Troy Griffin

Category: Psychic

  • VoyageLA article on Psychic Medium Troy

    Today we’d like to introduce you to Troy Griffin. They and their team shared their story with us below:

    Troy is a devout, lifelong Christian. He is also an international psychic medium, criminal intuitive, and TV personality seen by more than ten million-plus people. Part of Troy’s private practice work includes communicating with those who have crossed over and using his gifts to help authorities solve the unsolvable cases where tracks had run cold are his life’s work. 

    An intuitive since childhood, Griffin kept his psychic gifts “in the closet,” as he puts it, for fear of being ostracized by his Christian community, which was and continues to be a big part of his life. His family consists of pastors, Christian authors, and other strict religious devotees. Contrary to many of their beliefs, Troy Griffin, too, is a devout believer to which he attributes his gifts. 

    As Griffin points out, “God gave me this gift. I didn’t create it on my own.” When leaders in the Christian community express their disapproval of communication with spirit and other psychic work, Griffin is quick to assert that as Christians, their job is to love, accept, and preach to all people, not just those who suit the conventional paradigm. He covers this topic at great length in a keynote speech he delivered titled “My Psychic Calling: And Why I Answered the Call.” 

    In explaining his process when working with police departments and investigators to assist in solving cold cases, Griffin explains, “I take the basic information, and then I can pick up on the person and begin to see pictures, places, and things visually in my mind. Going online to Google Maps and Google Earth helps me put a visual framework to what I am getting in my mind’s eye. I can look at an area, pick up clues, and assist in that way.” 

    Troy Griffin’s work as a medium, empathic, intuitive, and psychic investigator has taken him throughout the United States, Canada, the UK, Germany, and Australia. 

    He is not hesitant to allow his Christian faith to bleed through into his readings, enabling him to comfort and restore faith in clients who are deeply grieving the loss of a loved one. “Many of the readings I do for private clients are people who have lost children to suicide or to other tragic events, and this has caused them to lose or doubt their faith. They’re looking to repair their faith, and my religious background plays a role in helping them on that journey.” 

    Troy Griffin hopes to change common perception by opening a public dialogue in the media regarding his work as a medium and his Christian faith not being in direct conflict but complimenting one another. 

    With psychic mediums, clairvoyants, and intuitive people coming forward more and more and their abilities becoming more widely accepted in society, Griffin feels it is time to address Christianity and psychic phenomena. “It’s a conversation that needs to be had,” he says. 

    Some on Troy’s current cases includes Don Lewis, Tampa Florida, Kelsie Schelling, Pueblo, CO, Long Island Serial Killer, Long Island, NY, Joey Labute Jr, Columbus, OH, Serial Killer case Atlanta, GA. 

    Troy has been featured on Netflix, ABC News Nightline, ABC News7 NY, ABC News Atlanta, ABC Action News2, Fox News21, The CW San Diego Living, Eye Opener TV, Kansas Wichita Eagle, The Denver Post, Westword, NEWSJS, WLOX ABC Bounce, WMUZ 103.5FM, 98.9 Magic FM, Christians Today, and Psychic Access Talk Radio, among others. Troy’s latest television work on Netflix has been seen by more than 10 million-plus people worldwide. Troy’s recent television work will be seen on CW’s Mysteries Decoded. 

    Psychic Medium Troy has been recognized as one of the Top 10 psychics by Top 10 network. 

    We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
    My journey has not been a smooth road since I was thrown into this line of work by God’s nudge. I did not have a desire to be an intuitive (psychic) in that I did not attend development courses, hang out or socialize with others whom called themselves psychics. For me, my journey began. meeting someone in a gift shop telling me about a missing person. 

    One of my obstacles and challenges early on was whether I could be an intuitive (psychic) and believe in God or be a Christian, putting me on a personal soul search for answers. After 30 days of soul searching, I prayed and said if this is the calling you have for me, God, then I will do it. 20 years later, and here I am. LOL 

    One of the main obstacles I had to overcome is that I am not what I consider a typical “psychic,” a word I am not a fan of. When I think about “psychic,” I think of a flashing neon light in a storefront window, a crystal ball, tarot cards, and/or a person wearing weird clothes. All of this is not me. I do not use any crystal balls, tarot cards, etc. It is all-natural. 

    Other challenges over the years have been the media and press that has written about, talked about, printed about, or did TV blurbs about me and my work. You learn to have broad shoulders, but sometimes it still hurts when people who don’t know you like to say things about you negatively. Try to convince themselves and or their readers that my work is fake, and this is why… blah, blah, blah. 

    And the last challenge I still sometimes have to deal with today is the “TV Psychics.” The ones that people think are “real” because they are on television. When asked about some of them, I explain that these reality tv shows are not 100% reality. There is always scripted parts to it and always a producer who is trying to tell you what to say. 

    Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
    What to know about me… This is hard as I do not like writing or talking about me… 

    I am a lifestyle psychic medium that specialized in life decisions, business, career, life in general. I am well known for being a criminal intuitive which I am in the process of exiting. 

    What makes me different I believe is that my readings or consultations are geared to help my clients move forward or find some closure in life. I care about my clients and use all my natural gifts as a medium, empath, life coach, and life experience to help. It’s now about me, it’s about you and I just the messenger. 

    How do you define success?
    Wow, since success if different for all of us and it is an ever-evolving process, I think success is when one person helps another in a terrible time and space. This could be as simple as being a shoulder to cry on, a soundboard, a mentor, or just someone who helps another. 

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  • Black Dahlia Murder

    During a recent TV filming centered on a 70-year-old unsolved murder case for a CW show, I found myself in Los Angeles, deeply involved in the story of the victim, Elizabeth Short, famously known as the Black Dahlia. In an unexpected turn, my connection with her abruptly dimmed, a rare occurrence in my nearly two-decade career.

    Throughout my work, when I connect with those who have passed, even in the realm of unsolved cold cases, I often receive visions, glimpses from a vantage point looking down. The departed typically reveal images or scenes that occurred after their passing. I hold a belief that souls linger before fully departing this world.

    For instance, in cases of natural deaths surrounded by family, I can often describe who was present, their positions, gestures, and even items left behind—sometimes extending all the way to the funeral. In cold cases involving victims, they guide me, showing places and moments related to their untimely end.

     

    However, during this particular filming, I encountered an unsettling blackout—a sudden loss of connection that left me questioning my abilities and expertise. Despite this unnerving experience, I remain confident in my skills. Could I be losing this unique gift, I wondered?

    Reflecting on this Thanksgiving Eve, a moment of quiet, I found myself pondering this inexplicable blankness. Curiosity led me to search the internet for the Black Dahlia case—an unusual step for me as I typically avoid high-profile cases, preferring to focus on more recent ones where I might unearth fresh clues or aid ongoing investigations.

    Over the years, despite numerous inquiries, I had never delved into the Black Dahlia case. Yet, when approached by the producer to explore this case, I unexpectedly agreed, driven by the persistent curiosity that surrounded it.

    As I searched online, I stumbled upon an article titled “Black Dahlia Autopsy: What was Elizabeth Short’s Cause of Death.” Intrigued, I clicked and found confirmation of information I had previously relayed to the producers.

    This discovery shed light on the reason for my sudden disconnect.

    “Reportedly, an autopsy revealed the victim’s gruesome cause of death was a fatal blow to the head which caused a brain hemorrhage.”

    It’s fascinating how intuition operates, revealing truths amidst self-doubt. It seems my journey into cold cases is far from over.

    I’ll share details about the show’s airing for those interested in exploring further.

    Here’s the link to the article:

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/black-dahlia-autopsy-elizabeth-short-114120646.html–

     

  • More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killings reach a record high.

    More murders across America are going unsolved, exacerbating the grief of families already reeling and worsening the largely cracked trust between police and the public, especially communities of color most affected by gun violence.

    “I haven’t had any word,” says Mark Legaspi about the murder of his cousin, friend and business partner Artgel Anabo Jr., 39, who was known as Jun. He was shot just outside their popular Filipino fast-food restaurant Lucky Three Seven in East Oakland, Calif., May 18, 2022. “It’s still emotional every day coming in here, you know?” Legaspi says nodding toward the street where Jun was murdered.

    Oakland detectives released security camera footage and the license plate number of the suspected get-away car. Anabo’s family believes the suspect is a man who sold Anabo a truck that turned out to be stolen. Still, there’s been no break in the case and no word.

    “It’s definitely frustrating. Justice hasn’t been served,” Legaspi says. “I mean it’s almost a year. I would like to know something. I don’t get no answers,” he says noting that he and his family haven’t heard from Oakland homicide detectives for months. “You know, if there’s anything, you know, even if they didn’t do anything, that’d be nice to know. Instead of us hoping.”

    The U.S. among the worst at solving murders in the industrialized world

    Legaspi’s frustration and pain are shared by hundreds of families of murder victims in Oakland – and across the country – whose cases remain unsolved.

    While the rate at which murders are solved or “cleared” has been declining for decades, it has now dropped to slightly below 50% in 2020 – a new historic low. And several big cities, including Chicago, have seen the number of murder cases resulting in at least one arrest dip into the low to mid-30% range.

    “We saw a sharp drop in the national clearance rate in 2020,” says Prof. Philip Cook, a public policy researcher and professor emeritus at Duke University and the University of Chicago Urban Labs who has been studying clearance rates for decades. “It reached close to 50% at that time nationwide, which was the lowest ever recorded by the FBI. And it hasn’t come up that much since then.”

    That makes the U.S. among the worst at solving murders in the industrialized world. Germany, for example, consistently clears well over 90% of its murders.

    While reasons behind the drop are multi-faceted, Cook and other experts warn that more people getting away with murder in the the U.S. is driving a kind of doom loop of mutual mistrust: low murder clearance rates impede future investigations which in turn potentially drive up killings in some communities where a lack of arrests undermines deterrence and sends a message that the police will not or cannot protect them.

    “Communities that are especially impacted by gun violence believe that the police are ineffective or indifferent, and as a result, they’re less willing to cooperate and provide information the police need to have successful investigations,” says Cook, who has several research articles on the topic coming out.

    “It is undermining whatever trust there is in the police. And it’s a vicious circle,” Cook says.

    “I certainly don’t believe in anyone getting away with murder”

    Oakland, Calif., is a prime example of that vicious circle. The city’s per capita homicide rate remains abnormally high and its murder solve rate is among the lowest in the nation, hitting just 36% last year. If you take out the handful of older, “cold” cases that were solved during 2022, the clearance rate in Oakland just 27%, an analysis by the S.F. Chronicle shows.

    “Well, I certainly don’t believe in anyone getting away with murder. These cases are never closed,” says Drennon Lindsey, an Oakland deputy chief who formerly led the department’s homicide division. “We never give up, you know. And I also think we can only get better.”

    Lindsey says the veterans among her 16 detectives are often handing two dozen or more cases at a time, far above the federal recommendation that detectives carry an average of only four to six new homicide cases per year.

    In addition, she says, an antiquated case management data system, which the city is working to replace, is another reason behind the painfully low clearance rate. But the biggest one, she says, is too many people are scared to talk with and help the OPD.

    “People don’t want to cooperate, people don’t want to come to court and testify. And they’re afraid of retaliation, of being labeled in their communities as a “snitch.” And we’re often left trying to plea and beg for the community to come forward with information to hold this person accountable for committing murder,” she says.

    But that mistrust is also bred by the department’s chronic dysfunction.

    The department remains under federal oversight and has for two decades. In that time the troubled agency has gone through a dozen leaders. And recently veteran Oakland homicide detective Phong Tran was arrested and arraigned after the Alameda County district attorney’s office accused him of paying a witness thousands of dollars to lie in a murder case that resulted in two men getting life sentences. Detective Tran faces felony charges of perjury and bribery. Those two murder convictions have been tossed out.

    In a statement to NPR, Tran’s attorney Andrew M. Ganz called the charges “baseless” and lashed out a District Attorney Pamela Price for treating “murderers like heroes.”

    Price’s office in a statement says it is now reviewing at least 125 murders Tran investigated “to see if we have wrongfully convicted anyone else.”

    “Lying and manipulating a witness are serious violations of the public trust and a threat to the integrity of the judicial system,” Price says. “When the integrity of a conviction is at issue in one case, it raises questions in every other case that the detective has investigated.”

    The “exceptional means” clause and chronic police staffing affect murder clearance rates

    The FBI defines a murder “cleared” if a suspect has been identified and arrested. But a murder can also be declared cleared through what’s known as an “exceptional means.” For example, if a suspect is dead, can’t be extradited or prosecutors refuse to press charges.

    So, criminologists note, even some cities now touting modestly improved murder clearance rates, such as Chicago, are really just artificially boosting their clearance numbers through that “exceptional means” clause.

    The arrest rate per murder if is often a better indicator of how police departments are actually doing at holding killers accountable. Prof. Cook’s research, for example, shows that from 2016 to 2020 the percentage of murders in Chicago with any type of weapon resulting in at least one arrest was just 33%. And in Durham, North Carolina, between 2017 and 2021 just 41% of gun homicide cases resulted in at least one arrest.

    Other reasons for the further decline in murder clearance rates, experts say, include chronic police staffing and recruiting problems, and the fact that more murders are committed with firearms, which can result in fewer witnesses and less physical evidence. In addition, judges, prosecutors and juries have higher evidence and procedure standards than in the 1960s when 90-plus% of homicides were listed as solved.

    Researchers say key ways cities can to try to stop the downward spiral is simply investing more in homicide investigations: improving crime labs, training, DNA testing, computer modeling systems.

    White crosses with the names and ages of the dead grows with every killing

    In front yard of Oakland’s Saint Columba Catholic Church along bustling San Pablo Ave, a garden of simple, wooden, white crosses with the names and ages of the dead grows with every killing.

    Every Jan. 1 “that garden is a garden for about a minute,” says Fr. Aidan McAleenan, St Columba’s pastor looking at the roughly two dozen crosses already posted in the yard. “And then is just gets grows and grows” all year. “My biggest concern, and I prayed about this, there are about 100 people walking around Oakland now who will not be walking around Oakland at the end of the year,” McAleenan says.

    Parishioner Rich Laufenberg makes the wooden crosses and dutifully “plants” them every week or two. “I do it as some kind of service work, I hope, and to let people know that we have a major violence problem here in Oakland,” he says. Regularly, Laufenberg says when placing the crosses he’ll find family or friends of a victim praying or just gazing in stunned silence at the lives cut short≥

     

  • Home Cleansing Smudging.

    Home Cleansing Smudging.

    There are many reasons a home carries negative energy which some negative energy can be caused by, excessive complaining, arguments, divorce, drugs, alcohol abuse, foreclosures, financial stress, seller doesn’t want to let it go, and death. 

    One of the biggest contributors of negative energy in a home is clutter. Yes, I said it…CLUTTER!

    Have you ever walked through a house or building and just felt uncomfortable?   Walked into a room and a negative feeling came across you? This is the energy we need to remove so we can allow positive energy to flow through the house making the home feel energizing, warm, inviting with positive energy for buyers walking through, and for the new homeowners.

    Clearing a home is a great way to clear the negative energy where the new owner(s) will be happy, relaxed, and feel positive in their new home. 

    Fee based on square footage of home. Contact Troy for information Troy’s one-sheet is below.