Psychic mediums.

roydo · November 13, 2011

Mrs Roydo is into some of this stuff, John Edwards, Sylvia Brown etc, and I have a read quite a lot about it; pretty weird, but I reckoned no "dafter" than Gardens of Eden, burning bushes etc etc.

So I went with her to a live John Edward show, and I have to say, if it is a trick, (communicating with spirits of dead loved ones), then I couldnt see how it was done. I am sure there plenty on charletons around, who prey on the grief of people, but seriously, there were things that Edward "communicated" to people in the audience that were so detailed, and so specific, that it was pretty impressive.

Made me think on the drive home!

Wondered what others think. :unsure:

bluejock · November 13, 2011

I would never tire of punching Yvette Fielding

Just saying like

formerly manx toffee · November 13, 2011

Bunkum

heatmeiser · November 13, 2011

I seem to remember hearing about John Edwards' 'researchers' visiting the homes of people that had bought tickets to see his shows under the guise of salesmen or whatever and take a sneaky look around for 'loved ones' that he could then contact.

I could google it but I can't be bothered.

As for Derek "Sam, talk to me, Sam. SAM??!!" Acorah. Laughable.

Even that Fielding thinks so.

[video=youtube;BSiFlVp65NM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSiFlVp65NM[/video]

roydo · November 13, 2011

formerly manx toffee said:
Bunkum

Probably right mate, but I am the biggest sceptic of this sort of stuff, but went with an open mind. It was well weird. Check him out, and see what ypu make of it.

ToffeeMark · November 13, 2011

Entirely plausible.

I'd never go to one though, I'd be scared of having a jacobs ladder type moment..

[video=youtube;C7o9G3TcO6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7o9G3TcO6o[/video]

chicoazul · November 13, 2011

I have a spiritual guide lad.

roydo · November 13, 2011

heatmeiser said:
I seem to remember hearing about John Edwards' 'researchers' visiting the homes of people that had bought tickets to see his shows under the guise of salesmen or whatever and take a sneaky look around for 'loved ones' that he could then contact.

I could google it but I can't be bothered.

As for Derek "Sam, talk to me, Sam. SAM??!!" Acorah. Laughable.

Even that Fielding thinks so.

[video=youtube;BSiFlVp65NM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSiFlVp65NM[/video]

Agree. Total tool. Not saying it is true, just that what I saw, as a grown up, naturally sceptical, in a live show, was very convincing, and if it is a trick, got no idea how the guy (Edward) did it.

chrissyjack · November 13, 2011

bluejock said:
I would never tire of punching Yvette Fielding

Just saying like

What a load of ( insert own word ) Most Haunted is. Especially rhe " live " one. Everything seems to happen during the commercial break and that baldybloke with the big ears tells us about it . You'll see more ghosts in an episode of Scooby Doo ffs !!

Seamus Colemole · November 13, 2011

bluejock said:
I would never tire of bumming Yvette Fielding

Just saying like

Thats better.

As for mediums, they are all conmen and tricksters.

Either its all fixed using marks in the audience or they are very talented people who can convince someone they are talking to a deceased love one.

ToffeeMark · November 13, 2011

chicoazul said:
I have a spiritual guide lad.

Is that a spirit, that's a guide, or a person that act's as an advisor in matters spiritual? (I suppose like a vicar?)

TheFinnFan · November 13, 2011

these two, omg, one of the funniest tv-shows ever

heatmeiser · November 13, 2011

It's all bollocks.

The only person with magical powers is Dynamo.

...while the audience was waiting to be seated, Edward’s aides were scurrying about, striking up conversations and getting people to fill out cards with their name, family tree and other facts. Once inside the auditorium, where each family was directed to preassigned seats, more than an hour passed before show time while “technical difficulties” backstage were corrected.

Be that as it may, on Dateline Edward was actually caught in an attempt to pass off previously gained knowledge as spirit revelation. During the session he said of the spirits, “They're telling me to acknowledge Anthony,” and when the cameraman signaled that was his name, Edward seemed surprised, asking “That’s you? Really?” He further queried: “Had you not seen Dad before he passed? Had you either been away or been distanced?” Later, playing the taped segment for me, Dateline reporter John Hockenberry challenged me with Edward’s apparent hit: “He got Anthony. That’s pretty good.” I agreed but added, “We've seen mediums who mill about before sessions and greet people and chat with them and pick up things.”
Indeed, it turned out that that is just what Edward had done. Hours before the group reading, Tony had been the cameraman on another Edward shoot (recording him at his hobby, ballroom dancing). Significantly, the two men had chatted and Edward had obtained useful bits of information that he afterward pretended had come from the spirits. In a follow-up interview Hockenberry revealed the fact and grilled an evasive Edward:
HOCKENBERRY: So were you aware that his dad had died before you did his reading?
Mr. EDWARD: I think he-I think earlier in the-in the day, he had said something.
HOCKENBERRY: It makes me feel like, you know, that that’s fairly significant. I mean, you knew that he had a dead relative and you knew it was the dad.
Mr. EDWARD: OK.
HOCKENBERRY: So that’s not some energy coming through, that’s something you knew going in. You knew his name was Tony and you knew that his dad had died and you knew that he was in the room, right? That gets you . . .
Mr. EDWARD: That’s a whole lot of thinking you got me doing, then. Like I said, I react to what’s coming through, what I see, hear and feel. I interpret what I'm seeing hearing and feeling, and I define it. He raised his hand, it made sense for him. Great.
HOCKENBERRY: But a cynic would look at that and go, 'Hey,' you know, 'He knows it’s the cameraman, he knows it’s DATELINE. You know, wouldn't that be impressive if he can get the cameraman to cry?'