Psychic Mega Fail

"Psychic" James Van Praagh fails miserably at cold reading on TV.
enochsays...

people like this man are fucking pariahs..feeding on the fears and desires of desperate people looking for some kind of answer.
i am so glad this parasite got his face shoved in it...but hard!

joedirtsays...

Why would the asshole host lady promote his obvious fraud after that.

Why is no one in the audience able to say, no you are a liar.

"someone had a back problem"
"i'm seeing something about a car"
"someone was interested in music"

people are so stupid.

lavollsays...

he is a parody of himself

i get a paul, a paula, a peter, a pan, a pedro. oh, you know someone know paul? he loves you. he had trouble breathing as he was dying, and late in life he had backpains. but he says he loves you. and that you should quit smoking. ridicolous.

and i also like how he tries to explain it by the people not being "open", so as a last desperate move, he starts talking to the woman who looks like she is from the local aura club (and therefore likely to believe anything).. but apparently she wasnt "open" either.

i take up a big pile of bullshit and throw it in this con-man's face

Gilsunsays...

Hhaahahah this is awesome.
Man totally schooled. The fact Australians are naturally skeptical of yank showmanship is def. at play here. Poor dude is probably used to audiences plied up and wanting to believe so much that they give him all he needs!!! here he just got some unmystified, unimpressed down to earth aussies!!

ravermansays...

Wow, That was eerie how the audience had forgotten all the facts he was being told by their loved ones in heaven.

James Randi better start writing the million dollar check - that was undeniable!!

BoneyDsays...

>> ^Mcboinkens:

How did he guess specific names though? Is he given a list?


Amazingly, events like this usually have the audience fill out a questionare prior to going to the set. I know John Edward's show does this.

Since this was the one thing he knew for both people, I'm guessing a "Who would you hope to contact today" type question was on that form.

bamdrewsays...

"I feel like you had an acquaintance or know of a stranger maybe who had health issues before dying, is this right?"


"Maybe you also have met or interacted with a person recently who breaths air, maybe?"

botono9says...

He's not trying to get the name of the person he's speaking to, he's trying to get the name of someone who has died. So the fact that he guessed the woman's name is a failure, since it's supposed to be about the spirits of the dead.

He doesn't need questionnaires filled out ahead of time. Cold callers pick common names and start spouting close variations, e.g. Mary, Margaret, etc. At one point he goes from saying he's getting "Cathy" to getting that their Catholic. He just spouts stuff until the audience confirms something, then he goes from there.

When watching someone like this, keep track of the failures. People who fall for this crap always forget any failures and over-emphasize the successes.

>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^ridesallyridenc:
>> ^Mcboinkens:
How did he guess specific names though? Is he given a list?

I know a paul, a mary, a cathy, and a two terrys. They're pretty common names...

But he didn't just say, "is anyone here named paul, mary, cathy, or terry?" He picks specific people and tells them their name. I am assuming what BoneyD said is right, where there is some sort of seatID and questionnaire match.

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