It has been a while since we blogged about Robbie Thomas - with the disappearance of his "psychic justice tour", there hasn't been a whole lot to say. I would like to say that I miss the psychic justice tour but that wouldn't be the truth. Society is a better place when pseudo-psychics and liars* are not actively abusing and using innocent and trusting people.
*Robbie is both - he's claimed to have worked with the Vatican! He also claims to have solved missing persons and murder cases using his psychic powers which we are certain is a blatant lie. Oh, and he claims he has worked with the Vatican! It needs to be repeated, yes. Never mind the fact that the Vatican does not accept psychic powers - but they seem to be bedfellows with liars so that might be his connection.
In less than a couple of weeks, Robbie Thomas will be holding the 2nd annual Canam ParaCon in Point Edward (Robbie claims it is in Sarnia - but then Robbie claims a lot of things that aren't true). His list of speakers has faced a number of revisions (Members of the http://www.stoprobbie.com/ team and a number of other people felt the need to contact many of the potential speakers to let them know a little bit about Robbie - Robbie wants publicity and we're out to give him a hand.) to the point where it is a couple of Robbie's close friends (also harmful to society) and Aron Houdini (who, we're told, may not be attending either).
Here's the low-down as it appears on his site. The event is scheduled for August 6th and 7th - August 6th is only a "Celeb Party" where you can "meet and greet the celebrities from your favourite television shows and movies" (Unless your favourite movies and shows are ones that feature Robbie Thomas, Keith Age, David Fultz and Michael Esposito, I suspect you're going to be disappointed). To attend the "Celeb Party", you have to purchase the "Ghost Pass Package" for $129 - which also gives you access to the August 7th conference and a ghost hunt at the Lawrence House later on the 7th (hint: there are no ghosts, the hunt will, again, be fruitless). Otherwise you can purchase a $50 ticket for the August 7th conference only.
The "Ghost Pass Package" is limited to 50 people (it will not sell out) and we suggest it will be the biggest waste of money you could find in the area. (You could have seen Rush - VIP - in Sarnia a couple weeks ago for only $119! You would have also got what you paid for.)
Vendor booth prices have also dropped through the floor - the price is now only $50! And it, too, seems to be only for one day.
Oh, if you are a skeptic and plan on attending the ParaCon, do not purchase tickets - contact us at emailus@stoprobbie.com - you'll understand why once we hear from you :) .
Visit his site directly at: http://canamparacon.com/
Other Robbie News
Robbie has replaced his website with one created by, I'm told, one of his children. On the site you can book a reading for $150/half hour, $250 for an hour or have one question answered via email for $20 ($40 for 2, $60 for 3 - what a deal!). You can also sign up for his newsletter - one year for only $29.95!
Reassuringly, he hasn't changed his approach, though: he's still using victims of crime for the promotion of himself and his wares. See for yourself at http://www.robbiethomas.net/.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Promoting Stop Robbie Thomas - www.stoprobbie.com
StopRobbie.com has received some publicity but, as you can see from one of the more recent blog entries, not everyone is willing to accept that Robbie does not have psychic powers. Families are being victimized by Robbie Thomas and other psychics and we need to get the word out.
We've recently started advertising StopRobbie.com on a very popular (local to Robbie) classifieds site (see http://classified.sarnia.com/773070) and we've purchased some Google advertising. We're looking for your assistance - include a link to http://www.stoprobbie.com/ on your website or wherever you can. The message is important and the stakes are high because psychic predators are causing real harm.
We are also in the process of having printed materials created for handing out at Robbie's shows - if you are in the area of one of his shows and would like to assist, we can either send you the printed material or the documents for you to print them yourself.
For new visitors, check out the links pages which include the following and more:
From Entertainers to Predators: When Psychics Cross the Line
Psychic Robbie Thomas - Murder Victims are not Commodities
Psychic Picks up Tinsley Case
KlaasKids Foundation - Missing Children - Hazards - Psychics
We've recently started advertising StopRobbie.com on a very popular (local to Robbie) classifieds site (see http://classified.sarnia.com/773070) and we've purchased some Google advertising. We're looking for your assistance - include a link to http://www.stoprobbie.com/ on your website or wherever you can. The message is important and the stakes are high because psychic predators are causing real harm.
We are also in the process of having printed materials created for handing out at Robbie's shows - if you are in the area of one of his shows and would like to assist, we can either send you the printed material or the documents for you to print them yourself.
For new visitors, check out the links pages which include the following and more:
From Entertainers to Predators: When Psychics Cross the Line
Psychic Robbie Thomas - Murder Victims are not Commodities
Psychic Picks up Tinsley Case
KlaasKids Foundation - Missing Children - Hazards - Psychics
Monday, June 14, 2010
In the news: Family turns to psychic in their search for answers
Robbie Thomas is about to victimize another family. The http://www.stoprobbie.com/ movement to Stop Robbie Thomas received a "passing" mention.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Robbie Thomas' 100% Inaccuracy
Robbie was recently in Sioux City, Iowa to visit his girlfriend "perform", on stage, a cold case reading for the Jodi Huisentruit case. In Robbie's advertisements for the "show", he claimed:
"Robbie doing a live cold case reading on the untimely disappearance of News Anchor Jodi Huisentruit from Mason [City,] Iowa. On scene Death Investigator Gary L. Peterson will be in attendance on stage. You will witness never before seen real time investigative work with a Psychic Detective LIVE as information will be passed along to assist in this case."
Robbie's prediction that Gary Peterson would be on stage: FAILED
As you'll see in the documents that I link to, Gary Peterson called in and did not appear on stage.
Okay, so that's a bit weak for a failure, you say?
How about this - Robbie Thomas interviewed/was interviewed by Gary Peterson 2 years ago. The case still remains unsolved. This, alone, should leave people wondering what good psychic powers are if they can't solve a case in two years. But, and I digress, people can't be reasoned out of a belief that they weren't reasoned into - so belief in psychics continues.
It is often claimed that Robbie Thomas has solved 0 cases in 18 years and, though that is almost certainly the case, the fact remains that there is not a single case in recorded history that has been solved using what people claim to be psychic powers. Robbie Thomas is not alone in his complete and clear level of failure.
As I mentioned at the start of this entry, Robbie was recently in Sioux City to do another "reading" for the Jodi Huisentruit case but, before I go on, let me say this: we do not fault families and friends from grasping at straws. At times when there appears to be no hope - any hope, even false hope, that is offered is hard not to accept. Robbie Thomas' offers to assist would be honourable and just if he simply were telling the truth - he isn't.
On the http://www.findjodi.com/ site, are three recent articles that speak about Robbie's (at the time) upcoming reading and then the subsequent statements about the reading from both Gary Peterson and Robbie Thomas. Robbie's (limited) writing skills in his statement, oddly, match the writings of "defenders" of Robbie on sites such as Topix and his recent coverage for his Ft. Wayne show. As the FindJodi.com site is likely to be updated with "Psychic Solves Cold Case", here are the direct links to the articles. (I'm ready for someone to quote-mine that one.)
Huisentruit to be Topic of Upcoming Psychic Reading Event
Gary's Update from Robbie Thomas Event
Robbie Thomas Summarizes Event
On the first link there is an audio file from the 2008 reading/interview that Robbie Thomas and Gary Peterson had.
Without going into the specifics (of which it wasn't very specific) of what Gary and Robbie claim Robbie provided for information, let me make it clear that Robbie is clearly abusing the English language when he refers to "facts". At this point in time, much of what he claims is either knowledge obtained earlier, clear speculation or completely made up stuff. If there is one "fact", it is that Robbie is not afraid to make up stuff (his crew claimed that people were handing out envelopes anthrax at his first event).
Everything that was provided that turns out to be true will have to be countered by everything else that turns out to be false. Any suggestion that Gary gives about Robbie knowing things that nobody else knew is a clear indication of his willingness and desire to believe that Robbie has some psychic abilities. The reality is that if Gary knew it, he either was the criminal and the only person who could know it or Robbie could have learned the information the same way (or another way) that Gary, himself, learned it.
Even if Robbie happened to guess correctly about something (so insignificant) like this, it was information that was already known. What a real psychic should have been able to do is to name the murderer, produce the body and give the location of the criminal(s) involved. Otherwise, what good are these so-called psychic abilities?
Vague, non-specific information is absolutely useless in the resolution of a crime. Though it might give hope (false hope at best) it is a waste of police resources and can divert attention from the "real" evidence. Robbie Thomas' actions are the complete opposite of helpful.
As we have recently received a number of emails from people claiming "how do you explina the Tori Stafford case?" (their spelling), "robbie solved the stafford case" and a few others with similar claims, let me restate it firmly here.
Robbie Thomas was NOT involved in solving the Tori Stafford case. Robbie Thomas is a liar if he claims anything different. The only thing that Robbie could retro-fit to the crime was that he "saw" wagon wheels. Seriously. That's it. "Wagon wheels?" you ask, yes, wagon wheels. He, after the fact, claims that the wagon wheels represented Amish "country" - near where her body was found.
Do you think Robbie would have said "I was wrong, I meant wagon wheels from Amish carriages" if where Tori was found was near a kids play area that had a wagon or if the body was found at another person's home that also had kids? Nope, you can be sure that he would have said "the wagon wheels represented the presence of other children" or "there was a wagon only about 12,000 feet away". If you think I'm kidding, consider Sarnia Skeptic's ball kicking of Robbie on the Cezar Cano case.
You'd also have to ignore the fact that the Ontario Provincial Police have claimed that they do not use psychics and that the facts of the case will show that police work and community involvement solved the crime. As for the Cezar Cano case - the Louisville Police have stated that "when the case goes to court, I think you'll see that Robbie Thomas is fabricating a story".
"Robbie doing a live cold case reading on the untimely disappearance of News Anchor Jodi Huisentruit from Mason [City,] Iowa. On scene Death Investigator Gary L. Peterson will be in attendance on stage. You will witness never before seen real time investigative work with a Psychic Detective LIVE as information will be passed along to assist in this case."
Robbie's prediction that Gary Peterson would be on stage: FAILED
As you'll see in the documents that I link to, Gary Peterson called in and did not appear on stage.
Okay, so that's a bit weak for a failure, you say?
How about this - Robbie Thomas interviewed/was interviewed by Gary Peterson 2 years ago. The case still remains unsolved. This, alone, should leave people wondering what good psychic powers are if they can't solve a case in two years. But, and I digress, people can't be reasoned out of a belief that they weren't reasoned into - so belief in psychics continues.
It is often claimed that Robbie Thomas has solved 0 cases in 18 years and, though that is almost certainly the case, the fact remains that there is not a single case in recorded history that has been solved using what people claim to be psychic powers. Robbie Thomas is not alone in his complete and clear level of failure.
As I mentioned at the start of this entry, Robbie was recently in Sioux City to do another "reading" for the Jodi Huisentruit case but, before I go on, let me say this: we do not fault families and friends from grasping at straws. At times when there appears to be no hope - any hope, even false hope, that is offered is hard not to accept. Robbie Thomas' offers to assist would be honourable and just if he simply were telling the truth - he isn't.
On the http://www.findjodi.com/ site, are three recent articles that speak about Robbie's (at the time) upcoming reading and then the subsequent statements about the reading from both Gary Peterson and Robbie Thomas. Robbie's (limited) writing skills in his statement, oddly, match the writings of "defenders" of Robbie on sites such as Topix and his recent coverage for his Ft. Wayne show. As the FindJodi.com site is likely to be updated with "Psychic Solves Cold Case", here are the direct links to the articles. (I'm ready for someone to quote-mine that one.)
Huisentruit to be Topic of Upcoming Psychic Reading Event
Gary's Update from Robbie Thomas Event
Robbie Thomas Summarizes Event
On the first link there is an audio file from the 2008 reading/interview that Robbie Thomas and Gary Peterson had.
Without going into the specifics (of which it wasn't very specific) of what Gary and Robbie claim Robbie provided for information, let me make it clear that Robbie is clearly abusing the English language when he refers to "facts". At this point in time, much of what he claims is either knowledge obtained earlier, clear speculation or completely made up stuff. If there is one "fact", it is that Robbie is not afraid to make up stuff (his crew claimed that people were handing out envelopes anthrax at his first event).
Everything that was provided that turns out to be true will have to be countered by everything else that turns out to be false. Any suggestion that Gary gives about Robbie knowing things that nobody else knew is a clear indication of his willingness and desire to believe that Robbie has some psychic abilities. The reality is that if Gary knew it, he either was the criminal and the only person who could know it or Robbie could have learned the information the same way (or another way) that Gary, himself, learned it.
Even if Robbie happened to guess correctly about something (so insignificant) like this, it was information that was already known. What a real psychic should have been able to do is to name the murderer, produce the body and give the location of the criminal(s) involved. Otherwise, what good are these so-called psychic abilities?
Vague, non-specific information is absolutely useless in the resolution of a crime. Though it might give hope (false hope at best) it is a waste of police resources and can divert attention from the "real" evidence. Robbie Thomas' actions are the complete opposite of helpful.
As we have recently received a number of emails from people claiming "how do you explina the Tori Stafford case?" (their spelling), "robbie solved the stafford case" and a few others with similar claims, let me restate it firmly here.
Robbie Thomas was NOT involved in solving the Tori Stafford case. Robbie Thomas is a liar if he claims anything different. The only thing that Robbie could retro-fit to the crime was that he "saw" wagon wheels. Seriously. That's it. "Wagon wheels?" you ask, yes, wagon wheels. He, after the fact, claims that the wagon wheels represented Amish "country" - near where her body was found.
Do you think Robbie would have said "I was wrong, I meant wagon wheels from Amish carriages" if where Tori was found was near a kids play area that had a wagon or if the body was found at another person's home that also had kids? Nope, you can be sure that he would have said "the wagon wheels represented the presence of other children" or "there was a wagon only about 12,000 feet away". If you think I'm kidding, consider Sarnia Skeptic's ball kicking of Robbie on the Cezar Cano case.
You'd also have to ignore the fact that the Ontario Provincial Police have claimed that they do not use psychics and that the facts of the case will show that police work and community involvement solved the crime. As for the Cezar Cano case - the Louisville Police have stated that "when the case goes to court, I think you'll see that Robbie Thomas is fabricating a story".
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Stop Robbie Thomas: Mash Up
Since work has me on the road quite often these days, there has been little time to blog. Just like my last posts, this one is going to be quick with a real "mash up" of topics.
Most emails we're receiving are positive and supportive which is somewhat surprising given that Robbie Thomas supporters seem endless on his Facebook page. I realize that there is a bit of back-patting going on with many of his supporters because they, too, are woo-woo pushers or members of the "I'm a psychic too" group.
A blog reader sent us links to pictures from Robbie's show in Indiana where you will see the packed house that it was (not). Reports from attendees agree that, in all, there were 14 people in attendance.
Even more exciting news is that http://www.stoprobbie.com/ made it to the local paper. I haven't seen the printed copy yet but from all accounts, it not only made the paper but was a substantial part of the front page of the paper (the VERY front page). Robbie Thomas should be proud. (I don't have the photo editing skills that Sarnia Skeptic has so I'm going to link to his article for now. I'll also add a link in the links section of this site.)
Our good friend SarniaSkeptic (http://sarniaskeptic.blogspot.com/) received a reference too. To be fair, the article was spurred by his recent covering of a local group's attempt to 'fundraise' by having a psychic come to Sarnia to ruin people's true memories of their lost loved ones.
Ryan Hulshof, a local skeptic and fervent supporter of this site (and the skeptical community as a whole), was kind enough to speak with a reporter about the supposed rising tide against claimed psychics. Unfortunately the article wasn't all that well researched as SarniaSkeptic's recent tongue in cheek "I was wrong, I am sorry" article was taken completely (intentionally maybe) out of context.
Congratulations and thank you Ryan and the rest of the skeptics in Sarnia - you are a real inspiration and a great help!
In other news, a local company has come forward to cover the domain costs for the site so the http://www.stoprobbie.com/, http://www.stoprobbiethomas.com/, http://www.stoprobbiethomas.net/ and http://www.robbiethomastours.com/ will be ours for the next 10 years!
And finally, for those who have emailed to offer assistance or to become a part of our "group", Thank You! I will get back to each of you personally when time allows.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Hey Robbie! Here's some free publicity!
Our great friend, Robbie Thomas (who is not psychic) needs some help with publicity so we're going to give it to him.
If you care to believe John Ramses (Robbie Thomas' ex-manager), Robbie Thomas is likely to be visiting his girlfriend (to his wife's dismay) in Sioux City, Iowa this week. It is advertised on Robbie's site that he will be doing a reading for the Jodi Huisentruit case.
However, it is interesting that the show following that one is ever changing. It was supposed to be in Louisville, Kentucky originally and then was moved locations and it has subsequently moved again. Robbie Thomas, though, does not list the location of this next show. (I am sure it was simply a mistake on his part.)
When I checked with them (before buying tickets), they told me that it was at:
Van Lear Volunteer Fire Department
Which is either at:
326 Millers Creek Road
Van Lear, KY 41265, United States
(606) 788-0177
OR
101 Euclid Avenue
Paintsville, KY 41240-1112, United States
(606) 789-5200
(and this site seems to confirm it)
The show is on May 21, 2010. I'm not suggesting that everyone should contact the Volunteer Fire Department to let them know that, to stand with the police and victimized families who DO NOT SUPPORT Robbie Thomas, the Fire Department might want to reconsider letting a known lying scumbag use their facilities. Someone should contact them, though.
To those that are planning on attending Robbie's shows with the goal of disrupting the performance, we ask that you do not. Please take the "high road" - Robbie Thomas is the lowlife slimeball and we don't want to stoop to his level.
Recordings of Robbie's shows and readings are much more valuable than disrupting a performance (hey, they have all had less than 30 people!). If you have recordings of Robbie (his readings, his shows, etc.) we would be interested in getting a copy of it or reviewing it. Please contact us at emailus@stoprobbie.com if you have anything that might help us in our quest to Stop Robbie Thomas.
If you care to believe John Ramses (Robbie Thomas' ex-manager), Robbie Thomas is likely to be visiting his girlfriend (to his wife's dismay) in Sioux City, Iowa this week. It is advertised on Robbie's site that he will be doing a reading for the Jodi Huisentruit case.
However, it is interesting that the show following that one is ever changing. It was supposed to be in Louisville, Kentucky originally and then was moved locations and it has subsequently moved again. Robbie Thomas, though, does not list the location of this next show. (I am sure it was simply a mistake on his part.)
When I checked with them (before buying tickets), they told me that it was at:
Van Lear Volunteer Fire Department
Which is either at:
326 Millers Creek Road
Van Lear, KY 41265, United States
(606) 788-0177
OR
101 Euclid Avenue
Paintsville, KY 41240-1112, United States
(606) 789-5200
(and this site seems to confirm it)
The show is on May 21, 2010. I'm not suggesting that everyone should contact the Volunteer Fire Department to let them know that, to stand with the police and victimized families who DO NOT SUPPORT Robbie Thomas, the Fire Department might want to reconsider letting a known lying scumbag use their facilities. Someone should contact them, though.
To those that are planning on attending Robbie's shows with the goal of disrupting the performance, we ask that you do not. Please take the "high road" - Robbie Thomas is the lowlife slimeball and we don't want to stoop to his level.
Recordings of Robbie's shows and readings are much more valuable than disrupting a performance (hey, they have all had less than 30 people!). If you have recordings of Robbie (his readings, his shows, etc.) we would be interested in getting a copy of it or reviewing it. Please contact us at emailus@stoprobbie.com if you have anything that might help us in our quest to Stop Robbie Thomas.
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