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Psychic Detective Dorothy Allison: Murders and Mysteries in the Garden State

November 18, 2025 • Kathy Kelly and Traci Stein • Season 2 • Episode 16

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In 1967, New Jersey housewife and mother of four, Dorothy Allison had a vivid dream about a missing boy – including that he had drowned and would be found in a drainpipe -- wearing a snowsuit, and with his shoes on the wrong feet. A month later, the boy’s body was found exactly as Dorothy had described, beginning her 30-year journey as a volunteer psychic detective assisting law enforcement.

In this episode, Traci and Kathy cover some of Dorothy Allison’s headline-making cases, and also discuss other notable psychic detectives like Pam Coronado and Nancy Orlen Weber. And Traci shares the one case that confirmed she was definitely not cut out for psychic (or other) crime solving!

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Articles about Dorothy Allison and the headline-making cases she helped solve:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-07-mn-41451-story.html

https://www.rd.com/list/mysteries-solved-by-psychics/

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