John Edward Explores True Crime’s Supernatural Element in ‘Chasing Evil’
John Edward never imagined he’d use his psychic abilities to help solve some of America’s most chilling crimes. But when FBI agent Robert Hilland reached out in 1998 about one particularly frightening case involving convicted murderer John Smith, Edward couldn’t ignore the call. Years later, Edward, 55, and Hilland have reunited to write Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent’s Search for Hope and Justice . The book recounts the case of Smith, who was convicted of killing his first wife in 2001, and other cases that Hilland and Edward worked together to solve, including the murder of Annie Le and Michael Vick ’s involvement in a dog-fighting ring. “I think this book [is] the punctuation at the end of that chapter,” the self-proclaimed medium shares exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly , on newsstands now. “When [Hilland] came to me and said he wanted to tell this story, I was OK with it. The main case of the [book] kind of took a lot out of [Hi...