  I´m a Portuguese, I just want to ask you, if it is possible for you to ask Allison Dubois for help to find the little girl Madeleine. Please help!!! http://www.findmadeleine.com

• sofia
  May 23, 2007 at 1:50 pm

  I´m also a Portuguese, girl, I just want to ask you, if it is possible for you to ask Allison Dubois for help to find the little girl Madeleine. Please,please help this child and her family
  http://www.findmadeleine.com

• Liliana
  May 24, 2007 at 6:34 am

  I`m Portuguese, and I`m also concerned about Madeleine. I think Allison Dubois could help Madeleine returns home! Please, help Madeleine!

• Andrea Corte real
  May 28, 2007 at 8:45 am

  Also from Portugal and because it’s important to remember: please can Alison Dubois find out were is Madeleine?
  http://www.findmadeleine.com.

• Richard Griffiths
  May 28, 2007 at 3:51 pm

  People think its as easy as that.Yes we all want poor little madeline back to her parents; but sometimes its beyond anyone’s control apart from the evil perpertraitor. This is why there is people like Alison to fight against evil spirit.Sometimes evil wins, we must all fight against evil by doing good and living a true life and expelling love.

• Andrea Corte Real
  May 29, 2007 at 2:24 am

  Yes it’s true: it’s not easy! But if we never try to do anything just because it’s dificult… Why even bother?!? We can’t give up of anything with the excuse of “is not easy”- all that is realy important in life isn’t easy…

• breda edgely
  Jun 6, 2007 at 6:28 am

  Hi
  I was wonder also if you could contact Alison about missing Madeline
  Her parents are trying so hard to find her could you please ask alison to help
  Bre

• bobcarp
  Jun 7, 2007 at 11:14 am

  There is no case that can be verified by any police department that Allison Dubois has ever help in solving any case with her so called “psychic” abilities. If anyone is waiting for her to help in finding Madeleine or any other missing person, you are in for a long wait. Now if there are any responsible people out there that really do have info on Madeline and don’t rely on some type of “hoo doo, hey look at me, I’m psychic!” claims, and feel they can help then please go to http://www.findmadeleine.com.

• Esme
  Jun 11, 2007 at 1:52 pm

  My thought too, was: could Allison Dubois help Madeleine´s parents in finding their little girl.
  Now I see I am not the only one with this thought.
  How do we connect Dubois with the McCanns?

• Nat
  Jun 27, 2007 at 7:02 pm

  Maybe it’s not up to Allison Dubois to contact the Portugal police but for them to contact her. I’m sure that she would have to go through ‘official’ levels to do what she has to do. There is always a certain stigma that is associated with people who claim to have such an ability. I think that you guys have to look at the bigger picture and realise that there’s many skeptics out there. We shouldn’t be pushing for someone to do something unless they want to. What’s with all the negativity? I’ve found that some of the comments are harsh. I’m one for ‘if I see it then I believe in it’ so I’m not saying that she has or hasn’t got a great ability but if she does, wouldn’t you guys be in the same shoes? She has a family to support and if she charges for readings, sells books, etc. then that’s her prerogative.

• ana
  Jul 14, 2007 at 5:34 am

  You’re right Nat! Thank you for saying that.

• tony
  Aug 15, 2007 at 4:26 am

  yes i think these should try and find this child

• tony
  Aug 15, 2007 at 4:36 am

  i just want to correct my last statement , l am saying that it would do any true medium a world of good to help and try and find the child that is missing , madeleine .their credibillity would go up if they got good results . dont you think ?

• Sharon Barnard
  Aug 30, 2007 at 5:04 am

  I also watched the show with Allison DuBois and while I was never a sceptic I now have more faith in the fact that our loved ones are with us. Even if this is not the case it’s wonderful to be able to believe that and help parents who have lost children comfort them in the thought that their children are fine and always with them. My brother died when he was 17 and I know this is of much comfort to both my parents.

• Bing McGhandi
  Aug 30, 2007 at 4:36 pm

  Sharon,

  Why “believe in belief”? Especially when you apparently have a skeptical bone in your body? And if it’s not true, what is redeeming about lying to the bereaved? I simply can’t countenance such callous cynicism.

• Sean O' Connor
  Sep 11, 2007 at 7:13 am

  I am a major Allison DuBois fan and I believe that she really and truly has a gift. She is an amazing pyschic and medium and I wish her all the luck in the world. From reading her first two books, I have come to see that she is a kind, helpful, considerate woman and a great role model to all. Good luck with the third book Allison. (”,)

• Bonnie
  Sep 13, 2007 at 10:04 pm

  Where is Madeline? Is she alive? help!!!

• Sean O' Connor
  Sep 14, 2007 at 4:39 am

  Bonnie,

  I know what you mean. I wondering the same thing myself. However, nobody from the Mc Cann family has asked Allison to participate in the Madeline case yet, so she can’t simply include herself in the case if she doesn’t have their permission. This is what I’m so confused over. Allison duBois is known all around the world for her amazing god-given abilities in finding missing people, yet no one from portugal has asked for her help.
  My advice to any of the people working on the case or even the Mc Cann family themselves, is to get in contact with Allison and ask for her help. It would be great to have her assistance on such a confusing case as this one is.
  I hope they find her soon, so it can give peace of mind to the family and friends.

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 14, 2007 at 7:23 am

  How do you know that she is psychic, Sean? What evidence do you have?

  HJ

• Sean O Connor
  Sep 15, 2007 at 5:00 am

  Bing,

  Surely the fact that she has solved so many cases in Arizona and the states around without the help or need to examine physical evidence suggests psychic ability. For example, can you explain how Alision single handedly solved a case about a missing girl in Texas and found the location of her body, without the help of the Texas Rangers themselves. The Texas Rangers were skeptics just like you, but after receiving her help on this case, they were grateful for her assistance.
  Personally I believe that you will never believe in Allison’s ability or any person who possesses the ability to be a medium, until you have encountered and experienced it for yourself.
  Many people have different abilities and Allison’s involves being able to speak to the people who have passed onto the next life. Just because you can’t explain how she has this gift, does not mean it does not exist. Some things are beyond what you can see with your own two eyes.

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 15, 2007 at 10:39 am

  Thanks for replying, Sean. I had not heard of the Texas Rangers or Glendale police department things. This does not, however, mean that they are true. I suspect that the stories originate with her.

  Skeptical Inquirer, a magazine that investigates extraordinary claims, has interviewed both departments, and this is the reply that they received:

  The Medium Web site boasts that “DuBois has consulted on a variety of murders or missing persons cases while working with various law enforcement agencies including the Glendale Arizona Police Department, the Texas Rangers, and a County Attorney’s office in the Homicide Bureau.” In fact, however, both the Glendale police and the Texas Rangers deny DuBois worked with them. Glendale police spokesperson Michael Pena told SI managing editor Benjamin Radford that the detective who investigates missing persons cases “does not recall using DuBois at all in [one specific] case, or in any other cases.” And Texas Rangers spokesperson Tom Vinger stated flatly to Radford, “The Texas Rangers have not worked with Allison DuBois or any other psychics” (Radford 2005, 7).

  It is also interesting that she does not claim to have “solved” the case.

  Personally I believe that you will never believe in Allison’s ability or any person who possesses the ability to be a medium, until you have encountered and experienced it for yourself.

  But this is the thing: “experiences” aren’t evidence, or at least not good evidence.

  I’m currently teaching a writing class with a strong critical thinking component. I was going to do a psychic reading of my students on the first day, and then tell them how I did it. There are two primary ways, cold reading (the hit-or-miss style—”Who was Anna, or Anne?” the psychic will say to an audience…and at least one person will know an Anne or Anna or Annie, and then, because “the psychic used the word ‘was’” chances are that the person is dead. “What was the Annie’s relationship to…water? Did she swim?” Well, most people do, so that’s a safe bet…people tend to remember the “hits” instead of the “misses” and credit the psychic for coming up with info that the audience gave him. Of course, television edits out the misses (up to 4/5 of the show), so things look much more impressive than they really were. I decided not to do this–what if someone in the class had lost a parent? That would be cruel (this, of course, never stops a psychic, because they do not have consciences).

  The other thing that I could have done was a “hot reading”–where you have actual information about the person. My school had given me a class list. I told the students that I had a list of their names and majors. “How many of you have facebook pages?” Almost every hand went up, and then their eyes all widened. I could have completely snowed them. So, if you have ever made an appointment with a psychic and given them your name–you’re screwed. Your credit history, crime record, almost everything, is available to a private eye or a person with a subscription to LexisNexis and other databases. Again, I could not do that to my students because it is awful to mess with people’s minds. Psychics would KILL for that sort of information.

  Last, I considered putting a plant in the room, a student from last semester. But, still, I would be betraying their trust.

  Another way to consider the evidence is to ask yourself “What would the world be like if psychics were reliable?” There would be no unsolved crime. We would not have gone into Iraq looking for WMD. The person who discovered ESP would have gotten the Nobel Prize for physics because they had totally rewritten everything that we know about the way the universe works.

  Sean, I’m afraid that you are being lied to. I have nothing to gain from her being wrong. She has everything to gain from you believing that she is psychic. I encourage you just to look at the article I quoted above and follow up a couple of the references included at the bottom. It can be found at: http://www.csicop.org/si/2005-07/i-files.html

  Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence. Her say so and people’s “experiences” are not enough. The burden of proof, of course, is not on me, but on her.

  Why does she not simply collect James Randi’s $1000000 prize for proving the existence of the paranormal? She could totally give the money to a charity if she did not need it.

  HJ

• Anna
  Sep 19, 2007 at 6:56 pm

  I do feel that there are honest psychics out there and people who really want to help others succeed. This is a professional career and it is too bad that many have tainted it. Although as a Spiritual Life coach and psychic medium I can tell you this there is real honest psychics out there that want to help GUIDE YOU. My saying is this “To heal the world you must enlighten the People first”

  Love and Light
  Anna Robles

• bobcarp
  Sep 20, 2007 at 9:56 am

  Sean, Can you please post the links from reputable agencies confirming these “many cases in Arizona and the states around” where she given viable assistance. Also a link to the story about the Texas Rangers assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 21, 2007 at 9:11 pm

  Anna,

  Intentions do not enter into it. You have to prove that you are really psychic. Seriously. Read me. Do it. Prove me wrong.

  Good luck.

  HJ

• Anna
  Sep 22, 2007 at 5:02 am

  Dear,
  HJ
  I am not hear to prove anything simply give my opinion. You can go to my site and listen to the teachings that are on my radio show which you can download if you want. Then if you want a session I would be happy to give you a complimantary session. I am a spiritual teacher not here to only give you answers but to help give you tools and solutions. Everyone has psychic abilities we are all equal it is like this the more you use it the more it becomes stronger. My passion is to help enlighten the world and create positive change. (I am not only a PSYCHIC) But a spiritual teacher so as my angels tell me to send you love and light and always know that we are in this world to help one another grow.

  Blessings
  Anna
  http://www.manifestingtruth.com

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 22, 2007 at 12:21 pm

  If you were selling me a car, I’d make for certain that you had the title. You are claiming to be psychic. Now, I want psychics to be real. I really would like to talk to…whatever was out there. But it’s not up to me. It should be a simple matter to discern anything about me if you have your finger on the pulse of the universe, shouldn’t it? You say you are psychic, (reread it if you have to) but you are unwilling to prove it? That’s the type of thing that has to be backed up. So, again. Read me. Tell me something about me that you could not know or guess in some vague way. Details. Any details. It’s not a large request, really. Here, I’m putting it out there. There. It’s out there, waiting in your psychic inbox. Very specific. Just that one thing. I’ll dwell on it all day.

  HJ

• Chaz18
  Sep 22, 2007 at 5:49 pm

  Bing, do you believe in anything in which physical evidence cannot back up?

  I’m sure that as a teacher of Literature that you have read many factual books “claimed” to be based on true events- however in reality do we know that this is the truth? All we have to go on is eye witness accounts and like Chinese whispers each account will vary becoming more far fetched as time goes by. My point being that whether psychics/mediums actually do exist lies in the eyes of the beholder. Neither you nor me will ever be able to honestly stand up and declare that (a) “The abilities in which Psychics/Mediums claim to have are true” or (b) “The abilities in which Psychics/Mediums claim to have is a total farce and these people are just out to fool the general public”

  However your disbelief and that of others into the abilities of Psychics/Mediums is extinguishing the hopes of many bereaved families who receive great comfort from the idea of an ‘afterlife’ in which they will one day meet up with there cherished loved ones.

  I personally believe in Psychics/Mediums and having watched the first two series of Medium, i am a fan of Allison DuBois. However in saying this i am NOT saying that every individual who claims to be a psychic does truly possess the gift - for this is many cases is not true, but i don’t think that we should at the same time dismiss those who like Allison do have some extraordinary powers. Whether Allison has solved crimes on her own as ‘Sean O Connor’ previously said remains unknown but to her, but the very fact that she is helping the law enforcement to solve crimes is surely not to be frowned upon - for is she not saving society from the evil and hatred of harmful individuals?

  You seem to be set in your skeptical ways and i don’t honestly think that anything anyone can say to you will change your mind, regardless if someday the abilities of certain individuals is proven. I will leave this discussion for now with the question: “Why are you so set in turning everyone else into skeptics? Everyone is allowed an opinion - whether that conforms to your viewpoint is one thing but everyone is allowed to believe in what they want to believe. By running down the abilities of Mediums you are casting shadows of darkness over bereaved families who find great comfort in the basis of the ‘afterlife’ in which these psychics claim there to be.”

  Irelandxx

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 22, 2007 at 8:00 pm

  Thanks for your comments, chaz. I guess the best way to do this is to take your objections point by point.
  >Bing, do you believe in anything in which physical evidence cannot back up?

  Yes, I believe that all men are equal and that good stuff. I’m just a regular guy that way.

  >I’m sure that as a teacher of Literature that you have read many factual books “claimed” to be based on true events- however in reality do we know that this is the truth? All we have to go on is eye witness accounts and like Chinese whispers each account will vary becoming more far fetched as time goes by.

  History leaves a trace…we can say that something did, probably did, probably did not, or did not happen on the basis of converging fields of evidence. I treat, say, a novel, as a work of art. And history books and memoirs? Yeah, you got to look those up, fact check, and do your homework. Being a good reader is hard work.

  >My point being that whether psychics/mediums actually do exist lies in the eyes of the beholder.

  That’s just wrong. Of course I believe that psychics exist, I just don’t think that they have supernatural powers. You can always test these claims. They are not outside of the realm of inspection or inquiry simply because someone says they “believe” it. My new psychic buddy Anna sure hasn’t picked up the gauntlet. She has given me NO reason to believe her.

  >Neither you nor me will ever be able to honestly stand up and declare that (a) “The abilities in which Psychics/Mediums claim to have are true” or (b) “The abilities in which Psychics/Mediums claim to have is a total farce and these people are just out to fool the general public”

  Of course we can test psychics’ claims. And, as we accumulate evidence (or in the case of psychics, an absolute lack of evidence, which equals an evidence of lack) we can pass judgment with increasing certainty one way or the other. And you can keep testing forever if you like. But you will, using the evidence accumulated from earlier tests, be able to more confidently predict what the outcome of your next test will be. At some point, you will have to come to a conclusion, don’t you? I mean, unless you don’t want to know, in which case, why are you testing? Funk dat.

  >However your disbelief and that of others into the abilities of Psychics/Mediums is extinguishing the hopes of many bereaved families who receive great comfort from the idea of an ‘afterlife’ in which they will one day meet up with there cherished loved ones.

  I’m not saying that there is not an afterlife, first of all. I just don’t think that a person claiming to channel the dead is really doing it. Secondly, my sympathies are with those who have lost loved ones. I am absolutely opposed to see their grief exploited for profit by frauds who have absolutely no conscience. It’s horrid.

  >i am NOT saying that every individual who claims to be a psychic does truly possess the gift - for this is many cases is not true, but i don’t think that we should at the same time dismiss those who like Allison do have some extraordinary powers.

  You understand that you are jumping the gun by assuming that she has psychic powers, right?

  >Whether Allison has solved crimes on her own as ‘Sean O Connor’ previously said remains unknown but to her, but the very fact that she is helping the law enforcement to solve crimes is surely not to be frowned upon - for is she not saving society from the evil and hatred of harmful individuals?

  It’s not a fact, chaz. It’s not. People have called those police departments and have been told emphatically that she has not helped them in any way (look above). She is lying to you. You can believe the lie if you want, but it’s still a lie. She is exploiting your emotions, and I hate her like hell for doing it to you. Would you believe me if I contacted them and got the same answer? (I imagine that they are sick as hell of getting such emails, but I’ll do it.)

  I will happily, with glee in my heart, accept psychics as real if they can demonstrate it. Happily. If one person would go to the Center for Inquiry and pass James Randi’s $1,000,000 challenge, I would absolutely endorse whoever it was. I would be an absolute hypocrite if I claimed to believe that we could learn something from testing and then not accept the results of objective testing. The site is here: http://www.randi.org/research/index.html

  Please go there! Pass the test, Anna. Every step of the testing process is above board and open to the public, including the negotiations about testing procedures. I would embrace the results wholeheartedly. I really am completely open-minded.

  And when you question my motives, that’s just the wrong question. Nobody has to believe what I believe. But if you really believed something, wouldn’t you want to know if someone was exploiting you, taking advantage of you and defrauding you–messing up your memories of your loved ones, taking you money, and then, of all things, saying that they were doing it to “help” you? I sure would. Wouldn’t you rather that you “opinion” be well informed, so that you believe for the right reasons? Otherwise, you are just believing in belief, which is a senseless sort of belief. The reason, I suspect, that you have a hard time accepting my assertion that Allison is perpetrating a colossal fraud on you is because, you, like me, trust people, and we would find it absolutely appalled by someone going after the emotionally vulnerable. We can’t imagine doing it. Psychics do it all the time. They have no conscience, and it makes them better liars.

  HJ

• Anna
  Sep 25, 2007 at 5:10 am

  Blessings and good morning,

  I was lead to answer due to your last post. I don’t need to take a test for your enjoyment. Everyone has psychic abilities nothing anyone says to you will make you believe. I don’t need to explain myself to anyone I think you are spreading negative energy by attacking on logical proof.
  I help people and most of the time it is free. My testimonys speak for themselves I help people become enlighten and not only give them answers but solutions. When you are testing a psychic/medium it doesn’t work that way. Message come through not at a blink of an eye. How can you honestly believe that we can read minds that is not what a psychic or medium does we are not mind readers.

  It is beyond yes or no we help people motivate them and find there answers within themself guided by the spirit of GOD. I am a spiritual teacher not just medium and you attacking people and calling them liars is wrong how about if someone decredited you? You would be upset I have asked you to call and talk to me and you refused what are you really afraid of knowning that the unknown to the otherside truly exist?
  Are you that fearful of people truly helping others. Who made you judge and jury?

  This is a free country to do what you want to do and not all psychic steal. There are psychics and medium that do care. I am offended that you calling people lairs when you do not even know them.

  I am very busy woman and do not have time to entertain someone who wouldn’t believe even if it stared them straight in the face. So before you mention my name you need to think why are you so pushy about having proof? Is there something in you that is empty? Not everything in this universe is proven. We are not mind readers and if your energy is not up to being read and your are expecting that they can’t read you then your guides will not allow you to be read.

  I do this to help others and I have a special needs child that out of his tradgedy awaken my journey to help others. This is a life time career to heal the world and to do that is to enlighten others so they can continue that.

  So as I say I do not have time to entertain you and please stop using my name on your post I do not want to be apart of your spreading negative entertainment. If you choose to continue your attack on my name I have no choice to take this action further legally.

  Don’t slander my name when I never read for you or know you how would you like it if someone attacked your name without doing any research or talking to you.

  This is my career and I take care of my 4 childrean and ill parents and you have no right to judge me or slander me on this post.

  My reputation talks for itself and I will not let anyone come on here and use my name enough already nothing anybody says to you will change your mind you are just looking to attack people and frankly that is wrong.

  To everyone out there psychics/mediums are not mind readers the messages come when they truly connect. Look into your hearts a read HJ post and see were he is really coming from. It is sad that he chooses to attack then help others with his own gifts.

  Love and Light
  Anna
  http://www.manifestingtruth.com

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 25, 2007 at 8:31 am

  I think it’s best that you back away from this.

  I did not critique you. I critiqued your web site. Reviews and parody both fall under fair use. You have no grounds for a lawsuit. You would actually have to prove your claims in court, and psychics don’t win lawsuits. Ever.

  I have every right to judge you and share that judgment. It is best that you refrain from escalating this. I have no desire to ever think about you ever again, much less write about you.

  You can not copyright your name, and I am not using it for personal gain. If names could be copyrighted, then no one would ever be able to criticize anything without getting slapped with a lawsuit. You are utterly unwilling to submit to objective testing, and I resent the fact that you would use your children to score emotional points.

  You could, of course, take up James Randi’s challenge. His million dollar reward not only would provide for your family, but I would also accept the results of the testing without question. I encourage you to do this.

  Your money is better spent providing for your family than paying my lawyer’s fees, honestly. My best advice to you is to not antagonize me and stay off of my radar.

  HJ

• Anna
  Sep 25, 2007 at 8:44 am

  Did I hit a nerve? HJ

  You open it up to antagonizing you? I do not need the money and frankly done with your fear issues.

  Be Blessed

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 25, 2007 at 10:04 am

  Not in the slightest. You threatened me with a lawsuit that you had no intention of pressing. On the off chance that you were serious, it was in your interest to know that you did not have choirboy’s chance in a rectory of winning.

  This is precisely the type of thing that gets me about psychics in general. They refuse to stand for testing (if one claims to have an effect on the real world, that effect can be measured), and, when challenged or citicized for this glaring strike against their credibility, they threaten and try to intimidate people into not challenging them.

  If you don’t need the money, why were you prattling on about your family, like I was taking bread out of their mouths? And if you don’t need the money, certainly there is some worthy charity that the money could go to? $1000000 could certainly help a lot of special needs children. Additionally, if you were to take the test and prove the validity of your claims, you would, without a doubt, become the most sought after psychic in the land. It’s the type of thing that any legitimate practitioner would MAKE TIME for.

  I, at least, have a clean conscience.

  HJ

• Anna
  Sep 25, 2007 at 10:04 am

  Anna was all for “helping people” and “being kind” until she was challenged, and then she breaks out the threats.

  Even if he did personally attack you it’s not slander if you can’t “Prove” (Beyond all doubt) that you are a psychic, and of course you cannot.

• Bronze Dog
  Sep 25, 2007 at 10:40 am

  Well, once again, a skeptic tears down a “psychic” with logical arguments, open-minded questions, and simple requests, revealing the nihilistic, amoral bully that lies underneath the surface of just about all “psychics.”

  It always gets me riled up when some woo displays just how callous and fork-tongued they are when they start playing various thought-stopping cliches and emotional cards.

  I wish woos would stop being such downers. The world would be a much better place if they used their rhetoric with real logic for the good of mankind. What a waste.

• Chaz18
  Sep 25, 2007 at 11:58 am

  HJ

  Thanks for replying back!

  If we were to take the issue of money out of the equation (i.e. your claims that “opposed…to their grief exploited for profit by frauds who have absolutely no conscience.”) were do your views lie on psychics/mediums?

  You say that you are a trusting person, in which case why do you find it so difficult to trust those individuals who claim to be psychics/mediums? Why should anyone have to prove their abilities to another? You may rightly say that such testing will provide proof that psychics (with their supernatural powers) do actual exist - but what if someone is not a test person (this is obvious within many academic testings which i’m sure your aware of as a teacher) - such testing would conclude with their ability demeaned and ridiculed.

  In terms of psychics/mediums ability i too am skeptical like yourself. Some situations and findings are pretty difficult to believe, even in this day and age! These supernatural powers claimed by psychics/mediums whilst difficult to believe are not impossible however- and i do believe that certain individuals to ascertain these special gifts (-irrespective of their tested ability!!)

  Bringing you back to “people have been ringing those police departments and have been told emphatically that she has not helped them in any way (look above). She is lying to you.” I don’t know how the policing system works in your country but i think if the same situation was faced by the policing body in my neck of the woods the same outcome would be achieved. No police department (in my opinion) in the world are ever going to declare that they have a psychic working for them - particularly with the skepticism faced in relation to these stereotypically defined individuals.

  Like i said this is my opinion and i’m more than 100% certain that your views differ, but irrespective of me being a trusting person we cannot dismiss the claims of certain individuals. If you just think in terms of testing medicine drugs for a moment. In the past when certain drugs were initially released they were found to have miracle affects in helping to retain and manage certain illnesses however years later and more laboratory research shows that rather than helping an individual some of these drugs actually have an adverse affect on an individuals health. My point being that if you subjected those individuals claiming to be psychics to the tests you refer to - how do you not know that years of further research will find that the wrong areas where tested for and that MAYBE those individuals tested DID possess the gift! (whilst in the meantime these people have been ridiculed etc.)

  Looking forward to your reply!

  Ireland xx

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 25, 2007 at 12:52 pm

  >Where do your views lie on psychics/mediums?

  I am completely willing to believe, but they have to demonstrate their claimed abilities in a rigorously controlled setting. You know, so you can tell that they are not just 1) making it up or 2) bonkers.

  >You say that you are a trusting person, in which case why do you find it so difficult to trust those individuals who claim to be psychics/ mediums?

  Because extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Anna of the Light here won’t make time to go to meet even the barest minimum challenge, the $1000000 challenge. If you say you are channelling my dead mother or grandmother, you better be able to back it up opbjectively by being consistantly as good with other people you have never met before and know nothing about. Otherwise, you are messing with my memory of someone who is dear to me, which is all I have left. Hands off. At the same time, there is no other field where “you have to believe in it for it to work” is a valid reason for avoiding testing. They never say that about antibiotics or anything else that works in the real world.

  >Why should anyone have to prove their abilities to another?

  Because if they can’t, then they are by definition not abilities.

  >These supernatural powers claimed by psychics/mediums whilst difficult to believe are not impossible however- and i do believe that certain individuals to ascertain these special gifts (-irrespective of their tested ability!!)

  Your desire to believe does not make it more likely to be true. Your belief that a certain fish in an aquarium is male does not make it more likely to in fact be male. Your belief that nuclear fission is impossible does not un-nuke Hiroshima. Now you may “percieve” that something is true–taking this homeopathic treatment makes my headache go away–it is far more likely that your headache would clear up on its own (think of all the headaches you haven’t taken anything for…do you still have them?) People misperceive things all the time. Experimental psychology tells us that. Perception of validity is not the same as validity. When you say that no matter how psychics perform on tests, you are saying that no matter how many millions of tests are performed where no ability is shown, you still won’t believe. I don’t know how you can dismiss evidence because you don’t like it. That’s just intellectually dishonest and you are lying to yourself.

  >I don’t know how the policing system works in your country but i think if the same situation was faced by the policing body in my neck of the woods the same outcome would be achieved. No police department (in my opinion) in the world are ever going to declare that they have a psychic working for them - particularly with the skepticism faced in relation to these stereotypically defined individuals.

  Are you saying that the lack of law enforcement testimony is proof that they are using psychics? I don’t know how things work in Ireland (very pleasantly, I imagine, based on my experiences there) but any psychic who helped the police would have to testify in court. It would be part of the public record. If they had a superweapon to fight crime with, of course they would tell the world: “Trust us! You are safe!” Also, there would be no unsolved crime because every crime would have a witness. This is simply not the case.

  >In the past when certain drugs were initially released they were found to have miracle affects in helping to retain and manage certain illnesses however years later and more laboratory research shows that rather than helping an individual some of these drugs actually have an adverse affect on an individuals health.

  This happens all the time. People swear by a treatment, but when you look at it in randomized, double-blind studies, you realize that it is harmful, or that earlier testing was not complete, or that the side effects take longer to present or any number of things. Those earlier beliefs are “false positives.” And that’s the importance of science: it allows you to detect those false positives, whether it is the perception that a certain drug works or a medium is chanelling William Butler Yeats (I threw that in for you).

  Ridicule does not enter into it. You can walk away from a test saying there is no evidence that a certain psychic’s claims are true. But if they assert that they have 98.8% accuracy–how is that possible to assert when you have never been tested?–and then you find that they are consistently and invariably wrong, well you draw your own conclusions. Or when they are unwilling to put their reputations on the line. True believers will take Randi’s test and they always fail. Professionals do not go near Randi.

  HJ

• Chaz18
  Sep 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm

  HJ

  As i have previously admitted i am skeptical about the whole issue surrounding psychics/mediums and i am all too aware of those who are out to take innocent folk for all they can get- (particularly at festivals, field days which i have witnessed myself on many occasions) however in going back to my previous argument it is wrong to categorize all psychics/mediums in one bracket.

  I recently came across a quote in a newspaper which struck me: “……Nothing ……is absolute” This phrase alone stands in stark contrast to many belief systems throughout the world. Using this statement as a basis we could challenge the authenticity of the Christian Bible/Koran etc - where supernatural events take place on a regular basis (e.g. Holy Spirit in form of dove, voice from Heaven spoke etc.) When we are born we are not only born into a family but in many cases a system of religious beliefs. We are brought up to live by the standards set forward by our Religion and are expected to pass these beliefs on to our fellow men and children etc. This system itself has its drawbacks for to challenge the authenticity of a book written almost 2000 years ago by EYE WITNESSES is met with general uproar- what is written is taken as Gods word and is infallible just as the Pope is taken to be. My point being that there are over 1.086 billion Roman Catholics (couldn’t obtain stats for the other denominations within the Christian Church), 2 billion Muslims etc. worldwide who live their daily lives on the basis of mens words (granted it is BELIEVED that these words where the work of God and the Prophets through the men) but still and all billions live their lives on the basis of what MAN said. Therefore applying this system of belief why do we not believe in the supernatural abilities of psychics/mediums when our own daily lives are characterised by even bigger forces of supernatural powers in terms of our religious heritage. If you are to say that no psychics uphold the ability to possess supernatural powers than surely you are challenging the very existance of such with these precious documents i refer to are based on. You wouldn’t put the Bible/Koran to a test - you might critique the content but still in the majority of cases one will come to the conclusion that whilst these scenarios are difficult to believe they must have some truth to them considering the various eye witness accounts involved. Now apply the above text to our discussions on Mediums/Psychics and the argument falls to pieces if you yourself are unwilling to challenge and dismiss the very content of the Bible/Koran etc that many religions are based on. Not unless you are an atheist can you truly declare (IN MY OPINION!!) that supernatural powers do not exist- for to do so and still believe in a Religious system based on the supernatural scenarios is hypocritical!

  This discussion on Psychics has also reminded me of a Television documentary once featured in the U.K. in which a 17 year old Russian Girl known as the X-ray Girl was seen been tested using her extraordinary gifts. I have included an address for you to visit for further info if you have not been made aware of the full extend of Natasha Demkina talents at: http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/14551_XRay.html This website points out the fact that despite Natasha proving time and time again to be correct in given situations her talents were not recognized by the Commission with the documentary concluded by the statement: “fundamental medicine must go to the dump if Natasha’s phenomenon is officially recognized. ” This is just one example of a society unwilling to recognise the phenomenal powers of others. What for example if those who claimed to have pshyic ability did take the test and like Natasha seemed to have a high % success rate (i’m not talking 100% but high enough to be considered as an “ability” as your previously referred to) only for society to reject these findings and declare that once again “Professionals do not go near Randi” - as you put it. Then what can be deduced from these findings?

  Is Mise Le Meas (Goodbye for now)

  Eire xx

• Chaz18
  Sep 26, 2007 at 4:54 pm

  HJ

  I tried posting you a message on this website however for some peculiar reason the message would not publish. So i hope you don’t mind (but i really enjoy hearing your views in this subject- probably because there the complete opposite to mine) that i published my message under your own blog supplied “Happy Jihad…..” under “My first threatened Lawsuit…..” comments.

  Ireland xx

• Bing McGhandi
  Sep 26, 2007 at 6:06 pm

  Got it! Thanks for visiting!

  HJ

• honeybee
  Oct 3, 2007 at 7:32 pm

  Why are people so judgemental of psychics who make a good living? Isn’t that the point of a career? Figure out what it is that you are good at, what you are passionate about, and hopefully make a living doing that. So when a woman like Allison Dubois realizes that she is a talented psychic and makes a living using those talents (all while bringing comfort to others), what is the problem? Granted, there are people out there who claim to be a psychic in order to take advantage of vulnerable people… but surely, that does not mean that true psychics do not exist at all.

• Bing McGhandi
  Oct 4, 2007 at 3:13 pm

  Why are people so judgmental of scam artists who make a good living? Isn’t that the point of a career? Hopefully, your passion is more ethical than scamming someone blind.

  You are assuming that she is an actual psychic. And who the hell is she to take it upon her self to lie to people about their dead loved ones?

  The problem is not with me. I am claiming nothing extraordinary, only that she is just like everyone else. SHE is the one saying that she communicates with the dead, and the burden is on HER to prove it. I have seen completely skeptical people convince people just like you (and just like me) that they are psychic. Then they reveal that they are not psychic, and still, STILL people say, well, I think you are a little psychic and don’t know it. Seriously. Believers have a logic tumor or something.

  Why do I have to be the one to prove she is normal? SHE SHOULD HAVE TO PROVE THAT SHE IS PSYCHIC!

  HJ

• whatever
  Oct 13, 2007 at 4:29 pm

  She has not solved “so many cases in AZ and other states”. Stop watching the show for your facts! She is full of it I have known her for a long time and she is a fake!!

• Michelle
  Oct 16, 2007 at 7:05 am

  I have a question about a meaning of a dream. Any suggestions on where to go find out an answer???
  Thanks

• Bing McGhandi
  Oct 16, 2007 at 10:56 am

  You dream, unless the meaning is manifestly evident to you (you recognize everything and you know what it is)–there is no meaning. Even then, there is nothing there that you should use for guidance. It is well established that dreams are not signs from beyond. Do not let anyone take your money for “reading” what is pretty much your brain in idle mode. I suggest that you read a book.

  HJ

• cesar
  Oct 16, 2007 at 2:19 pm

  hi i wonder if allison dubois help me cause someone stole my dog (6-oct-07) They say that the dog is man’s best friend and i wanna get him back with me please help me dubois, I was crying for a week and I am still crying I am depressed well please help me.
  thanks and good bye.

• Jessinta
  Nov 27, 2007 at 3:49 pm

  Hi,
  My name is Jessinta. I was wandering if there is anyway possible to contact Allison Dubois regarding Daniel Morcombe. He was kidnaped in 2003, whilst on the way to do christmas shopping. There is discriptions etc on the link http://www.danielmorcombe.com.au/ I would really love for allison to check into this. It is very important that Daniels parents and brothers get some closure. PLEASE HELP.
  Regards,
  Jessinta

• dpavbell
  Jan 5, 2008 at 7:30 am

  is there an official website for allison? any news on daniel morcombe would be great, who knows how to get in touch?

• Bing McGhandi
  Jan 5, 2008 at 8:00 am

  Allison DuBois is a fraud. If she were really psychic, she’d get in touch with you. I’m sorry, but she’s a complete scam artist of unreal proportions. I say this without fear of lawsuit because she would have to prove that she was psychic in court.

  HJ

• Terre
  Jan 8, 2008 at 6:18 am

  I think most of you have Allison Dubois mixed up with John Edwards and Sylvia Brown….John & Sylvia are the one’s who asks questions first and then make everyone beleive they are giving true information after they get the answers from the audience….On top of that..they charge you for a reading…On the other hand if you all had payed attention to any of Allison’s interviews,you would have heard her say and I quote her…”I do not charge for my services,I help try to solve a case if I am asked”….She has a God -given talent,why question anything from God?…It’s understandable to be skeptical but to just plain come out and say she isn’t for real when obviously you haven’t read,heard or listened to anything she has ever said…well…Maybe you should contact her yourself and have her do a reading on you BING!!!! Then maybe your skepticism will change.I beleive in everything Allison is for,I think she is the only “real” medium out there who has a heart as big as Texas and God Bless Her for what she does and I hope she continues to do it.And by the way…Joe retired because he put in his years with the company not because Allison made them rich…research your info before writng lies!!!!!

• Bing McGhandi
  Jan 8, 2008 at 7:27 am

  You think that she doesn’t get residuals from her association with that stupid Medium show? You’ll believe anything.

  Do you know who else says they don’t take money for “helping” in police/missing persons cases? Sylvia Browne. Listen, people can lie. Even if she didn’t take money, it doesn’t mean she’s psychic. You claim moronically that she has a gift from God and demand no evidence from her. You demand “experience,” which is precisely what science tells us we can’t rely on. Lots of people get taken by these scam artists. You go out, Terre, and you tell me how many times she has testified as an expert witness in a trial. 0. If she had a heart as big as Texas, she certainly would have taken up James Randy Foundation’s $1000000 challenge for any measurable of paranormal phenomena and then given the money to orphans. But she never did.

  If I’m lying, I WANT her to sue me. Then she’s have to demonstrate her abilities to the satisfaction of a court. I’d be happy to have her pay my lawyers’ fees. She is a liar. She is a fraud, and she is taking you for a ride. Happens to otherwise sane people all the time.

  HJ

• Bing McGhandi
  Jan 8, 2008 at 10:56 am

  Terre: How does someone get an appointment with Allison? Do you make an appointment and she calls you or is she on call or what? How does that work. You seem to have had a reading. How did it work?

  HJ (doing my research)

• C. Watts
  Mar 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm

  I sent a quick email to Texas Rangers:
  To whom it may concern,

  Could you possibly inform me, to the best of your knowledge,
  if anyone from the Texas Rangers has worked with Allison Dubois
  (of the TV show ‘Medium’ fame) in any capacity.

  Thanyou for your time.
  C.Watts

  And received this response:
  “Mr. Watts, I am not sure if any of the Rangers have worked with Ms. Dubois”.

  Thank you,
  Texas Rangers

  What? After all the help she’s provided that’s
  how they treat her!
  Bahahahah Oops, looks like she’s full of B.S

• Sean (Gaeilge)
  Mar 12, 2008 at 6:24 am

  C. Watts,

  You claim that you have contacted the Texas Rangers by email. I do not doubt that in any way and it is great that you went to such an extent to receive this information.

  However, the response they gave you said:
  “Mr. Watts, I am NOT SURE if any of the Rangers have worked with Ms. DuBois.”

  If the email had said, “I am 100% sure that the Texas Rangers have not worked with Ms. DuBois,”….then maybe you would have a good argument.

  Sadly, the information you provided is worthless, because whoever the representative of the Texas Rangers was, that you contacted, does not seem to know much about the situation at all.

  The “Response” basically tells us that they do not know if anyone in the Texas Rangers has been assisted by Allison DuBois, in the past, in any of their cases.

  This Representative is neither acknowledging or not acknowledging the help she has given them on criminal cases, because he/she does not seem to to know the whole story.

  Therefore, if you look again at the response you received and then study the comment that you left saying, “After all the help she’s provided, that’s how they treat her!”…..you will find that they are not Treating her badly in any way or even said anything about her, in a dissapproving way.

  Let me see, Did they even give you a proper answer to your question? NO. They simply said, “I am not sure.” Could this possibly mean that she HAS worked with them in the past??? Personally I think she has. I am a huge fan of Allison’s and will stand by her. Open your mind to the possibility also.

  Therefore, the last thing I simply have to say is…
  Bahahahah Oops, looks like YOUR full of B.S!

  Sean (”,)

• Bing McGhandi
  Mar 12, 2008 at 10:08 am

  However, the response they gave you said:
  “Mr. Watts, I am NOT SURE if any of the Rangers have worked with Ms. DuBois.”

  If the email had said, “I am 100% sure that the Texas Rangers have not worked with Ms. DuBois,”….then maybe you would have a good argument.

  You do not need to go to the Texas Rangers. That work has been done for you already. Skeptical Inquirer, a magazine that investigates extraordinary claims, has interviewed the Rangers, and this is the reply that they received:

  The Medium Web site boasts that “DuBois has consulted on a variety of murders or missing persons cases while working with various law enforcement agencies including the Glendale Arizona Police Department, the Texas Rangers, and a County Attorney’s office in the Homicide Bureau.” In fact, however, both the Glendale police and the Texas Rangers deny DuBois worked with them. Glendale police spokesperson Michael Pena told SI managing editor Benjamin Radford that the detective who investigates missing persons cases “does not recall using DuBois at all in [one specific] case, or in any other cases.” And Texas Rangers spokesperson Tom Vinger stated flatly to Radford, “The Texas Rangers have not worked with Allison DuBois or any other psychics” (Radford 2005, 7).

  So, they are already on record as denying that she ever helped them. Has she ever appeared on a witness stand? Has ANY psychic ever stood on a witness stand as an expert? I can’t find a record of any such case anywhere. Has a search warrant ever been signed because a department went to a judge and said, “A psychic said so.” Is a psychic’s word “probable cause”? These are not claims about trustworthiness, Sean. These are claims about certain verifiable facts. You are not interested in following up on these, which is not to your credit. Abandoning reason and saying “well, I like her, so I believe her”–it may feel like justification, but it is arbitrary preference over a glaring lack of evidence to support her claims. I hate to piddle on your parade, but she has already been denounced by the Rangers. This is something, a blunt, hard, unforgiving and damning fact you have to deal with as an adult.

  HJ

• lucile
  Apr 6, 2008 at 8:28 pm

  If I had the “Gift” I would be cashing in big time! What is the big deal? Aren’t psychics allowed to make money? Let’s not be hipocrites, we would all love to find a way to get rich, so why she or anyone who can have the ability to be psychic critisized so much for cashing in? Doing charity work does not pay the bills, get off her back and get a life you envious people!

• lucile
  Apr 6, 2008 at 8:32 pm

  For the record: Police departments all over the world would be embarrassed to admit they solicited the help of a psychic! They would be ridiculed! Use your brain and figure it out. The CIA has been using psychics since WWII, but they don’t publicize it, it is strictly confidential and most likely they would deny it!

• lucile
  Apr 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  I think the Rangers are full of it, if she is lying in all of her books and using all of these different law enforcement departments for her own benefit, don’t you think she would be in court being sue right and left? The scandall would be all over the news. Diffamation is a serious accusation, law enforcement does not take this lightly and they would regain their integrity of being a psychic free environment if that was the case.

• Bing McGhandi
  Apr 8, 2008 at 2:49 pm

  Lucile,

  I can’t imagine what the Rangers would have to gain by expending time and money prosecuting/suing her. There are people out there who publically claim that the police are the tools of the Jews, a ridiculous claim, but the police do not feel impelled to even address those claims. Allison is beneath them.

  “law enforcement does not take this lightly and they would regain their integrity of being a psychic free environment if that was the case”

  They did. They said that they had no record of ever working with her. Integrity restored.

  This Allison chick is nothing, beneath nothing, to people who aren’t her followers. Your suspicion that there would be a scandal is overblown. Indeed, if psychics were real, the scandal would be that police WEREN’T using them to solve crimes.

  HJ

• Bing McGhandi
  Apr 8, 2008 at 2:53 pm

  “If I had the ‘Gift’ I would be cashing in big time!”

  You do not need the gift to cash in big time.

  “What is the big deal? Aren’t psychics allowed to make money?”

  Most people are able to turn a little coin without preying on the bereaved and desparate.

  “Let’s not be hipocrites, we would all love to find a way to get rich, so why she or anyone who can have the ability to be psychic critisized so much for cashing in?”

  Again, your only evidence for her possessing psychic powers is her claim and your desire for it to be true.

  “Doing charity work does not pay the bills, get off her back and get a life you envious people!”

  I am glad that I have a conscience; she is a failure as a person and the world is worse for her having been born.

  HJ

• C.Watts
  Apr 8, 2008 at 7:01 pm

  “I think the Rangers are full of it”

  According to Texas Ranger senior management, the Rangers have not used psychics, including Ms. DuBois.

  Respectfully,
  Lisa Block

  Texas Department of Public Safety
  Public Information Office

  And a letter from Karen,
  I want to thank you for your rantings on Allison Dubois because I was just ranting to my sister and my mom about her five minutes ago. Ali, as my sister Domini called her when she was still alive, wrote about my sister in her first book. She didn’t ask for permission and used it as a story that “proves” her validity. It pissed me off then and pisses me off now. My sister’s death from cancer was bad enough, but Ali’s bullshit makes it worse.
  …
  Anyway, my issue is totally personal, and I guess my point is that she uses the deaths of people who are cared about, and it does hurt the family who are left behind. I don’t like the fact that she uses my sister’s death in her book, and she says at the front of it, “Domini, I love you, and please visit me regularly.” How the hell am I supposed to feel when she acts like she still talks to my sister after she is dead? I’ll never see her again, and that is bad enough. So, anyway, I am glad you call her on her bullshit because I have known Ali almost as long as my sister did, and she was a bitch when they were friends. Incidentally, Ali and her mom came to my sister’s funeral. This is what her mom had to say about the fact that my mom, my other sister, and I were all there. My mom, my other sister, and Domini always had a rocky relationship, but when Domini was dying there was no question we would be there for her. Anyway, Ali’s mom said at the funeral when I was standing by my sister’s casket about to be lowered into the ground, “So it takes something like this to get your family together.” I was mortified–what in the hell had Ali been telling her mother about my family? So, as far as Allison Dubois is concerned, she is a bullshitter 100%. I will never forgive her for using my sister as a prop in her pathetic lie. She was and is one of the biggest bitches I know.

  Allison ‘Gomez’ Dubois is nothing but a callous
  fraud who profits from people’s grief.

• Sean (Gaelige)
  Apr 10, 2008 at 7:28 am

  Bing,

  That’s a bit harsh, even for you.
  “the world is worse for her having been born.”

  What has she done wrong? Has she physically or emotionally hurt someone through anything she has said or done. NO! All she has done is said that she has pyschic/clairvoyant abilities and that she is a medium. So far…that has hurt no one.
  She has also claimed that she has done psychic readings for people in the past and we all saw on the Oprah Winfrey Show that she performed readings on people, one by one…not as a audience, like some pyschics do. Again…this has hurt no one. If you have watched this show thoroughly, then you would see that she left the people in a better way than when she met them. She has a history of helping people through grief and heart ache.

  Yes, I agree that we cannot know for sure that she has these abilities or not, but I don’t see why “the world is worse for her having been born,” as you claim.

  She does not prey on people’s insecurities. People who were and are in need of her service, come to her and she helps them to the best of her ability. That does not sound like a bad person to me. It sounds to me like a very considerate person.

  Hitler, Saddam Hussain, Osama Bin Laden and even George Bush are people that have made the world a worse place…not Allison DuBois.

  I really don’t know what you have against this woman.

• Bing McGhandi
  Apr 11, 2008 at 10:24 am

  “What has she done wrong? Has she physically or emotionally hurt someone through anything she has said or done. NO!”

  Yes. Emotionally, yes. Absolutely. She preys on the greiving to turn a buck. When someone dies, invariably, the family is left with nothing but memories, but then some fraud comes along and says vague stuff (cold reading–asking more questions and letting the subject fill in the blank or makiong vague assertions) or very specific stuff (hot reading–she has a specific source), says that they are talking with the dead. That fraud is messing with people’s memories. You said it yourself, the people who come to her want to believe and dare to hope. They are a self-selected group, and she does not have the moral courage (or consiceince) to say, I’m sorry. They are dead. Instead, she messes with their heads. Without conscience, that woman. She is beneath my dirt.

  You need to show the barest skepticism if you are going to avoid being taken for a ride. Absolutely everything she has done can be replicated without psychic abilities. I could do it, but I have a moral compass. Her “testing” was with a charlatan with tenure who can’t be fired. No police group will say they worked with her. No psychic has ever been used as an expert witness in a trial, or as a witness to a crime. There is no defense for her behavior. She has no compassion, and she has no conscience. If she did have one, her lies would not be so absolutely convincing to the people who want to believe.

  I stand by my assertion.

  HJ

• Sean (Gaelige)
  Apr 15, 2008 at 5:27 am

  Bing,

  You say that Allison has no compassion…yet you’re the kind of person that would comfort a relative of a deceased love one by simply saying, I’m sorry, your love one is dead, DEAL WITH IT!!!

  Wow, you seem to be a breath of fresh air!!

  You know Bing, everybody in the world loses some of their loved ones during their life, and all some people need is a bit of hope. Allison tries to give this hope to anyone who asks for her help.

  If somebody’s relative dies and the people left behind are emotionally hurt, genuine mediums try to help them get over this ordeal.

  “Yes. Emotionally, yes. Absolutely.”

  You said this, but as this website was initially based on her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, you really should look back and you would see that the people she performed a reading on “Privately” and not “Cold Reading” an audience as many do, were not emotionally hurt as you claim. In fact, they came out very happy from it with the reassurance that their deceased loved ones were safe and cared for, even though they could not see them. It took a lot off their mind and for two family’s in particular, who had lost a daughter to a motorbike accident and another daughter who had died of leukemia.

  Before you say that Allison chose these people because she was preying on the innocent and that they were perfect candidates for her so-called “scam,” the people in the audience were asked who wanted a reading performed on them by Allison and they were chosen randomly.

  After this, the people were taken to a separate room, individually. Allison did therefore not cold read the audience, because the audience were not present. Therefore, Allison could have in no way known who the show was going to pick and research that person “on camera.” The readings look extremely genuine to me. The reading viewed by the audience was actually an extract of the whole reading because of personal messages coming through from the deceased loved ones, that the families wanted to remain private.

  Just have some faith in people Bing.

• Lucile
  Apr 15, 2008 at 7:43 am

  Bing and HJ:

  Goof grief! You really hate this woman! How could you judge her so harshily when you don’t even know her personally? Are you against all psychics or just her? Is Sylvia Browne, John Edwards, Lisa Mateu all frauds?
  I had a psychic reading before, the moment she started the session the skeptic in me kicked in and I started mentally denying everything she said, I kept thinking, “yeah, sure, she is reading my mind”. I called my mother to validate some of the information she gave me I could not confirm about our family’s past, to my amazement, there was a family secret about my Grandmother that she revealed to me no one knew but my Mother. Coincidence? She described too many details that fit like a glove and left me in shock.
  Nothing will convince a skeptic, it will be easier to pull a mule through the eye of a needle than to convince you, and that’s perfectly fine, we need skeptics to keep balance.
  And yes, you do need a “gift” , when I said the gift in this case it was her psychic abilities, but in general it means any ability to make the kind of money she is making with your own skills, such as writing (Stephen King), creating home computers (Bill Gates), her gift might be diferent, but still a gift and she is cashing in while helping people, big deal.
  You claim to have a conscience, but aren’t you bashing and DIFAMING a person you don’t even know just by basin your judgement on the fact that you are a skeptic?
  And, what is your proof that she is wrong? What exactly do you base those statements on? You can read her mind? Just by looking at her you decided she is a bitch? Because she claims she is a pshychic? Shouldn’t she be found out a fraud by now? Is she so beneath the police department that she can create any allegations in regards to them, make millions and get away with it? The police department is a government institution, they have their own lawyers, they don’t take any allegations trivial, no one is beneath them, those are your suppositions. If you doubt me, let the next paratrooper stop you next time, money is a big thing to these departments, like it is to all of us. The Rangers will win the case and perhaps millions, that’s what they’ll get if they even try straightening the thruth.
  Charity work does not pay the bills, I insist, should she should turn into Mother Teresa and just do it for free? Gee, what about her expenses? College money for her children? Her retirement? Are we being realistic here?
  Apparently her psychic abilities HURTS THE SKEPTICS THE MOST, they should turn their anger and negativity to someone who really deserves it, since she is so…beneath them. Unless I have a reading by her, I can’t confirm she has the ability and neither can you, but I would give her the benefit of the doubt and yes, I do believe she helps people handle the death of loved ones and she has the right to charge them, therapist do and no one is critizing them.

• Bing McGhandi
  Apr 15, 2008 at 9:58 pm

  “You say that Allison has no compassion…yet you’re the kind of person that would comfort a relative of a deceased love one by simply saying, I’m sorry, your loved one is dead, DEAL WITH IT!!!”

  Not exactly; I would be there for them and try to help them cope. And even saying bluntly, “Deal with it,” is more compassionate than giving people false new memories of their loved ones. At least then they will know WHO is insensitive. They don’t know that Alison is taking them for a ride. Who the heck is she to decide that she can mess with people’s memories of their parents? Does she ever tell anyone that their parents/puppy/f*ck buddy is burning in hell? Of course not. She tells people like you what you WANT to hear. Which is why you love her. It’s a well known psychological phenomenon called confirmation bias. People routinely ignore evidence that shakes up their worldview. The emotion centers of the brain light up, not the logic centers. Seriously. I am utterly willing to abandon my belief that she is a fraud if she shows me good evidence. Something that can’t be replicated by science. She has not. She can’t even have the Texas Rangers confirm her lies.

  “You know Bing, everybody in the world loses some of their loved ones during their life, and all some people need is a bit of hope. Allison tries to give this hope to anyone who asks for her help.”

  Hope for what? That they will be on hold with Allison for eternity? Kill me again! You don’t need some transparent liar to give you hope or to deeply appreciate the time you had with your loved ones.

  “You said this, but as this website was initially based on her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, you really should look back and you would see that the people she performed a reading on “Privately” and not “Cold Reading” an audience as many do, were not emotionally hurt as you claim.”

  What if they realize the truth? That they were made asses of on live television?

  “In fact, they came out very happy from it with the reassurance that their deceased loved ones were safe and cared for, even though they could not see them.”

  I’m sorry. There’s something wrong with someone who is happy with a lie. I think it usually means that they are desperate. You realize that you do not need to be a psychic to tell someone that their family members are safe and cared for, right?

  “It took a lot off their mind and for two family’s in particular, who had lost a daughter to a motorbike accident and another daughter who had died of leukemia.”

  You are describing a hot reading. When a psychic names the cause of death (other than old age, or “I feel chest pressure…”), you are looking at a hot reading. You do NOT know how these people with dead daughters ended up on Oprah’s show. Were they invited by people who worked with or for Allison? (I saw a psychic’s book agent invite people to a taped reading, and wouldn’t you know it, she knew that their daughter had committed suicide. I’m sure they felt a lot better, but it was purest most scam.) Oprah’s staff invites people to be in the audience all of the time. Certainly SOMEONE was asking questions of the audience when they picked 2 people who happened to have dead children. Either as a group or while chatting them up before the show. That was not random. And they told Allison. I’d bet my cat. There are so many completely non-psychic ways to achieve exactly what you saw, that there is no need to look to the supernatural. This time she SHOWED you what you want to see. Logic circuits off, emotional circuits on.

  “the people in the audience were asked who wanted a reading performed on them by Allison and they were chosen randomly.”

  You don’t know this. You can’t say this. You have no idea, none, of how that really looked at the taping. You are watching a TV show, fer crissakes! They want drama. They want big heart-rending stories. Of course, they were screened. Oprah doesn’t care. She’s an entertainer, and a lot of her fans are suckers.

  “After this, the people were taken to a separate room, individually. Allison did therefore not cold read the audience, because the audience were not present.”

  You can cold read face-to-face, sure it’s a little more risky. You can edit out all the “misses.” But that’s not even necessary. The fact that she had specific knowledge means that it was a hot reading, pure and simple. The fact that you had dead little girls as the backstory leads me to suspect that they were chosen by Oprah or Allison (or their minions) for dramatic potential. Duh. Big duh.

  “The readings look extremely genuine to me. The reading viewed by the audience was actually an extract of the whole reading because of personal messages coming through from the deceased loved ones, that the families wanted to remain private.”

  So it was edited? You admit that? So you admit that you did not see the whole thing. See if you can find me a transcript of what happened.

  HJ

• Bing McGhandi
  Apr 15, 2008 at 10:08 pm

  Here is some insight into how the show unfolded for someone who Allison could not “read.”

  http://www.randi.org/jr/2007-03/030207harpo.html#i1

  HJ

• Bing McGhandi
  Apr 15, 2008 at 10:10 pm

  By the way, I swear that I had never read that before. I read it only after I wrote my post. We didn’t get the whole story. And people were asked to be on the show. If they asked for skeptics, there’s no reason to assume that they didn’t ask for believers.

  HJ

• Sean (Gaelige)
  Apr 17, 2008 at 7:27 am

  “So it was edited? You admit that? So you admit that you did not see the whole thing.”

  Readings generally last for about a half an hour to one hour, I’ve heard. If the Oprah Show had shown the whole thing, then there would have been no time for listening to the opinions of people who are skeptics or the people who believed in science rather than spirituality.

  There also would not have been time for John Edwards’ interview, if Allison’s whole readings of each family were shown. The crew at the Oprah Winfrey Show have to cram in what they can in 1 hour. So I admit, yes, they had to cut the segment of the readings down, but naturally that had to be done anyway.

  In terms of the article you attached to your last comment, I really don’t know why she was not able to read the skeptic. Maybe it’s difficult to read a person who doesn’t believe in this sort of thing. For example, i