psychics

plural of psychic
as in mediums
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead a celebrity psychic who managed to convince at least some people that their deceased loved ones were using him to relay messages

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Recent Examples of psychics All tips provided by psychics weren’t specific enough to investigate further, according to a former Orlando homicide detective who was interviewed as part of the study. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026 Though unusual, unorthodox and often a last resort, police departments at times call on psychics to help redirect detectives who’ve looked at the same facts and evidence time and again. Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 From musty star maps to ratty psychics, the movie so adores Los Angeles that Thomas Lennon’s hair stylist character is a riff on local billboard king Chaz Dean. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Terazawa is working on her second novel, Curse Him, a surreal and tense autofiction accounting for three summer months of being scammed by psychics in a small Appalachian town. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance. Ziv Epstein, Fortune, 16 May 2026 The town, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to mediums, psychics and healers, many practicing out of their homes. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025 Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics. Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025 Over the years, several psychics, mediums, and paranormal investigators have come aboard the ship hoping for ghostly encounters. Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Disappointed with mainstream health care, Mihich sought help from energy healers, spiritualists, and other alternative-medicine practitioners and entrepreneurs, who regularly supported her aversion to psychiatric medications, according to Sarah and Torina.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There was a big movement at the time — because so many people were killed in the Civil War, and so many women were losing children — of spiritualists, who were almost all women, who would speak to the dead.
    Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025

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