Amazing Mind Reader Reveals 'Gift'

Thanks to Reliant PI (@Reliant_PI) for the heads-up to this great clip which appears to be a part of a campaign for safe internet banking from the Belgian Financial Sector Federation, Febelfin.

It is giving me an idea of my own...

Still More Bullshit: NZ Psychics Bat Zero. Again.

New Zealand police have confirmed acting on information provided by a couple of charlatans psychics from the now-defunct Sensing Murder show in relation to a 35 year-old mystery.

Aparantly the husband of Lesley Calvert, who had been living under a cloud of suspicion for the last 33 years since the body of his wife was found on their remote farm, contacted the producers of the show to 'clear his name'.

Well, I guess there's no fool like an old (and desperate) fool and the frauds psychics had given police a description of the offender who still lived in the area, his occupation, and even what vehicle he was driving.

Monday* WTF Files: Church pays a couple of PIs $12m

Well, not a real** church but 'Church of Scientology', which probably explains a lot.

Thanks to Twitter and Kevin's Security Scrapbook, I've just heard about how two Private Investigators, Paul Marrick and Greg Arnold  (yes, their real names), received around $500,000 a year over the past 24 years from Scientology's Führer, David Miscavige.

That amount again: $12 million.

What method to this madness, I ask?

Courting Corporate Clients: Contracting for Services

You might recall an earlier post asking whether or not any of you other PIs out there worked on a retainer basis with your corporate clients.

I didn't get any response to that post, sadly.

Nevertheless, I soldiered on and worked on a proposal to a law firm to whom I have been providing services to for a number of years (mostly to one lawyer who is a friend, but sometimes to others). They are one of the largest firms in Bad City.

Here was my plan...