Noreen Renier - A Mind for Murder: the Real-Life Files of a Psychic Investigator

Copyright 2008

by Noreen Renier

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Renier, Noreen.

A mind for murder : the real-life files of a psychic investigator / Noreen Renier.

p. cm.

Summary: A psychic relates her dealings with police and FBI to solve murders and missing persons cases--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-57174-573-6 (6 x 9 tp : alk. paper)

1. Renier, Noreen. 2. Parapsychology in criminal investigation. 3. Parapsychology and crime. 4. Extrasensory perception. 5. Psychics--Biography. I. Title.

BF1045.C7R45 2008

133.8092--dc22

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2008000812

ISBN 978-1-57174-573-6

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To all the detectives and law enforcement agencies courageous enough to use an unconventional tool in their quest to solve unsolved crimes.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to those who believed in me: my mother, Florida Uzdavinis, who loved even the first draft of my book and always encouraged me on my psychic path; both my beautiful daughters, Reen and Karla, for their priceless insights; Ellen Burns, who was there in the very beginning, offering invaluable enthusiasm and levelheaded logic as we searched together for the truth about psychic phenomena.

To David E. Jones, author of Visions of Time; I was so fortunate to meet him early in my psychic explorations. He is a wonderful man who is so knowledgeable about psychic phenomena and was kind enough to share his knowledge. He taught me so much, but above all to believe in my psychic abilities and in myself.

Several parapsychologists crossed my path and enriched my understanding. William Roll, who invited me to the Psychic Research Foundation to do research at the beginning of my search, was so important. He introduced me to the world of parapsychology, science, and intelligent skepticism. Joanne McMahon, PhD; her dedication, knowledge, and help were always inspiring.

I must also thank my attorney, Lee Werdell, who tried my libel case against the skeptic brilliantly and saved my reputation. He will always be my hero.

I would be remiss if I left out four exes who have always supported my work. I can't say enough wonderful things about former Colonie, New York, police lieutenant Ray Krolak, whose confidence in the truth of what I saw made it possible for him to solve an unsolved case. I must also thank former Williston, Florida, Chief of Police Olin Slaughter, an avowed skeptic who made an exception for me, and whose perseverance brought needed closure to the family of a missing man. Former Montana Agent Joe Uribe, who believed in me when many didn't, and got his murderer. And a very special thanks to former FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler, author of Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI, for opening the doors that started my career as a monster fighter. He is an extraordinarily insightful man and a good friend.

Finally, I wish to thank Robert Friedman, my editor at Hampton Roads Publishing, for being committed to republishing this book. The value of his help cannot be overstated.

Where do you turn when you've got a murder and you haven't got a clue? Enter Noreen Renier, psychic.

48 Hours

I have had my throat slit. I have been shot, knifed, stabbed, raped, drowned, and strangled. I have been inside the last moments of many murder victims. I feel their pain, I speak their words, I live their deaths. I see the faces of their murderers, and sometimes I become them. I don't like to get killed more than two or three times a weekit's just too exhausting.

During my career as a psychic detective I have held the bloody earrings, watches, shirts, and shoes of murder victims. I have received the images and feelings that somehow reside in a piece of skull, a vial of blood, a few hairs, the murder weapon. Just as a dog picks up a scent trail that we humans can't detect, my mind taps into the turbulent energy left behind by a moment of explosive violence and I relive the brutal event.

Call it a hunch, a gut feeling, intuition. How do I do it? You tell me. You've been using your logical, rational mind for many years. Explain it to me: How do you use your mind? How did you learn math? How does your memory work? You can't explain it and neither can I. But you can use your mind, and I can use mine.

I've had quite a ride. Almost twenty-five years ago, on a sunny morning in the midst of an ordinary life as a working single mom, an unconventional career chose me. Since then, I've never looked back. Establishing my credibility in a field that fights for credibility has been daunting, but I have been rewarded in countless ways. In 1981, when I first lectured at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, my work with the police was considered controversial. Now, I'm a well-known psychic detective who has worked on more than four hundred unsolved homicides, missing persons, and rape cases with city, county, and state law enforcement agencies in thirty-eight states and six foreign countries. My work has been featured in the newspapers, on television, and even in a textbook for homicide detectives.

Like everyone else, I once thought that anyone who had psychic abilities was either a charlatan or a fraud. And just like you, I know that not everyone who calls themselves a psychic really is one. But even though there's no way I can prove to you I'm a psychic, I don't mind being challenged. In 1986, I even took a skeptic to court for calling me a fraudand won.

I enjoy my work, but it's certainly not the life I would have consciously chosen. Most of all, I want you to understand that psychic abilities are another part of a normal life. They involve no fear, no evil. This abilitythe opening of our own mindsis a gift that we can develop for good and use as a wonderful and amazing tool.

Over the years, I have encountered a great deal of fear and ignorance concerning my ability and psychics in general. However, I have discovered one very important thing: If you believe in yourself and in your own efforts, nothing can stand in your way.

I believe that educating people about psychic phenomena is the best way to help people spot charlatans, and the best way to help them open their own minds to new possibilities. It will probably not surprise you to learn that most law enforcement officials are skeptical of my psychic ability the first time we work together. Why shouldn't they be? After all, they are trained to work with facts they can see, touch, and prove. It follows, then, that most of them have not received any training about the best way to work with a psychic on a case. That's why I give the following information to every law enforcement officer I work with before we begin a case.