CROISET, Gerard
(Investigator 220, 2025 January) Some
individuals put their psychic gift of clairvoyance to good use helping
to solve crimes. Gerard Croiset the Dutch psychic detective was one
such person who put his unique talents to work assisting the police in
their investigations and helping to locate missing people.
But the amazing thing about this psychic was that it wasn’t even necessary for him to be anywhere near the scene of the crime. In the case of Pat McAdam for example, a Scottish teenager who went missing in Glasgow on February 19, 1967, Croiset was in Utrecht, Holland, and had a clairvoyant vision of the location where she may have met her end. Although Croiset was able to give a vivid and detailed picture of the location to Frank Ryan, a Dumfries journalist, who later confirmed the amazing accuracy of the description, the missing girl’s fate was never finally established, however, the truck driver who had given the girl a lift was apprehended and confessed to having had sex with over 200 women in the cab of his truck. Another instance of Croiset’s long-distance clairvoyance recorded for posterity happened in December 1959, when Professor Walter E. Sandelius at the Kansas University in the USA asked for his help to locate his missing daughter. Although half a world away Croiset gave an accurate description of the location where the girl had gone missing together with the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. He also predicted that she would return unharmed on the sixth day. To the father’s relief Croiset’s prediction not only came to pass but his daughter also confirmed that the Dutch detective had seen all her movements with astonishing accuracy. Croiset’s remarkable career has been fully documented by Professor Wilhelm Tenhaeff, who was appointed to the first chair of psychical research at Utrecht in 1952. Studying Croiset became his virtual monopoly and his comprehensive findings have been made available to researchers who wished to write about the amazing Dutchman’s paranormal powers. Comment: Like all other “psychic sleuths” Croiset’s claims do not stand up to critical investigation, some In fact are complete fabrications, such as that of the missing daughter of Professor Sandelius. Further reading: Hoebens, Piet Hem. 1982. “Gerard Croiset: Investigations of the Mozart of Psychic Sleuths.” Part I. Skeptical Inquirer. 6(1):17-28. Rowe, Walter F. 1993. "Psychic Detectives: A Critical Examination." Skeptical Inquirer. 17(2): 159-165. Sweat, J.A. and Durm, Mark W. 1993. "Psychics: Do Police Departments Really Use Them?" Skeptical Inquirer. 17(2): 148-158. From: Edwards, H. 1994, Magic Minds Miraculous Moments, Harry Edwards Publications
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