Pieter van der Hurk (21 May 1911 – 1 June 1988) known as Peter Hurkos, was a Dutchman who claimed he manifested extrasensory perception (ESP) after recovering from a head injury and coma caused by a fall from a ladder when aged 30.[1][2] He came to the United States in 1956 for psychic experiments, later becoming a professional psychic who sought clues in the Manson Family murders and the Boston Strangler case.[3] With the help of businessman Henry Belk and parapsychologist Andrija Puharich, Hurkos became a popular entertainer known for performing psychic feats before live and television audiences.[4]
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^"Crime Library". Crime Library. 21 July 1969. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^"Summary of "The Psychic World of Peter Hurkos"". Iobabooks.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
^"Peter Hurkos, 77, a Psychic Used by Police". The New York Times. 2 June 1988. ISSN 0362-4331.
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