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1. Comment by Simon, 27 Jan, 2007

   Hi, I agree with all that you have pointed out regarding the accuracy or rather the inaccuracies of both the 2 mediums and also the shows failings and deliberate or otherwise clues the production team gave to both mediums.
   There are two further points i'd like your opinion on that have not been mentioned on your site. Firstly: In the show, how did Deb come up with IPA and also how did she come up with the supposed name of the killer (John *****) which was partially bleeped out. Where did this come from? The show is so heavily edited it leaves huge gaps in the storyline. Kelvin also pointed out that the killer could have been or was a painter... or did he just remember this from info that may of been printed in the papers at the time in 1980 or later...? There may of been some reference in the media to the fact that potential suspects with links to being a painter or working within the painting industry were being questioned at the time of the murder inquiry? All very vague I must say. The whole show is so seriously flawed and heavily biased in favour of the mediums, in truth I think the pair of them would have trouble predicting what the next season will be.

2. Comment by the 'Silly Beliefs' Team, 30 Jan, 2007

   Hi Simon. It's always good to hear that there others out there that have more than two brain cells between their ears. Someone that can see that even if psychic abilities do exist, they certainly aren't demonstrated on Sensing Murder. And for the record, I don't believe they exist, full stop.

   As for your query, "how did Deb come up with IPA and also how did she come up with the supposed name of the killer", I've looked at the episode again to see how they fit into the show. The short answer is she just made them up, pulled them out of thin air. The show gives them a prominence that they don't deserve. They're meaningless. But it was an interesting exercise to see how the show's producers and the private investigator gave the viewer the impression that something important was revealed. To this end I've written up this exchange and added it to the end of our article. Search for the section that begins with: "The final part of the episode has a team of private investigators attempting to make sense of the vague information that has been provided by the psychics."

   I agree with you that Kelvin's reference to painting could well result from his recall of the actual murder. He does live in Auckland after all, and murders weren't as common in 1980 as they now seem to be. Although Kelvin is shown mentioning the painting industry, did he also mention the fishing industry or the sex industry as well, which was subsequently edited out? Also I know if I was going to take part in one of these shows I would be boning up on all the past unsolved murder cases, hoping that they would pick one I had read about. There will always be things in these shows that because of their editing you just can't be sure how they arrived at some information. All you can be sure of is that's it not psychic. Somehow they cheated or simply guessed the right answer. As I said in a recent comment to another visitor to our site, psychics and mediums deserve our scorn and contempt. They should be despised for their refusal to use their claimed powers to save lives, reduce crime etc. Psychics and mediums can't make a difference in the real world because their stage acts are just that, an act. They have no strange powers.

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