Episode 10 // Murders and Disappearances: Can Psychics Solve the Crimes?

Would you believe that, off that record, 8 in 11 cops admit to working with psychics to solve murders and find missing people? This is a real thing. Today we try to figure out if they're really helping, or are full of shit. A 9 year old girl is kidnapped in broad daylight. An11 year old boy is thrown into a van. A husband and wife are searching for her mother. A man leaves his Manhattan office and is never seen again. In each case, a psychic gets involved., but do they know what happened?

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TRANSCRIPT:

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