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In an exclusive section from Chasing Evil<\/a> by John Edward and Robert Hilland, out Sept. 2 from St. Martin’s Press, we see the moment the psychic medium and FBI agent first meet Before we left the office, I quickly grabbed a few extras from female colleagues: a bracelet, a compact mirror, a woman\u2019s watch, and a necklace. Control items, I thought. If this guy was legit, he should be able to tell the difference between what belonged to Fran and what didn\u2019t, right?\n<\/p>\n I was still sitting on a fence of extremes when it came to this psychic.\n<\/p>\n Part of me still thought he was a fraud, and the lawman in me wanted to take him down. I even researched reasons to arrest him. Wire fraud? Mail fraud? And yet, my stubborn heart wanted to believe he was the real deal.\n<\/p>\n We arrived at his office in Long Island as a family was leaving. They were crying and thanking the young man, whom I took to be John, in the center of the room. The mother threw her arms around him and hugged tight.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYou have no idea what you have done for us today.\u201d\n<\/p>\n I could feel my anger rising. This guy was taking advantage of a grieving family. The young man \u2014 he had a boyish face, brown hair, and glasses \u2014 approached me.\n<\/p>\n \u201cHi, I\u2019m John. Are you Agent Hilland?\u201d\n<\/p>\n He was not what I expected. From the voice on the radio, I imagined an older man with a grand, theatrical, presence. This guy was younger than me, humble and unassuming. He looked like someone\u2019s kid brother. He looked like goddamn Harry Potter.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYes. Thanks for seeing us,\u201d I said, introducing Dansman.\n<\/p>\n \u201cGlad to help. Oh. You\u2019re not FBI,\u201d John said to Dansman.\n<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re right, I\u2019m not,\u201d said Dansman. He shot me an I-told-you-so look. See?\n<\/p>\n Okay, one point for the psychic. But what else will he know? I was prepared for this to be a bust. We sat at a large, wooden desk in a plain, unadorned room. No candles, no incense, no crystal balls.\n<\/p>\n ‘Chasing Evil’ by Psychic John Edward and FBI Agent Robert Hilland.<\/p>\n St. Martin\u2019s Publishing Group<\/p>\n \u201cMy assistant tells me you need help with a case,\u201d John began. \u201cThe first thing I need to say is that if I end up helping you, it must stay private between us. I don\u2019t want you to mention it to the press, I don\u2019t want to be in any paperwork.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not a problem,\u201d I told him.\n<\/p>\n \u201cGood. Have either of you worked with a psychic before?\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cI have,\u201d said Dansman. \u201cA few times, in other cases.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cNever,\u201d I said.\n<\/p>\n \u201cLet me explain how I work. The information comes to me from my spirit guides in three different ways: clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience. That means I see pictures, I hear thoughts and I get feelings or sensations. I will interpret what I\u2019m seeing, hearing and feeling using my own frame of reference, and hopefully you\u2019ll understand it.\n<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the information you might understand right away. Some you might not. It\u2019s important that you write everything down, even if you don\u2019t understand. It could make sense to you later.\u201d\n<\/p>\n We took out our notebooks and pens, ready to go.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll get people above you, to your side, and below you,\u201d John continued, \u201cmeaning older, the same age, and younger. I might be off by a name, but not by an initial.\u201d\n<\/p>\n And one more thing, he emphasized.\n<\/p>\n \u201cDo not give me any information or try to steer me in any direction. I want to describe to you exactly what I\u2019m getting without interference.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Pyschic medium John Edward.<\/p>\n Erica Schultz<\/p>\n We nodded.\n<\/p>\n \u201cBefore we begin, do you have any questions?\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cYes,\u201d I said. \u201cI want to confirm. This is an active case. It\u2019s not our practice to discuss our investigations with the public, so …\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, you were never here.\u201d John said, cutting me off. \u201cI prefer it that way. Nothing personal, but I don\u2019t like to get involved with law enforcement. My only condition in helping you guys is that you don\u2019t mention to anyone that you met with me.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Good. We were on the same page. Though I could see slight disappointment on Dansman\u2019s face.\n<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s get started,\u201d said John. \u201cDid you bring any belongings of the person you are looking for?\u201d John asked.\n<\/p>\n Dansman pulled the items from a bag and placed them on John\u2019s desk. John closed his eyes, took a deep breath, cupped his palms together and focused on them. After a minute, he reached over and moved the \u201ccontrol\u201d items \u2014 bracelet, mirror, watch, necklace \u2014 from the group and put them in a pile to the side.\n<\/p>\n I was stunned. He figured it out right away.\n<\/p>\n
\nDespite skepticism on both sides, Edward soon presents compelling evidence of his talents, bringing up details from a case that’s stymied law enforcement
\n“I barely had time to register the horror he described when another rush of information came,” Edwards writes. Read what happened, below<\/p>\n