| Allison DuBois is the real woman who inspired the | | | | Allison received a B.A. in political science with a |
| television show, Medium. She was born on January | | | | minor in history from Arizona State University. |
| 24, 1972, in Phoenix, Arizona, and even as a child, | | | | While she was in college, she worked as an intern |
| Allison knew that she was different from the | | | | in the office of the district attorney. It was then |
| other kids. She had one of her first | | | | that she first realized the purpose of her psychic |
| life-after-death encounters with her | | | | gifts. Allison found that she could visualize crimes |
| great-grandfather after his funeral. She says she | | | | just by handling evidence. Her visions have helped |
| always identified with characters like Tabitha on | | | | in solving crimes and finding missing people. She is |
| the television show Bewitched because she knew | | | | known as a "research" medium. She uses her |
| they were "different" in the same way she was. | | | | psychic abilities to aid law enforcement agencies |
| Allison was careful about sharing any of these | | | | nationwide. She has worked with the Texas |
| feelings with adults, though. | | | | Rangers and the police department in Glendale, |
| At about the age of 10, Allison was told by beings | | | | Arizona. She also acts as a jury consultant. She |
| she has since identified as her guides that she | | | | has been instrumental in putting killers on death |
| really was special and that she would have an | | | | row. In addition to her law enforcement work, |
| important impact on people when she was older. | | | | Allison puts her supernatural talents to work in |
| Her guides continued to communicate with her | | | | helping individuals to connect with the loved ones |
| during her teens, and while she wasn't sure who | | | | they have lost. |
| was speaking to her, she knew that the source | | | | Allison says that the television show Medium |
| was good and she wasn't afraid. Allison always felt | | | | portrays events from her real-life experiences. |
| connected to a Higher Power, but traditional | | | | She is very interested in helping young people |
| church services made no sense to her. It seems | | | | with psychic abilities to understand those abilities |
| as though the adults at church 'sang about one | | | | and welcome them. She also wants everyone to |
| thing and then practiced another.' | | | | have a better understanding of mediums and |
| Allison spent her childhood trying to convince | | | | psychics and the potential they have. |
| herself that she was 'normal.' She was a | | | | Allison has written two books. Her first, Don't Kiss |
| competitive roller-skater in the 1980s, and she | | | | Them Goodbye, describes her encounters with |
| enjoyed competing in figures, dance, and freestyle | | | | individuals who have passed over and her |
| skating. She says she really enjoyed beating the | | | | experiences as a profiler for law enforcement |
| boys in mixed competitions! | | | | agencies. She talks about what it is like to have |
| When her parents divorced, and her mother | | | | psychic abilities and how she struggles to live as |
| remarried, Allison found herself living on her own | | | | normal a life as possible as a wife and mother. In |
| just one month shy of her 16th birthday. She | | | | her second book, We Are Their Heaven, she |
| says she was a lonely teenager and that these | | | | writes about the communications she has |
| years were painful for her. It was then she | | | | received from the spirits during her years as a |
| realized that there were dark forces at work in | | | | medium. These experiences have led her to |
| the world, but with practice, one can learn to | | | | believe that the living are special to those who |
| avoid them. Allison graduated from Corona del Sol | | | | have died. They choose to remain with the living |
| high school in Tempe in 1990. | | | | "not because they're bound, but because we are |
| When she met her husband Joe, he said that it | | | | their happiness, we are their heaven." |
| seemed like she had a light shining on her. She | | | | (c) 2007, Davis Virtual Assistance. Reprint rights |
| credits him with teaching her how to trust and | | | | granted so long as no changes are made to the |
| says he has made her a better person. He | | | | article and by-line and all links are made live. |
| encouraged her to follow her dream of going to | | | | Bonnie Jo Davis enjoys exploring and writing about |
| college. | | | | spirituality and the paranormal. |