If logic fails to explain a mystery and all leads run cold, some investigators have turned to psychics for assistance. Whether they receive dreams, visions, or merely a sudden flash of insight, psychics have played their roles in various mysteries that have left investigators stumped and utterly confused. Here are 15 mysteries where psychics played a surprisingly vital role in uncovering the truth.
John List’s Location
After losing his job at the bank, John List decided to murder his entire family and vanish. The detective assigned to the John List murders in 1985 then decided to contact Elizabeth Lerner, who had assisted police before. Although no leads were given that rapidly progressed the case, Lerner did mention that John List was alive, he had remarried, and that Virginia or Florida held some significance. These speculations were all true, and John List was eventually found and arrested in Virginia.
Mary Coussett’s Remains
Mary Coussett from Alton, Illinois, suddenly disappeared in April of 1983 with her boyfriend, Stanley Holiday. Holiday would confess to Coussett’s murder, but police weren’t able to find her body. Seven months went by, which led them to ask a local psychic, Greta Alexander, for help. Alexander gave police 22 clues, including the area where they should search, and when her body was eventually found, it was cited that most of her clues, including Coussett’s decapitation, were true.
Visions of Richard Kelley
Richard Kelley was a 17-year-old from Limerick, Ireland, who suddenly went missing in 2006. Dennis McKenzie saw visions of a body, a concrete slab, and a bridge nearby, with words “Brigid” and “Bodyke” clearly visible. After explaining what he saw and Richard’s body was uncovered, it turned out that everything McKenzie saw was true. Richard’s body was near a bridge, he was tied to concrete slabs, and the river where he was found was called Lough Brigid.
Troubled Katie
When Katie decided to run away from her group home, her mother contacted Robinett Kelley, who could hear the panic in the mother’s voice. After that, she sensed if Katie could be alive, which turned out to be true. Since Katie was only 15, her parents and those involved expected the worst, but luckily Katie was safely found before she could end up in real danger.
The Spirit of Ashley Howley
Ashley Howley disappeared from Columbus in 2004 when she was only 20 years old. The case would eventually go cold, but it turned out Ashley was deceased after all, as her spirit reached out to Kristy Robinett. At the time, Ashley couldn’t accurately get her message across to Kristy, but after some time, she was able to provide information regarding her death. Not only did she provide her body’s location, which turned out to be exactly where her body was found, but she also revealed that her boyfriend was the one who killed her.
Vanishing of Andre Daigle
Andre Daigle was a New Orleans resident who frequented many bars, but in 1987, he mysteriously wound up dead. After his death, his sister reached out to a medium named Rosemaire Kerr. Kerr would testify in the murder trial of Daigle and mention the location of his body, which ended up as the location where his body was found. In the end, the two men who killed Daigle would be found guilty and rightfully convicted.
Amie Hoffman and Dierdre O’Brien Murders
Amie Hoffman, an 18-year-old in Morristown, New Jersey, would end up missing after leaving her job on 23 November 1982. Police found her car in the parking lot with its driver’s door open and expected the worst. Unfortunately, their search was unsuccessful, but Nancy Weber’s vision of Hoffman’s body led them down a more successful route. This led them to convict James Koedatich and discover the murder of another person called Dierdre O’Brien.
Mystery of John DeMars
John DeMar was a New York City banker with a nearly perfect life. But on his way home from work in 1974, DeMar never made it home, which made police investigate the matter. Dorothy Allison assisted police, having visions of DeMar falling out of the train and drawing, as well as the number 2 repeated three times, as well as a lone bow and arrow. DeMar’s body was then found on February 22 by a father and a son practicing archery.
Susan Jacobson’s Disappearance
Susan Jacobson left for her job in 1976, but when it was time to return home, she never did. Her parents contacted Dorothy Allison, who saw a vision of Susan being strangled by her then-boyfriend and sensed where to find her body. The police refused to investigate on such pretexts, and when her body was finally found 2 years later, the location included all the clues Dorothy had given the police in the past.
The Map to Julie Popovich’s Body
Kristy Robinett was visited by the spirit of a girl who claimed to be Julie Popovich. She had disappeared in 2005 while attending Ohio State University. When Julie contacted Robinett, she made her draw a map of where her body could be found. Three months later, when her body was found, the location matched that on the map.
Two Lost Little Girls
In August 2002, two little girls went missing from a barbecue in England. The family immediately contacted Dennis McKenzie, who took it upon himself to find out whether the girls were alive. Unfortunately, it appeared that both girls were dead, suggesting that a man was involved. It turned out that the girls were murdered by Kevin Huntley, who was a school caretaker.
Maria Scott and Her Murderer’s Death
Debbie Malone helped solve the cold case of Maria Scott. She was contacted by an investigator to give insight into the case, which she did by describing the area where she had seen Maria Scott’s murder take place. After being led to the cabin where Scott was murdered, they also found the murder weapon she spoke of. Debbie also mentioned that the murderer was no longer alive, and it turns out he committed suicide not long after the murder.
Missing Edith Kiecorius
In 1961, Gerard Croiset was asked by Brooklyn detectives to assist them in a missing persons case. Edith Kiecorius was four years old and mysteriously went missing without a trace. Although Croiset never left his home in the Netherlands, he successfully provided a description of the one who took her, which led police to make an arrest and convict Edith’s murderer.
Melanie Uribe’s Real Killer
Psychics are people too, so sometimes they don’t make the best decisions and end up as a suspect. That’s what happened to Etta Smith, who had a vision of Melanie Uribe and decided to go look for her without contacting the police beforehand. She found Uribe’s body and then contacted police, but was arrested and only released after the real murderer confessed to killing Uribe.
Paula Brown’s Body
In Sydney, Australia, Paula Brown went missing, and her spirit eventually contacted Philippe Durant. He asked the family for some kind of personal item and received a hairbrush, taking hair from it to locate her body. Paula’s body was then discovered by a truck driver who found Paula in the exact location Durant said it would be.
