Subject
PARAPSYCHOLOGY &
Bibliography
PSYCHIC CRIMINOLOGY
This bibliography is a representative selection of materials either owned or available at the FBI Academy
Library. Inclusion of an item does not represent an endorsement by the FBI of the material or its author.
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Hibbard, Whitney S., Raymond W. Worring and Richard Brennan. Psychic Criminology: a guide for
using psychics in investigations. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 2002.
Call Number:
BF 1045.C7 H5 2002
Abstract: Originally published in 1982 by Hibbard, a criminal justice planner and special
program developer, and Worring, a psychologist and parapsychology researcher who helped
pioneer the field of psychic criminology, with the intent to promote the use of psychics in
criminal investigations. This second edition, with co-author Brennan who, after Worring’s death,
provided his own expertise as a criminologist and private investigator with experience in the use
of psychics, continues the unapologetic support of psychics as investigative aides “as long as they
are used in a disciplined, efficient, and professional manner.” To that end, they provide
guidelines for the testing of potential psychics and offer insight into factors that can contribute or
detract from their use in a particular case along with procedures to help ensure successful
outcomes.
Holzer, Hans. Psychic Investigator. New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1968.
Call Number: BF 1461 .H639
Abstract: This work was written from the investigations of a ‘Ghost Hunter’ and contains no
academic references or works cited. The author, who has written quite a few earlier works on
ghosts and hauntings, continues in this tradition with this book which touches upon clairvoyance,
and specific instances of haunted buildings, strange deaths, and reports of ghosts.
King, Clyde S. Psychic and Religious Phenomena Limited. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Call Number: BF 1029 .K55
Abstract: A comprehensive, yet dated, bibliography of visions and manifestations connected with
death, astral projections, mystical experiences stemming from numerous variables, psychic music,
and psychic voices. The sources catalogued are from books, newspapers, and periodicals.
Kovach, Sue. Hidden Files: Law Enforcement’s True Case Stories of the Unexplained and Paranormal.
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1976.
Call Number: BF 1040 .K68 1998
Abstract: An account of stories, from primarily active duty law enforcement officers from the
United States and Canada, which concern unexplained phenomena mostly encountered during
actual police cases. These phenomena include ghosts, psychic experiences, UFOs and related
events, the occult and black magic, and other unexplained occurrences. Easy to read work with
the biographies of the police officers who encountered the events provided in the concluding
section.
Leeds, Morton and Gardner Murphy. The Paranormal and the Normal: A Historical, Philosophical and
Theoretical Perspective. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1980.
Call Number: BF 1031 .L39
Abstract: A fairly complicated work, with quite a few diagrams and tables, that covers psychic
history, philosophy, and theory. Areas of specific interest include clairvoyance, telepathy,
psychokinesis, poltergeists, crisis apparitions, ghosts, dowsing, psychometry, healing of others,
and motor automatisms.
Lieber, Arnold L. The Lunar Effect: Biological Tides and Human Emotions. Garden City, NY: Anchor
Press/Doubleday, 1978.
Call Number: BF 1723 .L53
Abstract: Covers the moon’s influence on human aggression, homicide, evolution, and
civilization. Discusses the concepts of the moon and natural cycles, cosmic continuity,
geophysical environment, and the biological tides theory. The biological tides theory represents a
component of cosmobiology—this theory posits that gravitational and electromagnetic tides are
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generated on the water mass of the human body and ebb and flow depending on different stages
of the moon.
Lyons, Arthur and Marcello Truzzi, Ph.D. The Blue Sense. New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 1991.
Call Number: BF 1045 .C7 L96 1991
Abstract: One of the premiere works taking a serious look at the use of psychic detectives in
solving crimes. The “blue sense,” an allusion to the common blue color of police uniforms, refers
to the heightened intuition possessed by many police officers. The authors expand this to include
the use of psychic input on cases by those outside law enforcement. After a look at the history of
psychic investigators and a couple of case studies of individuals, the work highlights the practical
usefulness of psychics including comfort to families, new perspective on dead-end cases,
increased psychological pressure on suspects, and their ability as highly proficient “readers” of
people. Some mention is given of problems of converting psychic leads into something
substantial to take to court.
MacKenzie, Andrew. The Unexplained: Some Strange Cases in Psychical Research. London: Abelard-
Schuman, 1970.
Call Number: BF 1411 .M17 1970
Abstract: An overview of spontaneous cases of ‘mental’ (i.e. precognitive dreams and
apparitions) and ‘physical’ (i.e. objects being thrown about and the materializing of figures)
psychic phenomena. Many of these cases were investigated by the author while others came from
the files of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR).
Mandelbaum, W. Adam. The Psychic Battlefield: A History of the Military-Occult Complex. New York,
NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
Call Number: BF 1045 .M55 M26 2000
Abstract: Author is an attorney, psychic, and former intelligence officer who here attempts to
cover a five thousand year history of what he calls the “symbiotic relationship between the
paranormal and the military.” A large part of the work is dedicated to twentieth-century
government programs on which multi-millions have been spent towards the end of psychic spying.
McMoneagle, Joseph. Remote Viewing Secrets: A Handbook. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads
Publishing Company, 2000.
Call Number: BF1389.R45 M375 2000
Abstract: The author was Remote Viewer #001 in the Army’s Stargate Program and a fifteen year
research associate and subject at the Cognitive sciences Lab (CSL) at SRI-International. This
handbook covers what remote viewing is, the training of remote viewers, protocols and
methodologies, and the applications of this ability. A useful glossary and index are provided.
Nickell, Joe. Real-Life X-Files: investigating the paranormal. Lexington, KY: The University Press of
Kentucky, 2001.
Call Number: BF 1031 .N52 2001
Abstract: Investigations by a former private investigator and forensic writer into over forty
“unexplainable” activities. Using a hands-on approach, he employs the major techniques of
forensic science in order to prove that the simplest tenable explanations
are the most likely ones.
Psychic Detectives. DVD: 52 minutes, Color. ABC Prime Time Special. Virginia Beach, VA: Nemoseen
Media, 2004.
Call Number:
BF 1045 .C7 P491 2006
Abstract: Provides examples from five cases, ranging from robbery to a missing child to murder,
where psychics availed themselves to help law enforcement. While not all of the psychics’ clues
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pan out, the narrator makes the case that, in each instance, heeding the psychic’s vital impressions
from the outset would have allowed the case to close more quickly.
Radin, Dean. The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Proof of Psychic Phenomena.
San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 1997
Call Number: BF 1031 .R18 1997
Abstract: Radin, a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, cites results from
governmental studies as offering proof that psychic phenomenon perform far beyond what is
expected by chance. Linking such phenomenon to the precepts of quantum mechanics rather than
the laws of classics physics, he goes on to project their applications and implications for the
future.
Randles, Jenny and Peter Hough. Psychic Detectives: The Mysterious Use of Paranormal Phenomena in
Solving True Crimes. Pleasantville, NY: The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 2001.
Call Number: BF 1045 .C7 R36 2001
Abstract: Coffee table book format. This book covers a lot of ground regarding the topic
including sections on history, tools of the trade, case studies of events and profiles of individual
psychics. Probably the most useful sections are those concerning the police view of psychics in
an investigation and the problem of incorporating information gleaned through psychics into
presentation of evidence in court cases. Interesting mention is made of the use of psychics to
train officers to tap into their own intuition.
Schmeidler, Gertrude. ExtraSensory Perception. New York, NY: Lieber-Atherton, 1974.
Call Number: BF 1321 .S3
Abstract: An academic work in which an introduction to the topic of ESP is provided and then
eight important articles from various scientific and psychology journals have been reprinted for
this work spanning the 1956–1966 period. Articles range from a scientific critique of
parapsychology to ESP experiments and tests which are expressed in quantitative findings.
Smith, Paul H. Reading the Enemy’s Mind: Inside Star Gate—America’s Psychic Espionage Program.
New York, NY: Tom Doherty Associates, 2005.
Call Number: BF 1389 .R45 S65 2005
Abstract: The author is a retired Army intelligence officer and former operational remote viewer
and trainer. This work is about Star Gate which was a classified CIA program that existed for 23
years and was closed down in 1995. It trained soldier and civilian spies in ‘remote viewing,’ a
form of extrasensory perception, with the goal of spying on our Cold War enemies. This
authoritative work is five-hundred pages in length and derived from hundreds of interviews of
those involved with the program and thousands of documents pertaining to it.
Sweat, Jane Ayers and Mark W. Durm. “Psychics: Do Police Departments Really Use Them?’ Skeptical
Enquirer. Vol. 17, No. 2. (Winter 1993) 148-158.
Abstract: Avowed skeptics critically examine whether police departments really use psychics.
The results of a survey of departments in the 50 largest cities in America were said to indicate
that 65 percent did not at that time and had never used psychics. The authors concede that there
may possibly be an “under-rater bias” since identification with psychics could have negative
connotations for police departments and the public.
The Unexplained: Psychic Detectives. VHS: 50 minutes, Color. A&E Home Video. New York, NY: New
Video, 1996.
Call Number:
A-V BF 1045 .C7 P49 1997
Abstract: Provides an overview of cases in which law enforcement has either used psychics or
where psychics have contacted law enforcement concerning crimes (murders) that have been
committed. One instance of pre-cognition (a future murder that would be committed) is also
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discussed. The documentary is balanced with interviews with skeptics who argue that the
psychics in the cases highlighted are so vague in their visions that the information that they
provided law enforcement officers is useless.
Van Over, Raymond. ESP and the Clairvoyants. New York, NY: Award Books, 1970.
Call Number: BF 1042 .02 1970
Abstract: The author taught parapsychology at the university level. This book provides an
overview of the history of clairvoyance, which is the gaining of knowledge about an object or
event without using the physical senses, and highlights famous clairvoyants of the past.
Wolman, ed., Benjamin B. Handbook of Parapsychology. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Company, 1977.
Call Number: BF 1031 .H254 Co.2
Abstract: A massive and heavily referenced, yet dated, work of over nine-hundred pages that
provides a comprehensive treatment of the study of parapsychology. This academic tome has over
thirty contributing authors, the vast majority of which have doctoral level credentials. Major parts
of this work include history and research methods, altered states of consciousness, healing,
survival of bodily death, and Soviet research into the field. Contains a useful glossary of terms.
Compiled by Dr. Robert J. Bunker and Pamela L. Bunker, 9/07
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