1. Gerard Croiset was a Dutch parapsychologist, psychometrist and psychic.
16 Facts About Gerard Croiset
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Gerard Croiset was often asked to help police detectives trace missing persons, though authenticated successes were few, and compared against the failures, his success rate was ruled no better than chance.
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Gerard Croiset said he began to become aware of his gifts while a youth working for a watch repairer, and that on one occasion he held a ruler belonging to his employer and saw events which he related to his employer and which his employer confirmed were accurate.
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Gerard Croiset gained a reputation as a reliable consultant in the area of missing persons, and his fame extended beyond the Netherlands, as anecdotes about his abilities came to be discussed in other countries.
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Gerard Croiset gained a reputation as a psychic healer, and would allow people to visit him in his clinic for healing sessions.
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In January 1970, Gerard Croiset participated in the investigation of the kidnapping of Muriel McKay, the wife of publishing tycoon Rupert Murdoch's Deputy Chairman Alick McKay.
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Gerard Croiset was asked by a McKay family friend, Eric Cutler, to help locate her.
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Gerard Croiset said that she was in a white farmhouse in the north or north-east of London, and that nearby to her was another farm and an abandoned aerodrome.
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Gerard Croiset claimed that if she was not found within 14 days she would be dead.
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In 1978, the Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police hired Gerard Croiset to investigate the disappearance of Genette Tate, but he provided no information of value.
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Gerard Croiset's indications proved to be vague and ultimately incorrect.
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Gerard Croiset claimed he helped to solve the case of an assault of a girl in Wierden, the Netherlands.
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The Chief of Police of Wierden stated however, that the information by Gerard Croiset was inaccurate and his communications were not used in the case.
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Gerard Croiset was investigated under controlled conditions by The Belgian Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Phenomena Reputed to be Paranormal and they did not find any evidence of psychic ability.
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The truth is that the overwhelming majority of Gerard Croiset's predictions were either vague and nonfalsifiable or simply wrong.
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The Dutch parapsychologist Wilhelm Tenhaeff has written Gerard Croiset had genuine psychic powers due to the information he had given in police cases.