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Peter Hurkos
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Peter Hurkos is considered by experts to have been the world's foremost psychic. Born May 21, 1911, in Dordrecht, Holland (died June1, 1988 in Los Angeles, CA), he acquired his psychic gift in 1941 after falling from a ladder and suffering a brain injury. He was in a coma for three days at the Zuidwal Hospital. Upon regaining consciousness, he discovered he had developed an ability to pierce the barriers that separate the past, present and future. With stunning accuracy, he was able to see into the unknown.
    Hurkos gained worldwide acceptance as a psychic detective, working on cases involving missing planes, persons, and murder victims after his fall. Some of his most illustrious cases were "The Stone of Scone" [London, England], "The Boston Strangler Multiple Murders" [Boston, Massachusetts], "The Missing Thai Silk King, Jim Thompson" [Asia/Thailand], "The Ann Arbor Co-Ed Murders" [Ann Arbor Michigan], and "The Sharon Tate Murders" [Los Angeles, California].
In 1956, Hurkos was brought to the United States by Andrija Puharich, MD (died 1994) to be tested at his Glen Cove, Maine medical research laboratory. For two-and-a-half years he was tested under tightly controlled conditions. The results convinced Dr. Puharich that Hurkos' psychic abilities were far greater than any he had ever tested (before or thereafter) . . . a remarkable 90% accuracy.
Hurkos' forte was psychometry, the ability to see past-present-future associations by touching objects.
    "I see pictures in my mind like a television screen. When I touch something, I can then tell what I see." - said Peter Hurkos
    Decorated as a war hero by Queen Juliana of The Netherlands (there is a statue commemorating Hurkos and seven other Dutch Underground war heroes in the Center Square in Rotterdam). He had been a consultant to every President of the United States from Eisenhower to Reagan. Hurkos received countless police badges from police chiefs around the world, including one from the International Police Association, and INTERPOL. His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, decorated Hurkos stating; "I hope you will always use your God-given Gift for the betterment of mankind. Use it as an instrument to touch the people, to help them."
    Hurkos made numerous television and radio appearances, both here and abroad, among them: "The Merv Griffen Show," "The Johnny Carson Show," "Breakaway," "The Phil Donahue Show," "The Regis Show," "Ed Sullivan Show," "Geraldo," "What's My Line," local and national news programs, and "One Step Beyond" [a two-parter on ABC/ emphasizing the highlights of Hurkos' life]. He guests starred on ABC's "Matt Houston," as himself.
    Hurkos astounded international audiences with his amazing psychic demonstrations, and is credited with more than fifteen primtime hours of specials which have achieved unprecedentedhigh ratings: Japan/ six hours for TV-TOKYO and NET-TV "The Greatest Psychic in The World . . . Peter Hurkos" (-a two-parter, film at Dr. Puharich's lab in Dobson, NC where Hurkos was specifically tested for this special, and also on location in Japan, where Hurkos gave a live unrehearsed demonstration which included finding one person), The Netherlands/nine hours for

TROST-TV "Peter Hurkos"( - four-part special highlighting Hurkos' finding the kidnapped Dutch millionaire, Maup Cransa), Canada/two and a half hour special for CBC "Psych-Out with Peter Hurkos" (-which created a circuit overflow when Hurkos began speaking with the home audiences by telephone).
     He also appeared in several motion pictures as himself: "The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena" [Sunn International]; "Mysterious Monsters" [David Wolper]; and "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" [Paramount]. 20th Century Fox highlighted his abilities in the motion picture "THE BOSTON STRANGLER" which starred Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda and George Kennedy and directed by Richard Fleisher.
Various prominent, worldwide publications reported his exploits throughout his lifetime: TIME, NEWSWEEK, OMNI, LIFE, TRUE, READER'S DIGEST, PLAYBOY, THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, LADIES HOME JOURNAL, etc.
     Hurkos published three books: PSYCHIC [Bobbs-Merrill], THE PSYCHIC WORLD OF PETER HURKOS [Doubleday], and PETER HURKOS: I HAVE MANY LIVES [Doubleday]. His achievements have been the focal points of more than seventy-five books [see lists of some of the books attached].
     Over his lifetime Hurkos proved to be a top-draw headliner at Night-Clubs and on the Concert stage. Hurkos explained why he was able to demonstrate with such ease before audiences anywhere anytime: "When you have a gift, you don't have to be afraid to prove it. Sometimes people try to trick me, but I touch their object . . . I see pictures in my mind about what is happening . . . then I tell them."
     Peter Hurkos believed there were (are) a lot of charlatans, and counseled: "If you ever go to a psychic, don't ask any questions or give any clues. If they are psychic, they should be able to tell what the problem is."
Peter Hurkos & Stephany

Hurkos resided in Studio City at the time of his death, with his wife, Stephany Hurkos - http://www.stephanyhurkos.com/, a personal manager, and their daughter Gloria. His hobbies were gardening and painting (oil painting). One of his paintings is currently on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Some of his other paintings adorn the residences of former President Ronald Reagan, and The General Omar N. Bradley Museum in Carlisle, Penn.

So he was . . . Peter Hurkos: the man . . . the artist . . . the psychic . . . A gentle man with a warm heart . . . giving to all . . . Peter Hurkos.

QUOTES FROM VIP=S

His Holiness, Pope Pius XII:

AI hope you will always use your God-given gift for the betterment of mankind... use it as an instrument to touch the people, to help them.

President Ronald and Nancy Reagan:

AWe want you to know how deeply grateful we are... You support and encouragement mean so much to us, and we will do our best to keep faith with you.

President Lyndon B, Johnson:

AThank you for your help. It has meant much to me. I am most grateful for your aid.

Edward W. Brooke:[U.S. Senator]

AThank you warmly, Peter. I am particularly greatful for your aid.

Hubert H. Humphrey:

AThank you Peter, for your amazing help. It has meant much to me. I am most greatful.

Dix R. Fetzer:[Chief of Police, Bridgewater, N.J.]

AAmazing abilities, Peter Hurkos has. I only wish every police force could use him as I have. He has been a God-send.

Robert B. White:[Chief of Police, Palm Springs, CA]

AYour psychic ability has aided our department in finding a missing boy. Thank you.

Andrija Puharich, M.D.:[he brought Hurkos to the

]

AAfter extensive testing under controlled conditions, I am convinced that Peter Hurkos, is the greatest of anyone I have ever tested as a psychic. His abilities are so far reaching, that he hasn=t even scratched the surface of what he can do with his abilities and mind.

Loyal Davis, M.D.:[famed neurosurgeon, and Nancy Reagan's step-father]

AWhat you have is tactile-stimuli. A very high degree of tactile-stimuli. It is amazing what you are able to do with your mind.

General Omar N. Bradley:

APeter Hurkos is an amazing man. I saw him locate a missing aircraft from a map that was upside down, in my living room. He is a good man, he always thinks of others. He is my friend.

Queen Juliana: [The Queen of the Netherlands]

AThank you for your patriotic deeds. You, and the other underground fighters, have kept this country from falling. May God Bless you.

Gus Turbeville: [Professor at Sociology, Wisconsin State University]

AThe most remarkable demonstration, I have ever seen. I only wish the entire world could witness you each and every time.

Jeffrey Smith:[Professor at Stanford University]

AYour psychometry was tremendous. You demonstrate your powers in such a way that the scientific world will at last awake to what you have to offer.

C. V. Wood, Jr.: [President of McCulloch Oil]

AAs a result of years of controlled testing, I feel that I can state that, in my opinion, Peter Hurkos is truly a phenomenon of psychic capability.

F. Regis Riesenman, M.D.: [Arlington, VA]

AYou alone, Peter, can bring into focus, once and for all, the true concept of psychometry and its potentialities.

A. Razzaque Ahmed, M.D.: [U.C.L.A. Medical School]

AI do not know in what words to tell you how utterly impressed I am. There is no doubt in my mind that the Creator of this planet and the universe has gifted you with some of the most unusual, uncommon and remarkable qualities that I have ever seen in my life. For a man who has this great depth and insight into the past, present and future, you are most humble and simple. Gandhi often said that the greatest quality a human being could be born with is that of simplicity and humility. You certainly seem to have an abundant supply of both.

Ni, Hua-Ching: [Union of Tao and Man]

AThank you for your reading. I am impressed by your achievement. Although everyone is more or less psychic, your special achievement is a great service to the world in helping people make the right decisions. Not all psychics are as genuine and direct as you.@

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books by Peter Hurkos...

1. PETER HURKOS: I HAVE MANY LIVES by Norma Lee Browning as told to Peter Hurkos {Doubleday}

2. THE PSYCHIC WORD OF PETER HURKOS by Norma Lee Browning as told to Peter Hurkos {Doubleday}

3. PSYCHIC by Peter Hurkos {Bobbs-Merrill}

Some of the non-fiction books which tell of Hurko's exploits...

1. SACRED MUSHROOM by Andrija Puharich, M.D. {Doubleday}

2. BEYOND TELEPATHY by Andrija Puharich, M.D. {Doubleday}

3. INTO THE UNKNOWN edited by Will Bradbury {Reader=s Digest}

4. PSYCHIC EXPLORATION: A CHALLENGE D|FOR SCIENCE by Edgar D. Mitchell {A Perigee Book}

5. THE ESP READER edited by David C. Knight {Grossett & Dunlap}

6. THE POWER OF THE MIND by Susy Smith {Chilton}

7. MANY LIVES MANY LOVES by Gina Cerminara {Sloane}

8. THE REPORTER by Jess Stearn {Doubleday}

9. ADVENTURES INTO THE PSYCHIC by Jess Stearn {Coward McCann}

10. THE DOOR TO THE FUTURE by Jess Stearn {Coward McCann}

11. THE SEARCH FOR THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYES by Jess Stern {Doubleday}

12. SCIENCE LOOKS AT E.S.P. by Henry W. Pierce {Signet}

13. ESP AND YOU by Hans Holzer {Hawthorn}

14. THE PSYCHIC WORLD AROUND US by Long John Nebel {Hawthorn}

15. THE SEARCH FOR BRIDEY MURPHY by Morey Bernstein {Doubleday}

16. MEDIUMS, MYSTICS & THE OCCULT by Milbourne Christopher {Crowell}

17. THE OCCULT EXPLOSION by Nat Freeland {G.P.Putnam}

18. CRIME AND THE PSYCHIC WORLD by Fred Archer {Morrow}

19. THE PSYCHIC WORLD OF CALIFORNIA by David St. Clair {Doubleday}

20. THE CHAOS OF THE PSYCHICS by Gordon Lindsay {C.F.T.N.}

21. WHO=S WHO - OF MEN {Int. Biographical Center}

22. MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT {Int. Biographical Center}

23. PERSONALITIES OF AMERICA {American Biographical Institute}

24. PERSONALITIES OF THE WEST AND MID WEST {American Biographical Institute}

25. PSYCHIC MISSION by Joseph DeLouise with Tom Valentine {Regnery}

26. PSYCHICS by the editors of PSYCHIC {Harper}

27. NEW PSYCHIC FRONTIERS: YOUR KEY TO THE NEW WORLDS by Walter & Mary Jo Uphoff {Colin Smythe}

28. PSYCHIC PHENOMENA by Dorothy & Robert Bradley {Parker}

29. THE GUIDEBOOK TO ESP AND PSYCHIC WONDERS by Katherine Fair Donnelly {McKay}

30. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIND by Norma Lee Browning {Prentice Hall}

31. ESP STORIES OF STRANGE HAPPENINGS by Rita Golden Gelman {Scholastic Inc.}

32. FROM HERE TO HAPPINESS by Joel Teutsch {Price/Stern/Sloan}

33. FROM HERE TO GREATER HAPPINESS OR HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE -- FOR GOOD! By Joel & Champion Teutsch {Price Stern/Sloan}

34. VENTURE INWARDS by Hugh Lynn Cayce {Harper & Row}

35. MAN WITH THE RADAR BRAIN by Ehrlick

36. STRANGE POWERS OF THE UNUSUAL PEOPLE by Brant House

37. THE TITANIC THE PSYCHIC AND THE SEA by Rustie Brown {Blue Harbor Press}

38. MIND WARS by Ron McRae {Stephany Hurkos. Martin=s Press}

39. PSYCHIC WARFARE THREAT OR ILLUSION? by Martin Ebon {McGraw-Hill Book Comp}

40. THE SEARCH FOR PSYCHIC POWER by David Hammond {Bantam Books}

41. THE OCCULT A HISTORY by Colin Wilson {Random House}

42. THE GELLER PHENOMENON by Colin Wilson {Aldus Books}

43. POLTERGEIST by Colin Wilson {Perigee Book}

44. WITCHES by Colin Wilson {Galahad Books}

45. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN MURDER -1962-1982 by Colin Wilson & Donald Seaman {Perigee Books}

46. THE CYCLES OF HEAVEN by Gus L. Playfair & Scott Hill {Avon Books}

47. THE UNKNOWN POWER by Guy Lyon Playfair {Pocket Books}

48. PSI AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLOSION by Stuart Holroyd {Taplinger Publishing Comp}

49 BRIEFING FOR THE LANDING ON PLANET EARTH by Stuart Holroyd {W. H. Allen, London & Corgi Book}

50. THE ROOTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: PSYCHIC LIBERATION THROUGH HISTORY, SCIENCE AND EXPERIENCE by Jeffrey Mishlove {Random House}

51. PSYCHICAL PHENOMENA by Reginald Omez, O.P. {Hawthorn Books}

52. MIND AT LARGE by Charles T. Tart, Harold E. Puthoff & Russell Targ {Praeger}

53. MIND- REACH by Russell Targ & Harold E. Puthoff {Delacorte}

54. THE NEW APOCRYPHA by John Sladek {Stein & Day}

55. SUPERNATURAL by Lyall Watson {Hodder & Stoughton, London}

56. ESP: A PERSONAL MEMOIR by Rosalind Heywood {E.P. Dutton}

57. PREMONITIONS: A LEAP INTO THE FUTURE by Herbert B. Greenhouse {Bernard Geis Assoc.}

58. GH3 by Herbert Bailey {Bantam}

59. PSYCHIC DETECTIVE by Stephen Redley {Franklin Watts}

60. I TINA by Tina Turner

61. ESP, HAUNTINGS AND POLTERGEISTS: A PARAPSYCHOLOGIST=S HANDBOOK by Lloyd Auerbach {Warner Books}

62. MYSTERIES OF THE UNKNOWN: PSYCHIC POWERS by editors of Time-Life Books {TIME LIFE 1988}

63. FLIM-FLAM! PSYCHICS, ESP, UNICORNS & OTHER DELUSIONS by James Randi {Prometheus Books}

64. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLAIMS, FRAUDS, AND HOAXES OF THE OCCULT & SUPERNATURAL by James Randi {St Martins Press}

65. THE PARANORMAL AN ILLUSTRATE ENCYCLOPEDIA by Stuart Gordon {Headline Book{

66. THE SUPERNATURAL by Douglas Hill & Pat Williams {Hawthorn}

67. HARPER=S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYSTICAL AND PARANORMAL y Rosemary Ellen Guiley {Harper Collins}

68. THE BLUE SENSE by Arthur Lyons & Marcello Truzzi, PH.D. {Warner Books}

69. PSYCHIC CONNECTIONS A JOURNEY INTO THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF PSI by Lois Duncan & William Roll, PH.D. {Delacorte}

70. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT! By Dayle Schear {Blue Dolphin}

71. THE PSYCHIC WITHIN by Dayle Schear {Blue Dolphin}

text books for schools...

1.. GETTING THE FACTS [SPECIFIC K|SKILL SERIES] edited by Richard A. Boning

2. ATwo Token Object Studies With Peter Hurkos@ (The Journal of the American Society of Psychical Research 62 #2)April 1968) pages 143-57

some novels published which mention Peter Hurkos <>

1. THE DEAD ZONE by Stephen King {Viking}

2. HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry {W.W. Norton}

3. THE BOSTON STRANGLER by Gerald Frank {NAL}

4. THE MICHIGAN MURDERS by Edwards Keys {Readers Digest}

5. THE EYE OF THE MIND by Lynn Biederstadt {Signet}

6. THE HIDING PLACE by Corrie Tem Boom with John & Elizabeth Sherrill {Spire}

7. TOUCHING by Gwen Davis

8. FLIGHT 110

some plays or feature films that highlight Peter Hurkos...

1. DEATHTRAP play/movie

2. DEAD ZONE book/movie

3. FLIGHT 110 book/movie

4. THE AMAZING WORLD OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA movie/book

5. MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS movie/book

6. THE BOSTON STRANGLER book/movie

7. ON A CLEAR DAY movie

8. HELTER SKELTER book/movie

9. BOXOFFICE movie

10. NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP movie

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pease note this list hasn't really been updated since 1988...

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