The highs and lows of a TV medium

The highs and lows of a TV medium
January 23, 2010
BY BEKAH PORTER
THonline.com

HANOVER, Ill. -- Moriah Rhame saw it all as a front line hospital worker in Desert Storm.
She saw men and women who had stepped on land mines, who had been injured in firefights and who had been involved in tanker accidents.
She also saw spirits.
The Hanover, Ill. resident began her work as a medium while serving overseas, and from then on, she has continued communicating with otherworldly spirits. Now, the world can witness her talents at 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday on the new A&E show, "Paranormal Cops."
Here's what she had to say about her newest venture.
Question: What is it like being a TV medium?
Answer: It still hasn't hit me, because to me, I'm just Moriah, just me. I'm too busy running my kids around, dealing with my dog, just living my life to take the time to remember I'm on TV.
Question: What is the creepiest thing you've encountered working on the show?
Answer: We were at this place called Casa Madrid, which was featured in the premiere episode, and a spirit came forward. I could feel a pressure pushing down on me, and then I felt the spirit
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run through me. It was like a cold breeze ran through my lungs.
Question: What is it like to hear spirits?
Answer: Sometimes I hear them in their own voice, sometimes in my voice. Sometimes I can see them. Sometimes I feel them. Sometimes I taste things. You have to remember nobody has a body after they die, so it's like seeing a memory, almost.
Question: How is this show different from any other ghost hunting show?
Answer: First, these are cops. They are police officers who have to be held accountable for their actions, and they bring that same cop attitude to their work at night. They are experts at gathering evidence and talking to witnesses, and in this realm, that works quite well. I'm not saying it makes us better, but it does make us different.
Question: What do you do when you're not working on the show?
Answer: I do readings full time, and on weekends I travel to do readings. I'm booked until 2012 as far as that goes. Then the rest of the time, I am a full-time mom.
Question: How realistic is the show?
Answer: It's 100 percent realistic, and that's the best part of working with these guys. They told the network that if they did the show, then you'd have to see on TV what really happened, so it's very real.