I'm A Real Life Psychic Detective

I'm afraid you missed several BIG scoops on this rather vague and very poorly investigated story covering psychic Noreen Renier. A Washington U.S. District court ordered a federal judgment against psychic Noreen Renier in a lawsuit brought by a major skeptic writer --- myself! And just three days after you filed your story, on April 5th, a the same federal court also awarded me costs and fees to be paid by Noreen Renier. The decision to award costs is stunning as they come 22 years after Noreen Renier sued me in a small county court before six jury members and won $25,000.

However the total estimated costs and losses for Noreen Renier following the April 5th order now are estimated to top $127,000 --- with the U.S. District court awarding me a slice of that pie at $39,558.00. Also missing from your story is that the publisher of Renier's book 'A Mind for Murder' halted all further publication of the book in late 2005 just months after it came out --- and that book is the principal source that the court specified in ruling against Noreen Renier for breaching a settlement agreement. The book was banished by Berkley/Penguin books over 16 months ago when the publisher told a judge it was removing it immediately! Where have you been? The book's brief publication period --- and it was brief indeed --- ended back in 2005! The $127,000 in losses and costs for Noreen Renier are estimates based on Renier's own legal fees, plus estimated loss on book revenue since the filing of the lawsuit, plus a loss claim by Renier filed with the court, plus the $39,558 due from Renier to me. Finally, a word to the wise. Renier claimed to have found a crashed plane and stated under oath and before a jury that a survivor of the crash had carried another passenger away from the crash and gone for help. But this never happened and a medical examiner stated that the very man Renier said was alive was killed instantly along with all other passengers! Renier also created a series of fantasy claims about the crash before millions of TV viewers and in her now banished book 'A Mind for Murder'. Dozens of aircrash related psychic claims have been shown as outright fabrications and the relative of one of the passengers noted her statement of finding the plane is a "monsterous lie." If you want the real story --- from REAL people who know what REALLY happened --- clearly skip Cecilia Jamasmie. She's way out of the loop. I'd encourage any reader who likes a mystery and wants to read about an incredible deception and charade to take a look at www.amindformurder.com -Thank you. http://www.amindformurder.com
This material is sanctioned for release by John Merrell and all key federal court orders are shown on the website.

Actually your story appeared April 2, 2007. It was four months earlier that the U.S. District court placed a judgment against Noreen Renier with the judge stating in public records --- and a statement widely available on various internet web sites that ". . . the record before the court shows that it is impossible that Ms. Renier breached the agreement in this case without some level of fault. She knew or should have known of the agreement, and breached it nonetheless." On April 5th the judge simply awarded the damages. Additionally the concerns regarding Renier's claims behind finding the crashed aircraft were also widely available for more than a year before you wrote your article. So the fact is, you selected to write about the paranormal without bothering to even do a basic fact check beforehand.

Anyone who 'Googles' Noreen Renier can see there is plenty of info directing them to concerns. What you did is simply entertainment writing rather than balanced journalism. Even now, after being made aware of the facts you make no effort to expand on what you wrote. So in addition to entertainment writing it appears you prefer only entertainment writing that does not reflect all sides of a story. In any case for more than 16 months many of my comments are posted about Renier's claims (and some of the background behind)at www.amindformurder.com for those who want more than entertainment. There facts are posted for all to see and any comments can be submitted. So clearly I never sit on a fence.

I think the above back-and-forth is enough for readers. If anyone wishes more --- including court testimony statements by both myself and Noreen Renier --- as well as a complete background profile on Noreen Renier they can see www.amindformurder.com

I appreciate the offer, but this should complete this string.

The first part of the article I had just submitted is as follows:

Contemporary professional psychic with ten years' experience as a teacher, investigator, and lecturer. Originally from Massachusetts, Noreen lived in Florida for eighteen years, working in advertising and public relations. In 1976, she was introduced to meditation and discovered a psychic ability. She submitted her gift to scientific testing and research, working with the Psychical Research Foundation in Durham, North Carolina, and the Department of Personality Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Her experiments in archaeology and anthropology with Dr. David Jones at the University of Central Florida were reported in his book Visions of Time (1979).

Noreen became a consultant to law enforcement agencies, and she claims to have worked on more than a hundred cases. She briefly had a weekly call-in radio program "In Touch with Noreen" (1980-82). In 1984, she began work on a book about her experiences, returning to Orlando in 1985 to continue teaching, consultation, and lecturing.

Same source page. Copy paste the website link to see. The link is as follows:

http://www.answers.com/Noreen%20Renier

bye bye now, enjoy your day/evening

For many years I was a skeptical, but a series of interesting and inexplicable events made me change my mind. Now I'm certain that if human beings knew how to use their mind fully, we'd be living in a very different world. I'm not sure if better, but certainly special.

Cecilia Jamasmie
Associate Editor, Orato.com