I saw part of that show. Some police departments do use psychics, but I can't say how often it turns up anything or solves a case. I would think it must do it a lot, though, considering that they say a lot of police depts. use them.

I think a lot of so-called psychics are just able to fool people or make good guesses (or even not good guesses...many keep talking until they guess something that sounds right to the client, even if it's vague).

Oh, yeah, and as for the ghosthunting shows...I have only seen one or two specific shows, at least that I can remember at the moment, and only a few episodes. Ghost Hunters is one of them. That show does not convince me in the least of any ghosts. I'm not saying they aren't really seeing or experiencing ghosts or supernatural phenomena, but when a team member goes, "Did you see that?" and I saw nothing on camera, it doesn't show me anything. One guy said the chandelier was swinging in an episode, and the drawers had come out on their own. But it wasn't swinging on camera, and anyone could have pulled the drawers out. Even if I'd seen it, I admit, I'd be skeptical; special effects aren't that hard to create to cause some of the simpler ghost-y effects. And when they show me a digital thermometer saying the temperature dropped, that can be faked, too. No, I didn't feel the temperature drop (or raise). If they did something more convincing, I'd be more convinced. Again, I'm not saying they're not really experiencing anything; it's just not thrilling me.

And, without getting into debate, I will hold my tongue on the religious stuff as long as it doesn't come up again, but when someone talks about their God (and, capitalized, doesn't just mean the god of the Bible...other religions use a capitalized God, too), especially quoting from their text as if others should accept it as truth, offends many people who aren't of that faith. I feel I have to speak up for myself and those others.