The Truth About Medium : Extraordinary Experiments with the Real Allison DuBois of NBC's Medium and Other Remarkable Psychics

Every Monday night millions of Americans tune into Medium , NBC's new hit drama featuring Allison DuBois, an ordinary woman who helps police solve baffling crimes through her ability to communicate with the dead. What most don't know is that this fictional character is based on a true-life medium named Allison DuBois, who is a consultant to the show. For the past four years, DuBois has been the subject of rigorous scientific experiments conducted at the University of Arizona by Harvard-trained psychologist Gary Schwartz. The Truth about Medium chronicles many of those experiments as well as the real-life cases Allison has worked on and reveals hard laboratory evidence that psychic ability and mediumship are real. Recounts Four Years Of Experiments At The University Of Arizona With The Real Allison Dubois--the Inspiration For Nbc's Drama Medium--as Well As The True-life Cases Allison Has Worked On. These Experiments Clearly Demonstrate The Validity Of Psychic Ability And Mediumship--provided By Publisher. Dearly Departed : Allison Dubois Provides Evidence That A Just-departed Friend Is Still Here -- More From Susy Smith : How Allison's Informal Reading Was Anticipated By Medium Laurie Campbell -- Deepak Chopra's Father Speaks : Allison And Other Mediums Help Deepak Chopra Through A Dramatic Reading With His Father -- An Unplanned Experiment : Allison Dubois, It Turns Out, Is Also Charmingly Effective In Unplanned, Of-the-moment Mediumship Readings-even In A Restaurant -- Princess Diana Saves A Life : The Late Princess Diana Really Play A Dramatic Role In A Reading? -- Believing A Triple-blind Experiment : Even With The Addition Of An Extra Layer Of Scientific Precaution, Readings Are Still Successful -- A Trap Foretold : Allison Foretells An Ambush By Two Famous Skeptics -- Dead Parapsychologist Meets Live Medium : Allison Provides Evidence For The Survival Of A Deceased Psychic Scientist's Consciousness -- Skeptics : Fact And Fantasy : Why Professional Skeptics Say Allison And Other Mediums Are Committing Fraud-when They Are Not -- The Meaning For All Of Us, Including The Mediums -- If Mediumship Is Real, What Implications Does This Have For How Humanity Will Foster Love, Take Responsibility For Our Relationships And Environment, And Celebrate The Mystery And Magnificence-of The Universe? Gary E. Schwartz, With William L. Simon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 136-138) And Index. The Truth about Medium; Contents; Introduction: How Science Reveals What Is Real; 1: Dearly Departed; 2: More from usy Smith; 3: Deepak Chopra's Father Speaks; 4: An Unplanned Experiment; 5: Princess Diana Saves a Life; 6: Believing a Triple-Blind Experment; 7: A Trap Foretold; 8: Dead Parapsychologist Meets Live Medium; 9: Skeptics: Fact and Fantasy; 10: The Meaning for All of Us, Including the Mediums; Acknowledgments; Appendix A: A Long-Distance Internet Mediumship Experiment Involving the ""Double-Deceased"" Paradigm Appendix B: Survival Is in the Details: A Double-Blind and Single-Blind ExperimentAppendix C: Representative Readings and Websites on Mediumship; Index; About the Authors One fateful afternoon in February 2001, I was visited by a pair of ladies who had called and asked to set up an appointment with me.