by Erika Waddell
Q: Do you get ignored by law enforcement?
A: I don’t “ambulance-chase” cases, so the only ones I work are the cases brought to me. I’m very fortunate that way.
Q: Do you think that law enforcement is welcoming to mediums or are they a last resort?
A: The police are becoming more open-minded, but I do think we’re used as a last line of defense. If the police knew who the valid profilers were… it would make it a lot easier.
Q: Do you ever get information that is so strange that your mind tells you it can’t be right?
A: Oh sure but you just have to go with it. If we start editing, we’ll mess up.
Q: What happens if more than one psychic offers help and the information is contradictory?
A: Oh, I’ve had that happen. I worked a case in Texas where a man was abducted. Three other psychics claimed he was alive. I knew that he wasn’t, and sure enough, they found the guy’s body two or three days after that. The other psychics claimed he was still alive because then the family would keep paying them to find him.
Q: Have you ever given information that turned out to be completely incorrect?
A: None of my entire write-ups have been wrong. But with my first case, I could have read my information better.
Q: So you get the right signs, but sometimes you just interpret them incorrectly?
A: Right. That’s why we give our information as cryptic as it may seem, because once law enforcement or the family has it, it makes sense to them.
Q: Are you constantly combing for missing persons stories in the news?
A: No, I actually stay away from them. But if I see something on TV or in the paper, a lot of times I just know what happened. I don’t watch the news very much because my life is so heavy as it is. I watch mindless television.
Q: So if you’re watching something, let’s say like “Law & Order,” can you figure out what’s going to happen in the end?
A: Yeah, it’s generally boring for me, and my husband doesn’t like going to movies with me. Something that I see as being obvious ruins the movie for him.
Q: I bet you’re good at gambling.
A: Yes, when I’m playing poker I can hear other people’s thoughts. But I can’t pick lottery numbers because people aren’t attached.
Q: Do you think the ability is hereditary?
A: I believe it’s completely genetic. And it runs in family lines. It ran in mine, all three of my girls have it. Easter egg hunts in our household are different than in other homes!
Q: So with the recent explosion of psychic dramas and documentaries on TV, do you think that mediums are starting to get more credibility or more skeptics?
A: I think the skeptics and the believers already existed before this explosion occurred. I think “Psychic Detectives” is an awesome show because it shows what people want to know, what they are curious about. It shows the cases in the action, not taking our word for it but actually showing it. I think that’s helping a lot because skeptical people watch it and go, “Well how do they know that?” Of course you are going to have some religious zealots out there [who disagree], but I don’t let that bother me. I know that people that commit suicide don’t go to hell. I have talked to people who have committed suicide and are on the other side with their family and friends, and they’re fine. And they give me all this great information to corroborate that it’s really them. I live on a different plain than a lot of people, and I feel very lucky not to have to wonder.
(Published on CourtTV.com for show "Psychic Detectives")
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