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A Billionaire, a Psychic and a Bad Investment: The Friendship Breakup from Hell

“OH, MY GOD,” said Taylor Thomson, clapping her eyes on Ashley Richardson for the first time. “You have those fabulous heroin-chic arms.”

It was 2009. Both women were lounging in the backyard at the Malibu home of Beau St. Clair, a film producer and mutual friend. Richardson, wearing a muscle tee over her bikini, basked in the sun while Thomson sat fully covered in a flowy outfit and a hat. Her then-10-year-old daughter clutched a hot-pink mini Birkin.

Richardson, a lanky, 6-foot-tall blonde, was a free spirit who went on to build a career designing social-media campaigns for companies like Ford Motor and McDonald’s. Thomson was an heiress to Canada’s wealthiest family. An eccentric with a self-deprecating sense of humor, she went to dinners and parties with wild hair and drapey, distressed clothes by California designer Rick Owens. “She was this subversive, secret billionaire,” says one mutual friend.

But a few crucial commonalities—a shared silliness, a love for animals and a deep spirituality—drew them together. Thomson liked that Richardson had spent five years in India working with a spiritual leader named Amma, the so-called hugging saint. Richardson bonded with Thomson’s daughter, whom she recalls as precocious and “a quirky little being.”

“Taylor is a Holly Golightly, adventurous bohemian spirit,” says Richardson. “She has this big beautiful heart when she lets her guard down.” Both women have ADHD, she adds. “Because of that, I think we got each other.”

Richardson soon became part of a small Los Angeles friend group that Thomson called her inner sanctum. Whenever Thomson would land in Los Angeles, says Richardson, her phone would blow up. The women, often with Richardson’s girlfriend, would order Nobu takeout and pair it with tequila at Thomson’s beach house. Richardson made Sunday dinners and frittatas at the heiress’s Bel Air mansion. When Thomson had staff there, her assistants chopped onions. When she didn’t, Thomson was the first to do the dishes, and Richardson taught Thomson’s eager then-teenage daughter how to roast potatoes. For New Year’s Eve, they planned a menu that included chocolates and truffles. “Also an onion to chop for caviar,” reminded Thomson in a text message at the time.

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Cognitive Neuroscientist Claims ‘Gut Feeling’ Could Be a Memory From the Future

Precognition can have a scientific basis, according to some researchers. The assertion is shocking, as the practice is typically not associated with logic. The practice is essentially “gut feelings” that a human has about an incident that could happen in the future, according to Popular Mechanics. Across decades, many people have come forward with their claims of being able to predict the future. Many have believed, but several have responded with scepticism. Cognitive neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge herself claims to have this capability. Now, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has entered this debate by declassifying its extensive research on the topic, and the results support the believers. 

Examples of Precognition

Fatih Ozcan claimed in 2012 that he and his boss won a lottery due to his precognition dream, according to The Guardian. Other remarkable stories include Daz Smith using his psychic skills to predict cryptocurrency trends, and Michael D Austin hiring several “remote viewers” for his company, Soul Rider, to offer financial advice. Mossbridge has been recording her psychic dreams since the age of seven. These skills also have roots in ancient times, with several cultures, like the Tibetans, using precognition from shamans for various purposes.

CIA’s Take

CIA’s documents detailed several psychics who were using “remote viewing” to search for certain targets to help authorities, in both the past and present. These documents came to light in 1995 and were related to a project called “Stargate,” which spent around $20 million on this methodology for around two decades, since the 1970s. One of the major successes of this method was noted in 1976, when a psychic called Rosemary Smith found the location of a lost Soviet plane. The files concluded with a glowing review of the process and stated, “remote viewers can be used as collectors in conjunction with other intelligence sources.”

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The unusual psychic technique used by the MoD to try and find Osama bin Laden

An expert on UFOs has lifted the lid on an unusual ‘psychic spying’ technique used by the Ministry of Defence in the wake of 9/11.

Remote viewers claim to be able to view distant objects, people or events they have never seen before using the powers of their mind – and the technique was used by US Army Intelligence for decades.

Joe McMoneagle, known as ‘Remote Viewer Number 1’ by the CIA, took part in remote viewing between 1978 and 1995 – and he recently appeared on a podcast where he said he had seen evidence of an ancient civilisation living on Mars.

 Speaking to the American Alchemy podcast he said he saw ‘very tall, thin’ people wearing ‘strange clothing’, hiding in chambers in a huge pyramid structure from a storm raging on the planet’s surface.

He theorised a ‘big object passed through our solar system’ that stripped the atmosphere from Mars, which caused alien life on the planet to go extinct.

The CIA’s remote viewing project was cancelled and declassified in 1995 after a report concluded it had ‘failed to produce actionable intelligence’.

But despite this, the British military has also tried to use remote viewing – likely with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda as the intended targets.

Nick Pope, who investigated UFOs for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), told Metro that Joe McMoneagle’s claims would be ‘interesting if true’.

And he discussed the use of remote viewing, described as a ‘low probability high consequence situation’, in modern times.

‘While some scientists believe there was – and may still be – microbial life on Mars, it’s much less likely that there was ever a civilization there,’ Nick told Metro.

‘But I can’t rule it out, and I’d love it to be true. It would be the greatest discovery of all time, and would fundamentally change our view of the universe.’

Giving some insight into the US military’s use of remote viewing, he explained: ‘It’s a proven fact that some parts of the US military and the intelligence community ran so-called remote viewing programmes.

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Texas Psychic Credited with Finding Missing Man

The caregiver for a Texas man who went missing for three days last month says he was eventually located by a psychic medium who felt drawn to the case. According to a local media report, the remarkable rescue occurred in late December when Eric Allen White, who has dementia and cognitive disabilities, managed to wander away from his care home in San Antonio. Although authorities were quick to respond to the situation, an initial search of the area turned up no sign of the missing man. Turning to the community for help, information detailing White’s disappearance was posted on social media, which led to his caregiver, Angelica Diaz, receiving a rather unusual call.

On the other end of the line was psychic medium Vic Andrea, who indicated that she had seen the social media post about White and sensed a connection to the case. Asking for nothing in return, she offered to use her gift to help with the situation, to which a desperate Diaz readily agreed. The psychic subsequently set about meditating on the missing missing man. “I just started getting downloads and I could see, like, his path,” she recalled, “it’s like a vision, like a movie.” Through the proverbial ether, Andrea received insights that she later learned could be connected to the names of White’s family members, which understandably impressed Diaz when she was shown the psychic’s notes.

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U.S. Advocates Urge White House Support for ‘RISE’ Initiative to Keep U.S. Ahead in ‘Edge Science’

A coalition of scientists and former intelligence officials is urging White House support for an initiative to advance U.S. research in ‘edge science’ and controversial fields like quantum computing and consciousness studies, The Debrief has learned.

As American advancements in technology and science rapidly evolve amid global competition, officials from the Executive Office of the President at the White House in Washington, D.C. recently met with a group of scientists and former intelligence officials advocating for a groundbreaking new initiative, Research and Innovation at the Scientific Edge (RISE), which aims to push the boundaries of scientific exploration.

RISE seeks support for projects dedicated to unconventional or cutting-edge research areas, such as quantum computing, consciousness studies, remote viewing, micro-psychokinesis (PK), time-agnostic cryptography, evidence-based tools informed by Indigenous knowledge, and potential applications for the study of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). RISE advocates argue that pursuing these fields is essential to maintain America’s competitive edge against rapidly advancing nations like China.

The initiative’s proponents further argue that the U.S. can overcome obstacles and stigma surrounding unconventional research with Chief Executive support, allowing the U.S. to develop game-changing advantages related to everything from national security to human resilience.

The organization consists of heavy hitters from not only the science community, but former internal government officials with a diversity of agency insights, including Neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge, Ph.D.; Chitra Sivanandam from the National Security Institute; Daniel “Rags” Rasgdale, Ph.D., Former Assistant Director for Cyber in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Research & Technology); and Carmen Medina, a retired Senior Federal Executive with more than three decades in the Intelligence Community, including work with the CIA.

“During my more than 30 years in national security, too many times we were surprised by things that others claimed could never happen,” Medina said in a recent statement announcing the initiative. “The best way to prevent that in the future in the science and technology domains is to have a dedicated program to scan the horizon for new discoveries.”

Discussions about foreign adversaries gaining a technological edge have recently intensified, with reports suggesting that China is investing significantly in fields like quantum computing, photonics, and brain-machine interfaces.

In July, the Chinese government announced an ambitious goal to set a new world standard for brain-machine interfaces. Parallel to these efforts, China has already invested $15.3 billion in quantum technology compared to the U.S.’s $3.7 billion, an investment gap that highlights the urgent need for the U.S. to prioritize advanced research.

Along similar lines, a February 2022 RAND Corporation report comparing the U.S. and Chinese industrial bases with relation to advancements in quantum technology emphasized that Chinese efforts are primarily concentrated in government-funded laboratories, some of which have made rapid progress.

Given such concerning advancements by adversary nations, a related area of focus for RISE also involves problems associated with over-classification within the U.S. intelligence community, which even U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has said potentially “undermines critical democratic objectives” by limiting access to information that could help advance U.S. capabilities.

“Over-classification is a considerable burden,” said neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge, Ph.D., in an email to The Debrief. “Even just bureaucratically, it weighs down government functioning. But beyond that, it has a dampening effect on science and technology ecosystems, any form of exploration, and democracy itself.”

Mossbridge told The Debrief that problems like over-classification are paralleled by separate issues that include stigmas that have long hampered serious studies into unconventional research topics.

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Psychic and Police Share Details on Discovery of Human Remains in Maine

In an update to the curious case of the psychic who located mysterious human remains in Maine, the medium and local authorities have shared enlightening new details on the remarkable discovery. Laurencia Bourget sparked headlines earlier this week when it was revealed that, while helping a family with a decades-old missing person cold case, she zeroed in on an abandoned bowling alley where a skeleton was subsequently found. The unfathomable turn of events understandably raised eyebrows as it would appear to be undeniable evidence for the reality of psychic phenomena. Since news of the odd discovery broke, the medium as well as the police department where the remains were found have come forward with insights on what unfolded.

Explaining how the wondrous event came about, Bourget explained to a local TV station that she first received the psychic tip three years ago when she heard a voice reference a bowling alley. The message fell through the proverbial cracks until earlier this month when the mysterious communication occurred again. “It was very obvious when I heard it for the second time,” she recalled. The clarity of the communication was significant enough that she reached out to Dick Moreau, whom she has been working with in an attempt to find answers to the 1986 disappearance of his daughter Jennifer.

When Bourget and members of the Moreau family searched the location, the psychic quickly stumbled upon some clothing in a forested area behind the bowling alley. “I saw what looked like a stick sticking out of the sleeve,” she said, “so I went and grabbed it and pulled it out, and it was a bone.” Reflecting on the “emotional” experience, Dick mused that “she felt strongly, and we went there, and sure enough, we found a body.” Sadly, in a strange twist of fate, the remains were later found to be from a yet-to-be-identified man and not Jennifer Moreau, leaving her family yearning for closure to the cold case.

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Psychic Locates Human Remains in Maine

A Maine psychic helping a family with a nearly 40-year-old cold case managed to locate human remains at a specific location that she sensed, though the body turned out to be someone else. The remarkable story reportedly began back in 1986 when 17-year-old Kimberly Moreau disappeared from the community of Jay. Over the ensuing decades, her family has tirelessly searched for the missing teen in all manner of ways, including working with local psychic Laurencia Bourget, who phoned Kimberly’s father, Dick, this past Saturday with some surprising news.

Recounting the call to a local TV station, he explained that the medium indicated that she “had a very strong feeling” about a wooded area behind an abandoned bowling alley in the community. “There was something up there,” Moreau recalled, “but she wasn’t sure what it was.” Intrigued by the unexpected development, the family waited for Bourget to arrive and subsequently set about searching the strangely sensed spot. Amazingly, he said, “we went up and the results were she was right” as, after about ten minutes of looking around the location, they found some skeletal remains.

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‘Complete menace to society’: Purported ‘psychic’ behind elaborate $4 million conspiracy sentenced

Recalling the Gypsy curse in Stephen King’s novel “Thinner,” a self-professed psychic “raised by parents who quite literally taught her how to con people out of money under the guise of the Gypsy-Romani culture” learned her own fate this week in a $4 million conspiracy.

Gina Rita Russell, 35, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years and five months in prison and ordered to pay more than $4.2 million in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.

“Russell has proven herself to be a complete menace to society, a true danger to any person unfortunate enough to believe that she has actual psychic ability,” prosecutors said in their sentencing memo, arguing for a 151-month sentence or more than 12 ½ years behind bars. “Russell is a master manipulator who has shown no genuine remorse for her horrific criminal conduct, no respect for the rule of law, and no intention of behaving in a law-abiding manner.”

She was indicted in 2018 on a slew of charges, including conspiracy, extortion, fraud, money laundering, and tampering with a witness. Also indicted were Russell’s ex-common-law husband, his two brothers and the brothers’ parents, whom authorities called the “Russell-Evans-Kaslov family.” The others pleaded guilty and have been sentenced.

Prosecutors said they did it for expensive jewelry, cars, luxury vacations, and fine dining — a lifestyle they craved but did not earn.

“Russell and members of the Evans/Kaslov family have a penchant for the finer things in life but are averse to engaging in honest work, choosing to callously use people instead,” prosecutors said in their memo.

Court documents outline the $4 million caper and its origins, which date back to October 2009, when Russell met a woman in Manhattan and performed a psychic reading on her. Russell told the woman that bad things would happen to her or her family if money and items were not provided.

At one point, Russell had the woman beat herself to drive “the demons out which would make her feel better,” court documents said.

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Grieving daughters claim psychic medium led them to their missing mom’s body after police bungled the search… as eerie ‘paranormal’ details are revealed

Two grieving Louisiana sisters claim a psychic medium in Wisconsin revealed the location of their mother’s body after she vanished over a year ago. 

Ashley Deese, the daughter of Theresa Jones, 56, said police had been stumped over her mother’s disappearance, and criticized their investigation that was seemingly solved once medium Carolyn Clapper stepped in. 

Theresa went missing on February 2, 2023, and Ashley told KNOE that she spent hours searching for her mother alongside the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office’s K9 unit. 

Days later, Ashley and her sister Brittany reached out to Clapper in Wisconsin, who is well known among the psychic community over her claims of finding missing people. 

Ashley claimed she was able to provide eerily accurate details leading to the body, but remains unsatisfied as cops never spoke to the medium and ruled the death as an accidental drowning caused by methamphetamines. 

‘It’s been a year now since this has happened, and she has so much information pertaining to this case,’ she said. 

After contacting Clapper, Ashley said Clapper returned the request with a midnight phone call, and offered to offer her help pro-bono. 

Over a 45-minute conversation, Ashley claimed that the psychic gave her precise step-by-step instructions as to how to locate her mother’s body, which lay in a creek close to her home. 

It is unexplained how the police’s K9 unit and extensive searches did not find the body, which appeared to be only a short distance behind Theresa’s property around 200 yards into a wooded area. 

Describing what her ‘psychic visions’ apparently told her, Clapper said: ‘There would be a log, she kept showing me this pronounced log, a very big log in the woods.’

‘It wasn’t just little twigs and sticks, it was a log, a huge one,’ she continued.

‘You know you hit this log is basically what she said, you get to this log and my body will be there. There’s water, I saw a creek.’ 

Following the phone call, Ashley said she went out looking for her mother, and claimed the medium’s eerie accuracy even detailed the position of her mother’s body and its deteriorating condition. 

‘I immediately got ill, shaky, and sick, and started vomiting,’ Ashley added. 

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‘Ex-CIA psychic claims he had already told police where Émile Soleil’s body would be found before the tragic child’s remains were discovered’

A former CIA psychic has claimed he had already told police where the body of missing French toddler Émile Soleil would be found before the horror discovery on Saturday.

Major Ed Dames, 74, said he had used a technique called ‘remote viewing’ to locate the two-year-old in the idyllic Alpine hamlet of Le Vernet after his sudden disappearance from his grandparents’ home last July.

The method, used by US and Soviet agents during the Cold War, ostensibly sees psychics access ‘remote geographic targets otherwise inaccessible’, ‘looking into the distance and the future’ merely by thinking.

Maj Dames showed The Sun emails he had sent to police last December claiming Émile was ‘located at, or in proximity to’ a field next to the site where ramblers found the bones and skull on March 31.

‘It took me two days,’ he told the newspaper. ‘I jumped on it immediately. I knew this is a serious case and the sense of urgency is high.’

Maj Dames worked as an operations and training officer at the joint CIA and Army Psychic Intelligence Unit, a now-defunct project that inspired the book and 2009 black comedy ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’.

The bones and skull of young Émile were found by walkers on Saturday ‘on a path between the Church and Chapel’ of the quiet Alpine village of Le Vernet, according to mayor François Balique.

The site, barely a kilometre from where Émile disappeared while staying with his grandfather in July, had already been scoured by gendarmes with a ‘tooth comb’, the mayor told Le Figaro.

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