Column Chronicles: The Skeptical Psychic and the Coach Killer

The Skeptical Psychic and the Coach Killer

Frank Cotolo
November 28, 2024

I worked as his assistant, he being Reggie Von Wethersbury, the Skeptical Psychic, for fifteen years during the greatest time of his success whenever called upon by police detectives.

One of my first adventures with him was the case of the Coach Killer, a murderer of men leading sports teams. After a score of murders the detectives were stumped and turned to Reggie.

"What artifacts do you have?" Reggie asked a detective.

"Just this candy wrapper that we know was his."

With tenderness and a tissue I handed the wrapper to Reggie. "This is chocolate," Reggie said, "but he may like Rum Raisen better. And then again someone could have given him the chocolate even though he may have wanted strawberry. Not sure. And, he used his left index finger, or middle finger, to hold the wrapper. Then again, he could have used his mouth to open it if he had gloves on."

The detective said, "Do you have any idea why he would murder sports coaches?"

"Maybe it's a coincidence," I said.

The detective said, "Shut up, you're not the psychic here. Tell us Reggie, is there a connection between a candy wrapper and sports coaches in this case?"

"Hard to say. Coaches condone health bars more. Then again, they may like their team eating lots of sugar to hype them up. I sense he may have eaten the candy in the wrapper. But it's also possible he didn't eat the candy. Maybe the coach he killed ate the candy and he's the one who likes chocolate and can tolerate vanilla but not with peanuts."

"This is the fifth sports coach killed by this man," the detective said.

"Maybe the coach killer is not a man? Could he be a man in disguise? Perhaps. Then again he could be diabetic and the candy bar has nothing to do with the murders."

"Brilliant," the detective said later that week when a diabetic senior woman dressed as a man confessed to the murders. "We can thank Reggie Von Wethersbury, the Skeptical Psychic for solving this one."

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.