Allison DuBois

Allison DuBois ( born January 24, 1972 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a medium by its own account. She claims to be able to get in touch with the deceased. Her autobiography " No goodbye forever " served as the template for the produced by Kelsey Grammer NBC series Medium - Nothing is hidden, is shown in the DuBois Patricia Arquette.

DuBois claims that since her 6 years to have the ability to speak with the dead; at that time she had received news of her recently deceased grandfather. After graduating from high school in 1990 DuBois began studying political science at Arizona State University. In addition to her studies, she worked in the office of the District Attorney, where she had insight into investigation files. DuBois claimed to have while watching the investigation Images Visions of the sequence of events.

DuBois took four years on a project at Arizona State University under the direction of Gary Schwartz in part, that should investigate the psychic abilities of media. In various conversations with relatives or friends of the deceased DuBois was able to give detailed information about the supposedly deceased person without having known this yourself. Schwartz then attested her skill, analogous to those of a medium.

Critics such as Paul Kurtz of " Committee for Skeptical Inquiry " you accuse but to convince their interlocutors only by psychological tricks like the Cold reading from having detailed knowledge of a person, even though she has made only vague and ambiguous statements. Refer to the phenomenon, vague statements on themselves or related parties, based on the Barnum effect. DuBois claim to have multiple murder cases solved in cooperation with investigating authorities, are called the Glendale Arizona Police Department and the Texas Rangers, has not been confirmed by these authorities.

Allison DuBois is married and has three daughters.

Publications

  • No goodbye forever - The unusual story of a gifted clairvoyant ( Orig Do not Kiss Them Good-Bye ), Allegria Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-7934-2041-8

About Allison Dubois

  • The Truth about Medium: Extraordinary Experiments with the Real Allison DuBois of NBC 's Medium and Other Remarkable Psychics Gary E. Schwartz and William L. Simon, 2005
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