A Bottomless Can Of Worms
An attempt to show that, not only is there now no hard evidence for life after death, but there can be no such evidence. Contrary to what mediums, ghost hunters, and NDE researchers would have us to believe, it is not possible to prove the "survival" hypothesis, even in principle.
But The News Said Psychics Are Real!
An investigation of psychic Nancy Myer's claim to have "helped" the police in the Kimberly Forbes case.
California's "Haunted" Highway
Reality has a way of biting psychics' asses, and Sylvia Browne is no exception. This time, her claims about a California highway being so littered with ghosts are debunked by a trucker who knows the area intimately. Read about speed limits, driving in fog and the hanging of Joaquin Murrieta and Three Fingered Jack.
Cell Memory
Cell memory is based on the idea that whatever happens in our lives, each cell "records" it - spiritually, of course. Homeopaths have cherished this idea for a long time now, and people like Dean Radin and Gary Schwartz also use it to explain purported - but unsupported - claims of a "surviving" consciousness or spirit. Psychic Sylvia Browne takes it a few steps further.
Cold Reading: Confessions Of A Psychic
A diligent channel surfer should notice a new trend in TV talk shows: psychic guests supposedly channeling the dead relatives of audience members, often conveying information they could not possibly have known in advance. Can psychics really divine the future by speaking to the dead, or do they, as skeptics insist, just use an old magician's parlour trick called "cold reading"?
The Cost Of Verifying Past Lives
Famed psychic Sylvia Browne claims to be doing 15-20 past-life regressions each day, and members of her staff also do past-life regressions. It would take a small army doing nothing but indexing these regressions and later verifying them. Who does this gargantuan work?
Diane Lazarus: Corpse Finder...Or Crook?
The winner of "Britain"s Psychic Challenge", psychic Diane Lazarus claimed to have solved the murder cases of Mark Green and Muriel Drinkwater. This article delves into what turns out to be completely false claims and numerous fabrications.
The Dead Say The Darndest Things - The Living Will Believe Almost Anything
The story of how psychic John Edward runs a very tight operation, where skepticism is suppressed and only blind belief is allowed.
The Decline Of Midwestern Sensibility
Uri Geller throwing a party in the American Midwest: Everyone is supposed to select the cutlery of their choice, stand in a circle, and shout "BEND!!!"
Dodgeball Deluxe: The Sylvia Browne Chronology
How this world-famous psychic has dodged a challenge she agreed do to years ago.
11 Techniques To Talk To The Dead, Part 1
Analysis of Transcript Excerpts of James Van Praagh (JVP) "readings" done on the "Larry King Live" show.
11 Techniques To Talk To The Dead, Part 2
Continuing examination of techniques possibly used by "psychic mediums" in their performances, this time of 19 of John Edward "readings" done on the "Larry King Live" show.
11 Techniques To Talk To The Dead, Part 3
Continuing examination of techniques possibly used by "psychic mediums" in their performances, this time of some of Sylvia Browne's "readings" done on the "Larry King Live" show.
The Ghost In The Story, Part 1
Growing up in a haunted house can be a chilling, but educating experience.
The Ghost In The Story, Part 2
The “forces” at work in the haunting experiences that were recounted in part 1 are examined here.
Ghost Photography
Spooky! How ghosts can show up on camera - even your own!
"Give Me $15,000..."
"...and in six months, I could make anyone a nationally-known psychic..." You will not believe who said this.
Graham Bishop: One Lousy Cold Reader
Graham Bishop is a self-proclaimed "spiritual teacher, trance medium, trance healer and medium". He is also one lousy cold reader.
Great Hits & Misses Of Psychic John Edward
A collection of some of the greatest hits and spectacular misses of this television psychic.
A History Of Psi In The Ganzfeld
A walkthrough of the claims that psi exists as shown by the Ganzfeld Experiments.
How John Edward Got Two "Special Hits"
One of the most frequent arguments heard from believers in psychic medium John Edward is that he is real because he gets those "special hits": A lot of precise information, seemingly from out of the blue, which he did not get from the cold-reading techniques he usually employs.
Joe Power & The Lynsey Quy Case: Police Refute Psychic's Claims Of Assistance
The psychic, who claimed to talk to John Lennon, also claims to be "UK's finest psychic medium profiler ... renowned for his involvement in helping police solve high profile crimes". It turns out that his claims ring somewhat hollow, when investigated.
The Many Contradictions Of John Edward
This illustrates with wondrous clarity the many contradictions that John Edward manages to contain within his "message".
Medium Terry Evans
Terry Evans is mainly known in Sweden for his participation as a medium in the programs "A Sense of Murder". This is a transcript of one of his seances. There is absolutely no evidence of spirit communication. There is, however, ample evidence of cold reading techniques.
Past Li(v)es
Famed psychic Sylvia Browne has done past life regressions for decades, literally thousands of them. Each and every one of these is claimed to be "true" and well documented. However, she will not allow anyone to investigate her collection of "verified" past lives. Those that can be verified, turn out to be fantasies.
A Remote Viewing Primer
Investigating Remote Viewing, especially the Ganzfeld technique, is not a happy business. The sources are scattered across the internet in curious places and unexpected sites. Papers long since deleted by the academic establishments they came from suddenly crop up, in full, in other unrelated sites which always seem to be tucked away on the tenth page of whichever search engine you choose to use. Here is a list of those experiments.
The Rise & Fall Of The Third Society
The oldest society devoted to parapsychology is the English Society for Psychical Research which was founded in 1882. Second is the American Society for Psychical Research, organized a few years later. The third society is Danish, and this is its story.
Spiritualism Exposed: Margaret Fox Kane Confesses Fraud
This article appeared originally in the newspaper The New York World, on October 21, 1888. It is the testimony of the first modern-day psychic, Margaret Fox, where she tells the story of how a simple childhood joke sparked the spiritualist movement that even today has a strong following, with numerous TV shows about psychics and how they talk to the dead.
Spiritual Lights: Phase Control
When lights flicker, some people believe dead people are trying to communicate with them...
Sylvia Browne: Fast-Food Psychic
Sylvia Browne is a modern-day preacher and founder of her own religion, replete with ordained ministers in robes, a "portable philosophy" and a 24-hour crisis line.
Talking The John Edward Blues
John Edward is a supposed psychic who has written best selling books and has a syndicated TV show of his own: Crossing Over with John Edward. An analysis of his readings show that he is using cold reading techniques.
Uri Geller: The Number Of The Fleeced
On his web site, Uri Geller has a list of things he connects with the number 11. He believes this number to be all-important. E.g. he attaches meaning to the fact that some people have noticed their clocks sometimes show the numbers "11:11". Read why Uri thinks Harry Potter and Jesus Christ is involved in the World Trade Center attacks.
Uri Geller & Spoonbending: How He Really Does It
The one thing Uri Geller is known for is his spoon-bending trick. Even though he has given it up, it still is his tour-de-force. No cutlery is safe, when Uri's in town!