Sensing Murder
| Sensing Murder | |
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| Created by | David Baldock |
| Starring | Rebecca Gibney (host) |
| Country of origin | New Zealand / Australia / United States |
| No. of episodes | currently 26 |
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| Running time | 90 min |
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| Original network |
Nine Network (AU) TVNZ (NZ) |
| Original release | 2003 (AU) 2005 (NZ) – present |
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Sensing Murder is a television series in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, in which alleged psychics are asked to act as psychic detectives to help provide evidence that might be useful in solving famous unsolved murder cases in each country by communicating with the deceased victims.
On January 17th, 2017 the trailer to season 5 was released on TVNZ 2.
Each episode included detailed reenactments of the events leading up to the murder and the murder itself. Sections of these reenactments are then shown throughout the episode to refresh the viewer's memory of the events.
The producers state that the psychics are given no information about the case other than a photo, which some psychics prefer to keep face-down (The idea being that the less information they have, the better their supernormal abilities function). Other psychics choose to look at the photograph. To demonstrate their abilities, the psychics relay their impressions about the case/person which may match details in the case file.
The psychics are then asked to provide any extra information they can using their psychic abilities.
The show's private detective hosts the next section, in which he is asked to try to investigate any new leads suggested by the psychics and sometimes talk to the families of the deceased.
The program format was developed by Danish Nordisk Film TV and has been sold to many countries. In 2004 Granada Entertainment bought the US rights.
The show's producers claimed that before each series they tested 70-75 psychics and mediums in New Zealand and Australia with a case that had already been solved. (As claimed during each aired episode.) The most accurate psychics were then shortlisted from which the producers chose two or three of them to attempt to contact the spirits of the murder victims and to get impressions helpful to describe the victim, their circumstances around the murder, and the details of their death (as stated by the featured psychics during each episode). The three that were most often chosen (for all the episodes to date) are:
Producer David Baldock has rejected a paranormal challenge on behalf of the psychics, but does propose possible further tests of the psychics if the Sensing Murder show airs a third series in New Zealand.
From 20 November until 12 December 2007 5 episodes from season 1 were replayed.
From 29 July until 26 August 2008 4 episodes from Season 2 were replayed
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