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Gerard Croiset a.k.a. Gerard Boekbinder[1] (March 10, 1909, Laren – July 20, 1980, Utrecht) was a Dutch parapsychologist, psychometrist (a person who purports to be able to read information from a held object), and a psychic. [2]
Croiset said he began to become aware of his gifts while a youth working for a watch repairer. 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.
Early work
After World War II, Croiset was sometimes consulted by Dutch police authorities in cases involving missing persons, or murder. On one occasion he was said to have examined the property of a murdered woman, and provided accurate information relating to her murder, and also gave the name of her murderer. The name matched a man who was being held in connection with the crime. He 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. He also gained a reputation as a psychic healer, and would allow people to visit him in his clinic for healing sessions.
Missing children cases
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In 1966, he was invited to Australia to aid in an investigation relating to the disappearance of the three Beaumont children, who had disappeared without trace from a beach in Adelaide, South Australia. Although police were skeptical, his expenses were paid by a wealthy businessman interested in the case, and public pressure was such that Croiset's views were thought to be worthy of consideration. During his short stay in Australia he attracted widespread publicity but failed to find any trace of the missing children.
In the mid 1970s, he was invited to Puerto Rico to find the two missing children of a local businessman. He concluded that the children were no longer on an "earthly plane" and could offer no clues. Also, he was called upon to locate a missing woman in Scotland, and once again failed to provide any clues.
Croiset's reputation became tarnished in his later years by his well publicised failures. However, he claimed to have achieved one more notable success when he was invited to Tokyo, Japan in the 1970s to locate a missing child. As he claimed, he had provided a description of the location in which her body could be found within 24 hours. When her body was found after following his instructions, all details seemed to match exactly with his prediction. There are no known independent sources for this claim.
References
- Hoebens, Piet Hein Croiset and Professor Tenhaeff Discrepancies in claims of clairvoyance. published in The Skeptical Inquirer (Fall 1981, vol. 6, no. 1; Winter 1981-82, vol. 6, no. 2)
- LA CLAIRVOYANCE PROUVEE (Jack Harrison Pollack. Culture, Arts, Loisirs, PARIS)
External links
- BOEKBINDER, Gerard (1909-1980) Dutch language entry in scholarly biographical dictionary
