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b'Is hypnosis used in criminal investigations?\\nBelieve it or not, law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the US routinely use hypnosis as a form of forensic evidence. And in some states, evidence gained from forensic hypnosis is admissible in court. Even the\\xa0federal government allows hypnosis\\xa0under certain circumstances.\\xa0\\n\\nWhat is investigative hypnosis?\\nWhen law enforcement hits a dead end, they sometimes rely on investigative hypnosis to solve the case. Specially trained law enforcement officers guide witnesses into a hypnotic trance to better recall a crime. But are the memories they recall even accurate? Medical experts say memories recovered after hypnosis can\'t be considered fact.\\xa0\\n\\nTexas leads the country in investigative hypnosis.\\nMany states ban the practice because its use leads to wrongful convictions. But one state leads the country in prosecuting citizens using hypnosis as a primary form of evidence. That state is Texas.\\xa0\\n\\nThe Dallas Daily News reports that at least 11 people in Texas were executed in cases where police used hypnosis. Today, 4 people are on Texas death row because of this practice.\\xa0\\n\\nThe Memory Room\\nDave Boucher and Lauren Mcgaughy are investigative reporters who spent more than a year investigating the story you\'re about to listen to. Their two-part series is titled "The Memory Room." It\'s about the case of Helen Barbre, a Texas college student who was savagely attacked in the middle of the night. She couldn\'t recognize her attacker, so she used hypnosis to identify him.\\xa0\\n\\nHere\'s a link to their series titled "The Memory Room":\\nhttps://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/memory-room-dallas-texas-police-use-investigative-hypnosis-to-convict-life-death-row/\\n\\nFeatured Promo:\\nCaper - An Original Multilingual True Crime Series\\n\\nSpecial Thanks to:\\nKellette Elliott for the custom collage artwork\\nYou can purchase the Hypnotist t-shirt here\\n\\nTo advertise on this show visit:\\n\\xa0https://www.advertisecast.com/Pretend\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'