PETER HURKOS biography

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

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credited with more than fifteen primetime hours of specials which have achieved unprecedented high
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."
Hurkos resided in Studio City at the time of his death, with his wife,
Stephany Hurkos, 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.

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 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:

“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.”

President Ronald and Nancy Reagan:

“We 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:

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

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

“Thank you warmly, Peter. I am particularly grateful for your aid.”

Hubert H. Humphrey:

“Thank you Peter, for your amazing help. It has meant much to me. I am most grateful.”

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

“Amazing 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]

“Your psychic ability has aided our department in finding a missing boy. Thank you.”

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

“After 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]

“What 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:

“Peter 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]

“Thank 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]

“The 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]

“Your 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]

“As 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.”

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

“You 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]

“I 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]

“Thank 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 (updated since 1988)

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}

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Some of the non-fiction books which tell of Hurkos -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}

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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}

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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}
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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

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

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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

please note this list hasn’t really been updated since

1988...

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