The Blue Sense: Psychic Detectives and Crime

by Arthur Lyons, Marcello Truzzi

An examination of the increasing use of psychics by police departments for the investigation of crimes discusses cases solved with the help of psychics and more. Reprint.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

A member of the Palm Springs City Council from 1992-1995. Authored 21 books and numerous mystery novels. His 1986 novel "Castles Burning," which took place in Palm Springs, furnished the basis for the telemovie "Slow Burn" with Johnny Depp. Author of "Death on the Cheap -- The Lost B Movies of Film Noir.".

Reviews

[Diane in Australia · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 Stars = It didn't do anything for me.

It took me foreevveerr to finish this book! I think it was just too OLD to hold my interest. It was published in 1991, and so much has changed since then. It seemed very dry, and boring. I had to force myself to keep going. I kept thinking, since it was such an old catalogue of events, that I might happen across some nugget of info that I was previously unaware of. If I did, I have already forgotten it! Just too tedious.

[Kenneth Dillon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Curious that some reviewers consider this a biased anti-psi tract. It seems balanced, well researched, and readable to me. The authors are certainly willing to consider many instances of possible psi, and they come down in favor of its being present in a number of cases. Of course, in others they find fakery or just failure. They point out in detail the defects in the arguments of the hardened skeptics.
Of related interest, I have found reasons to think that the red blood cells, acting as a metacolony in real time, act as the ultrasensitive psi receptor and analyzer: https://www.scientiapress.com/theory-... and the video Theory of the Red Blood Cells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsOD1....

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

A heavily biased anti-psi opinion piece. Footnotes are used when convenient and to prove the authors' stance, and bold assertions (sans footnotes, of course) fill in the spots where the reader may conclude that empirical science is falling short of a logical explanation. I agree with a previous reader's assertion: it is a collection of vignettes assembled with the sole intention of disproving psychic phenomena. One star attributed to the effort involved in exhausting research, though it was a terrible shame it was utilized in such a non-objective way.

[Willa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very disappointing. Dry, boring. However. on the plus side, if one is looking for material in textbook form to disprove the use of psychics in law enforcement, this book can be used for confirmation.

[Regan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Research for my McKenna Crime series.

It didn't really help from a research perspective but was interesting. It was more of a 250 page collection of vingetts to prove that psychics aren't real.