The classic definition of a psychic detective is a person who investigates crimes by using paranormal psychic abilities. Today's definition has been expanded and in the last few years, television viewers have been bombarded with programs about this sort of paranormal investigator. Recent advances and breakthroughs in the field today are attributable in great part to the fact that we use the tools of science to unravel the secrets of the paranormal. This is revolutionary, because at last there is a way to independently and scientifically verify subjective phenomena.