That is the part I don't buy. I believe in God and believe in the fact that the dead can reach out. I just think they can do it directly. For example, my mother had a visit with my grandmother in a dream right after my grandmother passed. I don't think our loved ones need a middle man to reach us.
◎ I believe in God ◉ What is "god"? ◉ Why would you believe this?? ◎ believe in the fact that the dead can reach out. ◉ The fact? It is certainly not a fact that dead people can "reach out". ◉ Why would you believe this?? ◉ You think people do something else other than die when they die? They continue living somehow? ◎ For example, my mother had a visit with my grandmother in a dream right after my grandmother passed. ◉ Wait.. are you serious? Your mom had a dream.. and this proves to you that dead people can interact with living people?
***** Uhhh... your joking, right? On the slight chance your not trolling.. please demonstrate how anything you just said is true. Show me the evidence.
A-void: RE:ality Who? I'm really worried that Sebrina is serious.. :-/ Although I truly hope she's just trolling for laughs. She's yet to provide even one single sliver or evidence to demonstrate any of that superstitious nonsense she just said.
Love the way he exposed this charlatan, with class. He gave him all the chances in the world to prove he is real. So he got him to expose himself. Well done !
I was in contact with a psychic medium a while ago called Vicky. She did not charge £500 for a shitty reading and is not famous at all. She charged only £20 and what she said during the reading, describing the person on the otherside, was accurate and consistent. Everything in that 45 minutes was spot on. There was nothing that could be described as cold reading. Very specific details were described that only the deceased and I could know. She asked no questions, no fishing for info. She just described it to me for me to say yes or no. The famous psychic mediums are showmen and doing it for effect. In it for the money. But the ones you have never heard of and who don't charge ridiculous amounts of money are most likely very good. I can honestly say she was amazing.
u b right on. Elwood Babbit RIP was amazing for my reading in 1980. He can be found on an internet search. He was not a fake. He told me to reverse a lottery dream number from my deceased father that made me back $70000 stolen from me by my ex wife and disbarred lawyer. His information was correct for another win. Most tv psychics like Long Island psychic…are totally fake. Try UA-cam under fake psychics for much good info. Beware and go by your own feelings on the veracity of ANYTHING you are told. 90% are fakes.
Mediums make me SICK. I recently had a nephew killed in an accident and I already had stupid people attempting to make up BS about his spirit. It is DETESTABLE of these parasites to attempt to communicate to have an "imaginary" connection that NEVER existed. It is despicable, degrading and sickening.
Your father was taller than your mother??? Holy Jesus, avert your eyes from this Prophet!!! What's next, will he shock you with the knowledge that your Nanna used to sleep in a bed?
aidsbrigade who? me? it's been a while, i dont remember the vid, but I don't usually troll and if this is about debunking charlatans as I think it is, yeah, I was dead serious
aidsbrigade lol you are very quick to judge complete strangers. No wonder you are not skeptical enough. Whatever dude. Tell yourself whatever you have to
I literally laughed so hard at your six year old self's drawing that I had tears streaming down my face and my husband looking at me crazy. Thank you for that, I needed it.
@Thgt Ggyh There was no reason for you to post such a mean-spirited comment. If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say it. Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Rachel Gerrard the most profound experience a human can have is knowing how much some one loves you. I think that's the main message they try to impart on us.
@@visforvendetta1326 or you could save the 700 smackers and just assume that your loved ones loved you too. Of course, you probably knew that anyway. Why would your dad come back to tell you he owned a briefcase and went to work? Fail.
"Who has a birthday in July?" "uhhhh, nobody" "ok what happened in July? Something happened in July" Wait a minute, it went from a Birthday to just any event in July. This guy is a highly paid, glorified guessing game artist, and Miklos did a very good job proving it.
If this were actually what happened in my own reading I too would have been calling "fraud". The mistake you made here is giving him any answers at all. I did not. Being the skeptic, I called a random number from a blocked phone. I would not give ANY information. My opening comment when she answered the phone was, "“Hi, could you tell me how much you charge?” She answered, “I am donation based” I said,“Before I make an appointment with you could you tell me something that lets me know you are real?” She went on the give me the most phenomenal spot on reading. I gave her NOTHING to go on. I was aware of what to look for before I made the call to this woman so I knew what not to do. She later told me I was the most skeptic person she had ever dealt with. This medium told me names, (only the names of my friends and relatives) and specific stories related to each deceased person. It is a true shame if this reading is indeed fact. Although James Van Praagh was never my favorite medium, he is highly looked upon in his field. I would love for you to explain to me how my medium got the information for my reading.
This was _STELLAR_!!! If we all had the money, it would be great to do the same thing and then broadcast it! Thank you, Miklos. From someone who's lost a tremendous amount in life, I find the Caputo/Van Praags cruel!
@@atlantean1209 although I don't believe in psychics, I'm open to accept it if I saw concrete proof. Just because they are celebrity psychics doesn't mean they're good psychics. I've been a personal trainer for over 20 years and a lot of celebrity personal trainers are not good trainers and not very educated. Every single celebrity trainer I've ever seen I can so easily pick apart all the things they're doing wrong and in some cases even dangerous. I've worked with so many trainers in my career that were incredibly educated and would put every single celebrity trainer to shame with their knowledge and the exceptional service they give to their clients. Being famous doesn't always equal being the best. Perhaps there is a small population of people out there that are truly psychic. One thing I've heard a lot of people that claim to be psychic say is if they used their gift to make money they would experience bad karma as a result. Perhaps there is a very small population of people that are truly psychic, but no one would ever know who they are because they only use their gift to help people connect with a loved one that has passed and don't pursue money and fame. It's just a theory I have. Either way, people like JVP are absolutely disgusting and despicable people.
@@CharleneOrtizTraining watch Matt Fraser on UA-cam, then tell me you’re not sure about mediums. Yes, many are frauds, but some have a true gift. They provide a service like anyone else, so they should make money. How else would they pay the bills?
It is more his victims that are to blame than him. People like Van Praagh don't even really have to go out of their way to trick people, the people come to him with money in hand.
One of the most frustrating things about psi ability is that it often is either hot or cold. I know from my own experience of accurately receiving info from spirit for a person, that when it works it works. To receive the info,you have to relate (without question or pause) what you are being impressed with in your mind. If a person (client) is sceptical or negative, it creates a block and the imagination of the psychic then is not linked to spirit and ones own ideas come through which is not accurate. I attended one of James workshops some years ago in Houston TX. Not only did I experience psi accuracy from other people from the attendees, but found, felt and experienced my own abilities. I saw James in action and I will tell you when he is "hot" he is right on amazing! He was amazing. Yes, . In this video, . He is "cold" and not connected. This can happen to the best of the best .What he should have done is end the reading and not charged him. He was reaching, struggling and his imagination was running the show. Making no excuse for James shifty reading. However to conclude all psychic readers are frauds because James, being the "best" failed in his reading is not being intellectually honest. That would be like going to a musical show where the singer had a terrible set and conclude all musicians are terrible. Just saying...
In Praagh's act, he is pretending to _actually have a back and forth conversation_ with his mom. For example, he asked mom about the tennis and she said "I barely remember it." And yet Praagh never asked her for her name. He didn't get a simple detail like her name.
capoman1 he asked the sister about the tennis argument, not the mom. But yes, every time he would pretend to have dialogue with them, I cringed soooo hard
Beheading The Prophets that would be awesome! If a Hindi with a typical American sounding name (or any other ethnicity) could get a reading w him. My partner foolishly spent $ for a reading from a local woman that came highly recommended did it over the phone sight unseen. Her process was a carbon coby of van Prague / even with the phony little audible interactions w the deceased. She failed worse than he for me. No names correct or anything else. My friend GAVE her info and thinks it came from her. Sure his Italian aunt and mother are in heaven cooking for everyone
Beheading The Prophets there r so many ways to bait these bastards ie agree w info they get wrong and see where they take it; suggest false info like this man did. So many ways to prove them bogus. Only prob is who has the expendable hundreds of dollars it costs to speak to one?
So beautifully done, Miklos. Intelligent, witty, entertaining and touching. Thank you so much for putting this together, it was well worth it and a real service.
+Geoffrey Zoref Yeah, that part was classic. He asked "Have you had something recently with your eyes?". When the answer was no, he said "Do you have something coming up?". Yes, if someone wears glasses and hasn't had an exam in the recent past, they are probably planning one in the future.
δon of δekhmet By now they have I agree. They still do readings tho so they wouldn't know who's testing them. They are all fake, frauds whatever you want to call them. It's disgusting how they earn a living lying to these people who believe they are talking to their dead loved ones. How can these people sleep at night?
I was just browsing thru some of the funny comments, and saw your request. I do have a couple others. "Miss Jean," ua-cam.com/video/Dw-kgIm2yxc/v-deo.html who was a practice warmup for me for Van Praagh. And Suzane Northrop ua-cam.com/video/NMmA0awKCDM/v-deo.html , whom I had a session with years ago and recently found out she's still in business. Funny thing about Van Praagh -- a week after I posted his video, he suddenly added to his website, in red letters, that you are allowed to tape sessions, but NOT to post them.
Oh my word Miklos, I was crawling under my seat for Van Praagh. I was cringing at the poor chap literally scratching for something to ring some kind of bell of fact or significance for you. I seriously was not convinced either and well done on you for exposing something unjustifiable that people are paying 700 'smackeroos' a throw for. I salute you
That is probably the most insidious technique: "Did someone take piano lessons?" "Yes." "Because she told me someone takes piano lessons?" I could do that with anything: "Was your deceased brother really into baseball?" "Yes." "Because he just told me he was into baseball." Why wouldn't you just say, "Your brother says he was really into baseball." "Yes! How'd you know!"
That’s always jumped out at me with this guy even as a child! He’d go on Oprah or Maury or Larry King and he’d ALWAYS do that. I mean really! When a.child is picking up on your scammy ways, you’re really bad at what you did!
Wow. I am reaching the end of this video and am growing very angry. He is such a phony. He wasted an hour of someone's time for $700 and then refused to answer a single SPECIFIC question. Not one. He should truly be ashamed of himself.
You get what you come for. If you are skeptic you will leave a skeptic. I have done thousands of readings (and not a one over $20). The best readings came to those who were wide open to the experience. An example: A woman sits down and in her enthusiasm for life I start telling her about her home life, her family, and the kind of love that fills her life. She showed me this with my eyes closed. She was blown away. She tells her sister who is far more skeptical. Ms Skeptical sits down and I see nothing. And I told her that. In her eyes I failed because I was supposed to tell her about her dead uncle who in fact was not even remotely a part of her reality or this reading. She invented a way to validate her skepticism. 2 readings, same family, polar opposite effects. it gets good when a reader with their eyes closed starts reciting the inner workings of your life; a complete stranger to the reader. And that happens more often than not for a seasoned psychic.
If you received money for "reading" (frauding) people, you should be sued... Saying your failure is the fault of the client is despicable, have you no shame ?
Hammer Head Yes, exactly my point ! You do understand ! So if you're not deluded, you're lying to people ? That takes me back to my previous question : Have you no shame ?
Someone mentioned JVP to me and brought me here. Thankyou for this - just (unfortunately) reaffirms what I've always thought. Brought tears to my eyes as you spoke about your father - you obviously loved him very much, as I do/did my parents.
I loved the James Van Praagh show and was a believer to a degree. I did not realize how many hours of editing must have went into making the show look valid. I do believe that some have a gift but you have done a really thorough job of exposing the fraud that James does for 700.00 an hour. Thank You
As an atheist, I wanted to say that I loved your conclusion. It was so refreshing to hear that you admit you take it on faith. I am going to check out that video you made with an atheist. I am expecting a wonderfully rational discussion. :)
how would u know if he takes peoples money? I've read all his books starting as a skeptical, and I have great respect for jvp. most of the people commenting negatively are either uneducated, a bully, or get off on seeing a man get stoned over and over. there's no room for hate, negative comments and hating on something you know nothing about.
The thing I don't get is...if a medium can get information from the dead like "did she give you a ring with a dark stone before she passed?"why wouldn't the medium get clearer information about dates and names? Surely if the dead can tell him something so particular as a piece of jewelry, they can spit out or spell out the name "Roger" LOL..I just don't get it. Besides that, how DARE he PRETEND to talk to your MOTHER and FATHER like that! I think that takes some major audacity and a black heart to look at someone's eyes and pretend to talk to their deceased parents..not only that but to charge you to lie to you? It's pure horseshit. Unbelievable. So..I do have to ask..have you been contacted by JVP since exposing him? You definitely had him shaking in his shoes. Great video..thank you!
There is a vast difference between the Psychic Realms of disembodied consciousness and the narrow limited skeptic prejudice against anything spiritual outside of the narrow prescribed limits of the mechanical world view. A person who believes they can reach the Spirit World are not lying to you from their point of view. They are using their mind to reach beyond space and time to a realm of psychic consciousness far beyond the limits of physical rational thought. The Realms Within are psychic realms of symbolic reality-not the nuts and bolts of physical being. Names and dates are tedious to psychically aware disembodied consciousness-their reality is a Dream Time- therapeutic reality that processes moment focused physical being to refine and understand the true symbolic nature of immortal being. A spirit may resonate with a personal object symbolically without necessarily remembering specific details from their timeless perspective. Look up George Anderson if you want a better example of a very sincere, sweet, and accurate medium.
James Mandolare What a bunch of turgid nonsense. You have ZERO evidence for this 'vision' of yours; it's just wishful thinking on your part. I'll give you one thing, though- it's certainly beyond the limits of rational thought. You are indeed completely irrational.
James Mandolare Don't tell/write your lies in public. Shame on you too. Abusing other people and trying to back up this ugly hoax in overall which JVP uses too.
This is great. Such an excellent video. Every person should see this. (Also you remind me of the Max Cherry character from the film Jackie Brown...I feel you have a deep connection with Quentin Tarantino, I'm picking that up, it's coming through very strongly)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and found it was very fair and well done. I always wondered what private readings are like and I appreciate that you shared this. Well done!
This is one of the best psychic debunking\exposing videos I've ever seen. Its funny and even a bit emotional when he defends his father and James Van praagh simply solidifies himself as a charlatan and a fraud, just like every "psychic" to ever live. Well done.
The fact that Van Praag never corrected his course is shocking to me. The man gave clear indications that his mother was not strict or traditional, yet JVP kept trying to make it work.
Here is the bottom line. There is knowing and there is believing, they are not the same. The only way to know is to experience like I have many many times. If you have not experienced than you believe or don't believe. Why millions have very specific experiences and others don't is a topic for another day.
A woman believer posted a lengthy comment on my short version of this video, but for some reason it doesn’t show in the comments section but only on my email. She pointed out that I was way too quick to dismiss the impressive fact that James knew of my deceased sister. Oh really? Let’s check the actual transcript. James: “Do you have an older sister?” Me: “No, no.” James: “Do you have a younger sister?” Me: “I had a younger sister, yeah.” James: “And she’s passed on.” Me: “Yeah.” James: “Yep, I get her right next to you, on this side of you over here.” Does that sound like a remarkable hit, or like typical fishing, and then salvaging a miss by adjusting, and repeating what I just told him as though he knew it before I told him, which he did not? Come on, mediumship believers. Tell me something specific that only I and my deceased relatives would know. You cannot do that, can you?
You got me on the Lone Ranger picture. I didn't know you were being tongue-in-cheek, so I was expecting a masterpiece, lol. Truly hilarious! Thanks for the laugh, Kemosabe.
I understand what this guy has to say but there was so much more to my reading that can not be as easily explained away. I too had a mention of cigarette smoking. My reading was over the phone. My medium knew NOTHING about me. She said, "your friend was a smoker?" I said, "no" (he was) she continued, "well he died of lung cancer.(he did) As you can see, I keep coming back to this video and other debunking videos as well. I am trying desperately to debunk my own reading but as yet, can't.
@@timmmtinygr00mingchannel7 There are fakes in every field and Mediums are no exception. My advice to anyone wanting to speak to a Medium..tell them NOTHING. Let them do all the work.
Hi SubwayRatt, I don't know how to reach you, so I'll just post this here and hope you see it. I have read that Van Praagh fishes ahead of time, and that programs he's involved in are rigged. He was caught on a 20/20 show years ago claiming he did not get info on a person's deceased grandmother ahead of time, but they showed him doing exactly that on another camera that he did not know was already on at the time. Transcripts are key, so you can read exactly what is going on, and in what order, otherwise it's easy to get fooled. I took a brief look at the Larry King transcript, and I see he pulls all the same tricks - time shifting, making good guesses, moving on if it's a miss, adjusting to make a miss into a hit, etc. And, he provides utterly useless information. Not to mention, who hasn't had a leg problem at some time in their lives, or been associated with the buying of a car, etc., etc.? I think the key, absolutely, is simply one big thing: Is the medium able to come up with some specific thing that ONLY you and the deceased person could possibly know? And, always, the answer is no. Check out a short clip "Orson Welles on Cold Reading." Very insightful. Another medium I had a session with did better than Van Praagh - "Miklos Jako and Miss Jean." Thanks for your comments.
OK, I finally found the clip. Yeah, impressive. How did he do it? I don't know, exactly. But notice that he got to pick the person; so that leads me to believe he already had the info on her ahead of time. James, or assistants have been known to circulate among people before a show. And he is very skillful at working information picked up into his act. Same thing happened at a recent show of his I went to in NH. Lots of very specific hits. Very impressive. Yet, I know magicians do not REALLY make a tiger disappear. It's a trick, a very clever trick. Same with James. I don't know exactly how he does it, but I know he's not really communicating with dead people. Why did he do so badly with me? He clearly said he had my relatives right there, but he gave me wrong information again and again. Same thing with another medium I had a session with - "Talking to the Deceased: Miklos Jako and Miss Jean". She was better than Van Praagh, but she was not able to come up with any specific information that only the deceased person and I would know.
His appearance on the view he used several deceiving techniques. First of all he asked 23 different questions. So, he should of had at least 23 hits. Secondly he was using rapid fire statements. He's throwing out statements that could be hits or misses but he immediately jumps to another question or statement before the sitter can respond to the previous questions or statements, making it look like a hit. The third technique uses the same principle as hypnosis. The power of suggestion people think that he must be right, so they make everything fit even when he's wrong. And finally he does hot reading. Along with the spying and eavesdropping by his staff they also make audience members fill out detailed questionnaires before the shows. His appearance on the view could have been done with cold reading alone. However it does look like he was using hot reading.
Good points jghaught87. I found John Edward and Suzane Northrop also use the rapid fire technique, so you don't have time to reflect on the things they said wrong, and you naturally pick up on only the hits. And I think that on those occasions when mediums are most impressive with specific details, they're doing "hot readings," using information they gleaned ahead of time. Pre-show conversation among audience members I'm sure are filled with nuggets of gold the mediums manage to mine, and expertly use later in the show. Of course it's hard to prove any of these tricks they might be using. So a one-on-one session to see if a medium can come up with specific info only the deceased person and an objective client could know, is the key. As discouraging as it is to see so many people be so credulous, it great to hear from someone like you who has a better grasp on reality, and human nature. Yeah, Carmen, I got your message. Thank you.
Dear Miklos, While my personal beliefs regarding clairvoyants, psychic phenomena, etc. may differ from some of what was shared... I must tell you that I was both very impressed and touched by your openness, your investigative intrigue, and your intimate family stories. When you spoke of the grace in which your father carried himself, and with your concluding explanation of your view of spirituality by design as a theist, I was moved very much so! Almost to the point of tears! Thank you for the thorough work here and for offering an honest, well conducted, opposing view! I may be a New Age, hippie, eccentric of sorts in some regards. However, I was a clinical research scientist for many years. There is always more than meets the eye, better understanding that can be reached by having the willingness to objectively receive the full spectrum of information on any given topic. I believe you provided that here in a rather admirable, neutral way. Great work, my friend! Warm Regards, * Tye * (btw... Big Steve Earle fan! ;) )
When you start talking about how proud you are of your dad, made me tear up. My dad died a year before I had my 1st kid, 6 months after I married, and he was my absolute rock & I have no idea how I've been able to get through life these past 12 years he's been gone. Even now I know my life hasn't been what it would have been had he been around & I'm not as happy. My thinking is these people might actually believe in what they're doing. But in reality they're experiencing schizophrenia. That would explain his confidence in what he does & would explain all the horrible misses.
***** Hey - you must have IT!!!!! Lemme send ya' 700 bucks so you can tell me how my deceased Mom is doin' on the other side. I was born yesterday, by the way. Man - what a scam......
Having a negative or extremely skeptical attitude can absolutely affect a reading. It can close you off to your own memories. Lying to the reader really confuses things. Reading the other side is all about energies we cannot even comprehend in full on this side. The things you WANT to hear may not be the things which come through. Names can sometimes be extremely difficult to process. I do agree they should be challenged, but I'm not certain this was a fair one.
Janet Marshall What would any of that matter if the medium really was receiving communications from the deceased? You just gave a parade of excuses because the medium quite clearly was trying to obtain information from the sitter and not getting it. 'Names can sometimes be extremely difficult to process'- what does that even mean? The medium put forward names hoping that the sitter would identify one and give him a hit. When it didn't happen, the medium had no explanation; it was clearly just a fishing expedition. I saw nothing unfair here; indeed, the sitter was accommodating. It's just that he didn't fall for the standard cold reading tricks and the medium had nothing else.
Not making excuses - While the medium may speak with spirits, they themselves are still human, and being lied to or tricked by the sitter can and does affect the reading. If the sitter has certain expectations and beliefs, it can dull his/her ability to resonate with the message. It works best if a sitter can remain open minded and have few expectations. Ask any medium, most names are difficult to discern. From my experience, James Van Praagh is the real deal, though I admit I've seen him do better! Thanks for the opportunity to make my statement more clear.
Janet Marshall Thanks for your courteous replay, Janet. However, I do have to point out that if by 'have few expectations' you mean that the sitter shouldn't expect the medium (or the spirits) to get basic facts right, then how do you distinguish a genuine reading from a fake one? I'm sure mediums would say that names are very hard to discern, along with any other specific facts known only to the sitter and the deceased. Maybe that's why, under proper controls, none of them can do it? If Van Praagh is the real deal, he sure did a good job of hiding it in this video. I have seen many readings, both live and through the media, and I've never seen one that I thought was genuine and couldn't be explained by ordinary, non-paranormal analysis. If you have (and if it is on-line), I'd be fascinated to see it.
Janet Marshall YOU SAID: "Having a negative or extremely skeptical attitude can absolutely affect a reading." -- Why? YOU SAID: "It can close you off to your own memories." -- But the "medium" isn't claiming to tap into YOUR memories. The "medium" says he's talking to dead people. He even breaks away pretending to have conversations/dialogs with the dead people. YOU SAID: "Lying to the reader really confuses things." -- Confuses things? No. Exposes things? Yes. It exposes that it's a hoax. YOU SAID: "Reading the other side is all about energies we cannot even comprehend in full on this side." -- Says who? The people who are getting paid to say they can talk to dead people? YOU SAID: "The things you WANT to hear may not be the things which come through." -- If what you WANT to hear is actual decisive proof that the "medium" is talking to a dead person, sure, it's NEVER going to come through, and never has come through. There's never been a single verifiable example of a "medium" who has been able to relay any kind of relevant information that only the dead person would know. I can live with the idea that it doesn't work every time ---- **IF** the "mediums" could even show that it works "sometimes"!!!! I mean, did you listen to the utter babbling?? Van Praagh rambles on about utterly insignificant stuff, which nobody could possibly give a crap about. If you can't see that it's clearly just the standard "cold reading" and "warm reading" techniques that all of these fraudsters use, then you're blind as a bat. I mean, good actors who have been trained to pretend to be "mediums" and how to perform "cold reading" and "warm reading" techniques have done these for people who think they're talking to "real" mediums... and those people can't even tell the difference between the "real" medium and the "acting" medium. In other words, people willing to fall for this stuff will fall for this stuff no matter who's doing the reading!! And, then, when the track record is no better than random guessing, they fall back on the same catch-all nonsense... "oh, it doesn't work every time." I mean, look at the insignificant or easily-assumed/guessed stuff here. A lot of these things these mediums say have about 50/50 odds of being correct. So, when they're correct, they say it's because the dead told them something. When they're incorrect, they say "it doesn't work every time." I'm shocked that someone as clearly intelligent as you are can actually fall for this silliness. But, even worse, when these so-called "mediums" try to guess at things with odds of about 1 out of 100 of being right (they'll rarely stick their necks out that far, but when they do), and then they are wrong 99 times out of 100, STILL, people (like you) use this "it doesn't work every time" defense. YOU SAID: "Names can sometimes be extremely difficult to process." -- Pffft. Again, why? Because the person getting paid to talk to dead people says so? I mean, it's sure contradictory when they say they're sooooo sure that they're getting a clear message about everything else, but they can't manage to come up with a name?? I mean, Van Praagh is sitting there, claiming to have a back and forth dialog with ghosts, but whenever he's asked to produce any kind of real definitive evidence, what does he do?? He just says "it doesn't work that way." Well, it NEVER works that way. YOU SAID: "I do agree they should be challenged, but I'm not certain this was a fair one." -- Then you weren't paying attention. Van Praagh says that he's getting very clear energy readings, and claims to know the identities of these ghosts he's talking to. If it wasn't fair, and things were less "clear" because the skeptic was somehow clouding the readings, wouldn't Van Praagh have been the first to realize it?? I mean, how many times did Van Praagh say definitively "yes, got it, got it, got it, I understand, it's clear" when he thinks he got a hit?? When he gets a hit, he says it's crystal clear. YOU SAID: "Not making excuses" -- Pffttt. She says as she makes excuses. YOU SAID: "While the medium may speak with spirits, they themselves are still human, and being lied to or tricked by the sitter can and does affect the reading." -- Why? Because the person getting paid to talk to dead people says so? Again, if Van Praagh had a 10th of the ability he claims to have, you'd think the guy would know when his "readings" aren't working. But, nope, he said it's working great, and said things are very clear. Then, he struck out, time and again. YOU SAID: "If the sitter has certain expectations and beliefs, it can dull his/her ability to resonate with the message." -- Yeah, and if the "sitter" is a devout believer in such claptrap, then it can dull his/her ability to think clearly about what's being said, recognizing the cold reading techniques being used on him/her, and ultimately ends up riddled with extreme confirmation bias. (Basically, the person believes it because he/she WANTS to believe it.) Honestly, why is it that none of these miraculous "mediums" are ever able to put their readings through any true double-blind scientific test? Most of them aren't even willing to try (they don't want to give up their livelihood of pretending to talk to dead people, so they won't take any such risk). But, those of them who have been willing to put their "powers" through scientific testing have failed miserably, EVERY time. YOU SAID: "It works best if a sitter can remain open minded and have few expectations." -- Yup, it "works" better that way... their minds are so open that their brains fell out. YOU SAID: "Ask any medium, most names are difficult to discern." -- Is that a joke? OF COURSE mediums are going to tell you that it's difficult to discern names. If any single one of them ever claimed it was easy to discern names, then the next question would be, "why can't you do it, then?"!!!!! Holy crap. Can you really be THAT gullible? They can't read names clearly?? NAMES?? In the human mind, names are how people identify themselves, and others. Names are core to the thought process itself. Daddy and Mommy are the very first words that most babies learn (names). Babies learn how to say names before they even understand what a verb is, what a noun is, what an adjective is. NAMES come first. When you're in a crowded room, and 100 people are talking, having conversations you're not even paying attention to, you're able to pick up when someone says your name, or the name of someone you love. In the human experience, names are one of the most important communicating factors. Yet, "mediums" will have you believe that once you die, somehow names become the most difficult thing to communicate. Pffftttt. The mediums can hear very clearly all about weird insignificant nonsense, but they can't pick up on names very well??? He says has a clear conversation with a dead person about "passing a building in order to get to a grave" - oh, but names, nope, never comes through clearly. And, what cemetery doesn't have a building nearby? YOU SAID: "From my experience, James Van Praagh is the real deal, though I admit I've seen him do better!" -- Yes, sometimes people can flip coins and have it come up heads more often. Sometimes they flip them and it comes up tails more often. So what? When you close your eyes and throw darts at a wall, sure, sometimes you'll get lucky and hit something. Why would you think that anything supernatural is going on? NONE of them have EVER been able to demonstrate any of this ability under and scientific scrutiny. YOU SAID: "Thanks for the opportunity to make my statement more clear." -- You are the most clear example of "confirmation bias" that I've seen in a while. You want to believe something, and therefore when you see "hits" you think it's real, and you disregard the misses.
48:49 "I can only get it if they give me it...I can't pull things out of thin air!" Um, that's what he was doing the ENTIRE reading. Pulling bullshit out of thin air.
If someone deceased makes it to this dimension I'm pretty sure they'd have more to say the the letter "R" etc.....c'mon now. Great insightful video. Expose their frauds.
it amuses and amazes me to read the comments....how much negativity and hate over this ... don't you have your own life to live?! rather then pour your negativity over a you tube video?! and why you watch it in the first place ?! Helloooo :) thanks JVP for coming into this time to bring some more light into our lives ;)
Thank you, Mr Jako. Following my brother's murder, our family stooped to employing these con-artists in the desperate hope that readings would lead to the person who took our Nicholas' life. Take this fiasco and multiply it a dozen times and you'll know what we went through. Most are crafty manipulators and narcissists who throw tantrums if they lose control of the discussion (and tantrums laced with colorful profanity, in the case of a certain unnamed NYC "medium" known for the buffed, bleached rat's nest glued to her head). Van Praagh is by far the most odious of that lot and I thank you for taking the time to show what a fraud he is.
This is an amazing un-biased view type of video. One of the best I've come across. I was 90% sure that these mediums are fraudsters but after seeing this, I'm totally convinced that he is an absolute farce!!! Disgraceful. The person on the video is fair and open minded and I think this is some of the best evidence we have to 'disprove' these people. it should be put on TV and in magazines and open the world's eyes to people like this. I love the way at the end he said he believes in God and an afterlife. Just brilliant. Brilliant video! Thanks for posting
wall vlog I think this guy wants so badly to prove James wrong and being four years old when some things took place then he doesn’t know his mother’s perspective on a situation. I bet this ol man lives alone lol
I love when he asks for something specific Van Praug says I can't pull things out of thin air, I can't make things up. Bitch that's what you've been doing your whole career!!! 🤣🤣🤣
And it’s not like he ASKED him to make up something. He asked a direct question hoping for his psychic answer. It’s like one of those unintentional confessions. As if he makes this stuff up in advance, so don’t ask for an improvised made up bit of info.
I don't understand how Van Praagh agreed to do this. A universal feature of readings that is not dependent on culture, gender, etc., is that Spirit comes through for two reasons. Someone is struggling and needs counselling with self care or secondly, suffering a bereavement.....if the tester has neither issue, than there is no reason to connect. Testing for the sake of testing doesn't really work. Connecting is a gift and is special, its not for science's sake for the sake of it. I've seen really great blind tests from psychical researchers using genuine clients with genuine issues.....Donna Moncrieffe uploaded a great one if you search for her on here. Another feature is that Spirit never seeks to be proven. If someone wants to live in a world where there is no other world of existence, that illusion will be maintained and will not be challenged by Spirit. You are also not consciously consenting for Spirit to "access you. " Its respecting your free will and also, some Spirits have low lying leech-like behaviours and its to protect from that. If you have a high skepticism, and FEEL offended by the idea before you begin, you're already shutting down "permission." James is a veteran at this......why he went ahead anyway........baffling. I truly do believe he has personal issues though. He is very insecure and seeks to prove he is "REAL". He does have genuine ability, I truly believe that, but he also has a co-measurement of psychic projection......i.e., his own head makes things up and projects it as other people's stuff because of his own baggage. He's been caught doing some cold reading in the past to supplement his work. He's not mentally strong enough or have the right attitude to be doing mediumship work....he is a very sensitive man, but if he's still trying to "prove" himself despite the rules I mentioned earlier, to take this on says A LOT about him and not in a positive light. He should have left this if he was for real.
Psychic mediums MUST be humble and not showing off their gift for money (helping others for a living is fine but showing off on t.v., etc. is egocentric) or for fame. That's where I believe their gift ends.
Because the EGO often creates a wall to the gift that one possesses. I disagree with your extreme position on this issue. The FBI, CIA, Police, etc. have used mediums that have worked. Some have failed but others have been very successful. I think your narrow worldview is just that. Narrow. Open mindedness goes both ways.
"Though I was deeply involved in the "business" of the new age I got out because I new it was all fraudulent & though it was decades before I could consider myself a proper skeptic (which doesn't mean closed-minded) I have been where you've been. What that does it let me know you're talking out of your ass!!!!! " Are you aware of how fucking arrogant you sound writing this? You're the one talking out of your ass you asshole! For all I know you're making all of this up. You cannot scientifically evaluate a personal experience. Many people have experiences that are considered deeply spiritual and even other-worldly. Until you have your own personal experience (many people do have authentic experiences) all you can say is that is not your experience. Your "skeptics" mind approach comes across as that of a self-righteous asshole opposed to being a decent human being. You don't know everything even though you seem to think you do. You're the one who needs to wake up!
Arrogance is not the answer. "In 2008 while being interviewed for the Skeptiko podcast, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, Ben Radford challenged the host Alex Tsakiris to give him the best case for evidence of a psychic solving a crime. Tsakiris had "repeatedly accused skeptical investigators of purposely choosing the weakest cases". Radford agreed to investigate in depth a case from any period in history, around the world, "that presented the gold standard for evidence". Tsakiris chose psychic Nancy Weber who in 2006 appeared on an episode of the Biography Channel Psychic Investigators. Weber claimed to have helped the New Jersey police solve the serial murders of Amie Hoffman and Dierdre O'Brien from 1982. The police arrested James Koedatich in 1983 who was later found guilty of serial murder. Psychic Investigators interviewed Weber as well as the two police detectives she worked with, Hughes and Moore, who verified Weber had given them information she could not have known.^ "The Great Psychic Detective Challenge". Skepticality. 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2012-01-07. Jump up ^ "151. Science Journalist Ben Radford "Believes" Psychic Detective". Skeptiko. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2012-01-07. Jump up ^ Radford, Ben (March/April 2010). "The Psychic and the Serial Killer: Examining the 'Best Case' for Psychic Detectives". Skeptical Inquirer (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry) 34 (2): 32-37.
not commenting on his spiritual abilities (or lack thereof). He seems very dominating. Especially at 4:09 when he says "You understand that don't you", seems like a psychological trick to be the one dominating the conversation
I truly had an emotional connection to your family's history and the candor in witch you bare the facts of your personal experiences and life. "James you are full of shit" made me laugh and cry simultaneously. Thank you for this video.
I thought this was excellent and I'm proud of you. I am a Christian. I have faith in my belief system and in my God. He is as real to me as my wife or children. But I'm open minded enough to know that I could be wrong, or that the God I worship is the exact same entity or energy that you believe in, or Buddists, or whatever. Perhaps its all the same and my relationship with Him (or It or whatever you want to say) is just the one that He has presented to me. Who knows? But I can tell you one thing that is without a doubt true: James Van Praagh and John Edward are frauds. And if someone says 'well they really don't do any harm' should watch the part where Van Praagh says you were ashamed of your father. You had me on the verge of tears with the way you spoke of him. Luckily you are strong and your memories are strong enough to see through that lie. But what if someone wasn't? A statement like that about their dead father could crush them with guilt...'he forgave me for being ashamed of him but now I'm crushed because he knew I was ashamed and I can't say I'm sorry'. Stuff like that. Anyway, I've heard for years debunkers refer to this technique as 'cold reading' and I've always wanted to see exactly what it is. You have shown me. You have shown us all. Thanks so much, man!
+Van Garnett You are only guessing about them being frauds. You have no way of knowing that for a certainty. If it is your opinion, say so and don't try to foll us that you have any 'facts'.
+Van Garnett Yes it is your guess. Got any court records to show for the supposed scam? What other reason than your guess do you have for making that statement?
I love how these psychics will claim they hear someone say something like; "listen.., please listen. I gotta tell them so please listen", yet moments earlier, all they can do is show the letter "R". And then, he "feels" his mother had a tough childhood. "Listen" James, if she can demand you listen, then why does he have to feel anything about this woman's childhood. Surely she would just say, "my childhood was crappy".
It's sad to see that the human psyche is so weak that so many fall for this claptrap - time and again! It's the fear of the permanence of death that allows gullible people to fall victim to these charlatans - in many ways, it's just like the way religion plays to the same fears.
Do not be afraid of the Universe! Consciousness is eternal. Treat Death as a welcomed friend and accept that we must experience it to be immortal. I wish you Peace of Mind and Love of Life to you and yours today and every day.
He starts describing his personality... you're a bit of a loner, you read books, that world was more real than this one. You're artistic, etc. That's not coming from Aunty Brenda sitting on a cloud above his shoulder, that's what bollocks there percieves and makes up about the punter. Also, notice he says the spectacle-wearing punter has an 'eye-problem'? What next Einstein, that he has hair on his head and if he doesn't comb it of a morniing it looks messy? ;-)
I agree that this was an abysmal failure on James's part, but I have to disagree with your statement that if James is a fake, then all mediums are fake. Its incorrect to equate fame with talent. I don't believe that he's the best in his field, not by a long shot. I believe mediumship is possible, but it a rare gift. James broke a lot of rules by asking so many questions and fishing. Good evidential mediums don't ask questions. They give you solid evidence that is extremely specific. I've seen it. This was a bad reading for sure, but don't generalize, otherwise, I'm libel to also generalize that all skeptics are close-minded egotistical jerks. And that wouldn't be very fair, would it?
This is our missing Norwegian Elk hound "Spook" gone since 10/16/1992, for whose safe return there was a large reward, several "psychics" weighing in with nothing but nonsense. There are no mediums, psychics or prophets----Thomas Paine proved this thesis a long time ago, so it was true then and true now. Nothing has changed, except there exists a bigger populace which wants to be duped. Nor are there any gods, except those mass-produced by Homo Sapien. (hundreds of millions of them).
Walkie Wawtmire In my opinion, the desire for answers in this area is born out of the fear of non-existence after death. It's the fear of being made to leave the party and walking into a black abyss. For all those that suffer with this fear, remember that you have no recollection of before approximately the age of two years but you don't fret about that time. You will have no recollection of anything after your death, so it's not going to matter in that way either. Live your life well. It's the only one you've got.
Sue Mead We still have the existing idiocy of permitting these frauds who claim to have these supernatural powers getting rich at the expense of stupid people. Harry, as well as Tom and Dick, cannot talk to the dead: no one can.
He figured out that the dude with glasses has problem with his eyes! How'd he do that!?!!
;-)
just amazing!
I think you are absolutely wonderful! You are awesome for taking the time to take this guy down!
Kind of weird that people can't connect with a loved one that they've spent their whole life with unless some stranger is present.
That is the part I don't buy. I believe in God and believe in the fact that the dead can reach out. I just think they can do it directly. For example, my mother had a visit with my grandmother in a dream right after my grandmother passed. I don't think our loved ones need a middle man to reach us.
◎ I believe in God
◉ What is "god"?
◉ Why would you believe this??
◎ believe in the fact that the dead can reach out.
◉ The fact? It is certainly not a fact that dead people can "reach out".
◉ Why would you believe this??
◉ You think people do something else other than die when they die? They continue living somehow?
◎ For example, my mother had a visit with my grandmother in a dream right after my grandmother passed.
◉ Wait.. are you serious? Your mom had a dream.. and this proves to you that dead people can interact with living people?
*****
Uhhh... your joking, right?
On the slight chance your not trolling.. please demonstrate how anything you just said is true. Show me the evidence.
+Tom Jones pretty sure he was just being a smart ass
A-void: RE:ality
Who?
I'm really worried that Sebrina is serious.. :-/
Although I truly hope she's just trolling for laughs. She's yet to provide even one single sliver or evidence to demonstrate any of that superstitious nonsense she just said.
Love the way he exposed this charlatan, with class. He gave him all the chances in the world to prove he is real. So he got him to expose himself. Well done !
I was in contact with a psychic medium a while ago called Vicky. She did not charge £500 for a shitty reading and is not famous at all. She charged only £20 and what she said during the reading, describing the person on the otherside, was accurate and consistent. Everything in that 45 minutes was spot on. There was nothing that could be described as cold reading. Very specific details were described that only the deceased and I could know. She asked no questions, no fishing for info. She just described it to me for me to say yes or no. The famous psychic mediums are showmen and doing it for effect. In it for the money. But the ones you have never heard of and who don't charge ridiculous amounts of money are most likely very good. I can honestly say she was amazing.
You're weird
u b right on. Elwood Babbit RIP was amazing for my reading in 1980. He can be found on an internet search.
He was not a fake. He told me to reverse a lottery dream number from my deceased father that made me back $70000 stolen from me by my ex wife and disbarred lawyer. His information was correct for another win. Most tv psychics like Long Island psychic…are totally fake. Try UA-cam under fake psychics for much good info. Beware and go by your own feelings on the veracity of ANYTHING you are told. 90% are fakes.
Did your bum hurt after the $20 session?
And I can honestly say that this anecdote is useless and non-evidential.
Mediums make me SICK. I recently had a nephew killed in an accident and I already had stupid people attempting to make up BS about his spirit. It is DETESTABLE of these parasites to attempt to communicate to have an "imaginary" connection that NEVER existed. It is despicable, degrading and sickening.
Your father was taller than your mother??? Holy Jesus, avert your eyes from this Prophet!!! What's next, will he shock you with the knowledge that your Nanna used to sleep in a bed?
+Tracey Veinotte Haha!
lol
Tracey Veinotte Its gotta be his psychic ability, no way he could ever guess that.
That wouldnt have worked for my parents haha, I was a confused kid being told boys are taller than girls and having a mom taller than my dad
Tracey Veinotte my grandmother was way taller than my grandfather.
James Van Praagh sounds just like Sylvia Brown and that is not good.
VM/// Sylvia has lost her voice and can no longer speak, so JVP no longer sounds like her.
At least he offered a refund. Browne did not!
AR//// Are you one of them? Please give us your experience.
Yeah, but I say that fireman who died on 911 could have drown. Maybe they turned the hose on him. LMAO
Congratulations on this job! You are doing society a great social service, thank you for taking the time to do this video.
aidsbrigade who? me?
it's been a while, i dont remember the vid, but I don't usually troll and if this is about debunking charlatans as I think it is, yeah, I was dead serious
aidsbrigade lol
you are very quick to judge complete strangers. No wonder you are not skeptical enough. Whatever dude. Tell yourself whatever you have to
"So you have a mum is that right? And she was a woman, yes? Yes that's what's coming through"....... Give me a break LOL
CustomJ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂oh boy😂😂😂
When did he say that
I literally laughed so hard at your six year old self's drawing that I had tears streaming down my face and my husband looking at me crazy. Thank you for that, I needed it.
I wish I was that easily amused. Damn... :-/
It's the simple things in life...
I totally agree with you,
@Thgt Ggyh There was no reason for you to post such a mean-spirited comment. If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say it. Treat people the way you want to be treated.
@@QueenAnime99 exactly! I laugh at the dumbest things and it's one of my husband's favorite qualities about me.
It's like 21 questions, but instead its like 5000 questions.
One of the best UA-cam videos I’ve ever seen. Well done.
Edit: had to rewatch this 3 years later it was so good.
It baffles me how these spirits can't think of anything more profound to tell their loved ones than "buy the red car not the blue"
+Rachel Gerrard You should listen to the medium's one on one readings. They get quite profound.
You're a fool. You comment on things you know nothing about.
Oooooohhhh...good one. You really showed her who's boss just now.
Rachel Gerrard the most profound experience a human can have is knowing how much some one loves you. I think that's the main message they try to impart on us.
@@visforvendetta1326 or you could save the 700 smackers and just assume that your loved ones loved you too. Of course, you probably knew that anyway.
Why would your dad come back to tell you he owned a briefcase and went to work?
Fail.
Randi would be proud.
"Who has a birthday in July?" "uhhhh, nobody" "ok what happened in July? Something happened in July"
Wait a minute, it went from a Birthday to just any event in July. This guy is a highly paid, glorified guessing game artist, and Miklos did a very good job proving it.
my answer to every single question would be "you tell me youre the medium"
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and analysis with us! I'm looking forward to visiting your website.
agreed
If this were actually what happened in my own reading I too would have been calling "fraud". The mistake you made here is giving him any answers at all. I did not. Being the skeptic, I called a random number from a blocked phone. I would not give ANY information. My opening comment when she answered the phone was, "“Hi, could you tell me how much you charge?” She answered,
“I am donation based” I said,“Before I make an appointment with you could you tell me something that lets me know you are real?” She went on the give me the most phenomenal spot on reading. I gave her NOTHING to go on. I was aware of what to look for before I made the call to this woman so I knew what not to do. She later told me I was the most skeptic person she had ever dealt with. This medium told me names, (only the names of my friends and relatives) and specific stories related to each deceased person.
It is a true shame if this reading is indeed fact. Although James Van Praagh was never my favorite medium, he is highly looked upon in his field. I would love for you to explain to me how my medium got the information for my reading.
This was _STELLAR_!!! If we all had the money, it would be great to do the same thing and then broadcast it! Thank you, Miklos. From someone who's lost a tremendous amount in life, I find the Caputo/Van Praags cruel!
Elisa, you are a foxy lady.
Absolutely spectacular idea.....and if we could only afford to do it to the rest of these creeps!
research enough and you'll know that these abilities, albeit rare, are legit
@@atlantean1209 although I don't believe in psychics, I'm open to accept it if I saw concrete proof. Just because they are celebrity psychics doesn't mean they're good psychics. I've been a personal trainer for over 20 years and a lot of celebrity personal trainers are not good trainers and not very educated. Every single celebrity trainer I've ever seen I can so easily pick apart all the things they're doing wrong and in some cases even dangerous. I've worked with so many trainers in my career that were incredibly educated and would put every single celebrity trainer to shame with their knowledge and the exceptional service they give to their clients. Being famous doesn't always equal being the best. Perhaps there is a small population of people out there that are truly psychic. One thing I've heard a lot of people that claim to be psychic say is if they used their gift to make money they would experience bad karma as a result. Perhaps there is a very small population of people that are truly psychic, but no one would ever know who they are because they only use their gift to help people connect with a loved one that has passed and don't pursue money and fame. It's just a theory I have. Either way, people like JVP are absolutely disgusting and despicable people.
@@CharleneOrtizTraining watch Matt Fraser on UA-cam, then tell me you’re not sure about mediums. Yes, many are frauds, but some have a true gift. They provide a service like anyone else, so they should make money. How else would they pay the bills?
Van Praagh is so bad at this that it is hard to see how he makes a living out of it.
It is more his victims that are to blame than him. People like Van Praagh don't even really have to go out of their way to trick people, the people come to him with money in hand.
Kilgore Trout
Very well said!
Kilgore Trout
I sure wish they would do that for me :)
They are all that bad - it's the people they "read" who make them look good.
Thgt Ggyh Americans? All over the world people believe in psychics. You're an idiot.
One of the most frustrating things about psi ability is that it often is either hot or cold. I know from my own experience of accurately receiving info from spirit for a person, that when it works it works. To receive the info,you have to relate (without question or pause) what you are being impressed with in your mind. If a person (client) is sceptical or negative, it creates a block and the imagination of the psychic then is not linked to spirit and ones own ideas come through which is not accurate. I attended one of James workshops some years ago in Houston TX. Not only did I experience psi accuracy from other people from the attendees, but found, felt and experienced my own abilities. I saw James in action and I will tell you when he is "hot" he is right on amazing! He was amazing. Yes, . In this video, . He is "cold" and not connected. This can happen to the best of the best .What he should have done is end the reading and not charged him. He was reaching, struggling and his imagination was running the show. Making no excuse for James shifty reading. However to conclude all psychic readers are frauds because James, being the "best" failed in his reading is not being intellectually honest. That would be like going to a musical show where the singer had a terrible set and conclude all musicians are terrible. Just saying...
In Praagh's act, he is pretending to _actually have a back and forth conversation_ with his mom. For example, he asked mom about the tennis and she said "I barely remember it." And yet Praagh never asked her for her name. He didn't get a simple detail like her name.
capoman1 he asked the sister about the tennis argument, not the mom. But yes, every time he would pretend to have dialogue with them, I cringed soooo hard
Let's see him try to read a Hindi person. Would be funny to see the names he'd come up with.
there's no need...american clients are on pile..it's a long2x queue.
Beheading The Prophets that would be awesome! If a Hindi with a typical American sounding name (or any other ethnicity) could get a reading w him. My partner foolishly spent $ for a reading from a local woman that came highly recommended did it over the phone sight unseen. Her process was a carbon coby of van Prague / even with the phony little audible interactions w the deceased.
She failed worse than he for me. No names correct or anything else. My friend GAVE her info and thinks it came from her. Sure his Italian aunt and mother are in heaven cooking for everyone
Beheading The Prophets there r so many ways to bait these bastards ie agree w info they get wrong and see where they take it; suggest false info like this man did. So many ways to prove them bogus. Only prob is who has the expendable hundreds of dollars it costs to speak to one?
Beheading The Prophets lmaooo
"Does the name Patel hold any meaning for you?"
So beautifully done, Miklos. Intelligent, witty, entertaining and touching. Thank you so much for putting this together, it was well worth it and a real service.
You have something with your eyes? [guy is wearing glasses].
+Geoffrey Zoref Haha
+Geoffrey Zoref Yeah, that part was classic. He asked "Have you had something recently with your eyes?". When the answer was no, he said "Do you have something coming up?". Yes, if someone wears glasses and hasn't had an exam in the recent past, they are probably planning one in the future.
That's a funny comment.
I only saw Van Praagh once in a show and hated him instantly- ^^
do another psychic, please !!!!
+Jim Belk Yes, I agree! We want MORE!!
Most of those charlatans have probably seen or heard about this video exposé.
δon of δekhmet By now they have I agree. They still do readings tho so they wouldn't know who's testing them. They are all fake, frauds whatever you want to call them. It's disgusting how they earn a living lying to these people who believe they are talking to their dead loved ones. How can these people sleep at night?
I was just browsing thru some of the funny comments, and saw your request. I do have a couple others. "Miss Jean," ua-cam.com/video/Dw-kgIm2yxc/v-deo.html
who was a practice warmup for me for Van Praagh. And Suzane Northrop ua-cam.com/video/NMmA0awKCDM/v-deo.html , whom I had a session with years ago and recently found out she's still in business.
Funny thing about Van Praagh -- a week after I posted his video, he suddenly added to his website, in red letters, that you are allowed to tape sessions, but NOT to post them.
Theresa Caputo is another charlitan , very rude if people don't acknowledge message from ( the supposed) departed
Oh my word Miklos, I was crawling under my seat for Van Praagh. I was cringing at the poor chap literally scratching for something to ring some kind of bell of fact or significance for you. I seriously was not convinced either and well done on you for exposing something unjustifiable that people are paying 700 'smackeroos' a throw for. I salute you
That is probably the most insidious technique: "Did someone take piano lessons?" "Yes." "Because she told me someone takes piano lessons?"
I could do that with anything: "Was your deceased brother really into baseball?" "Yes." "Because he just told me he was into baseball."
Why wouldn't you just say, "Your brother says he was really into baseball." "Yes! How'd you know!"
Great comment.
That’s always jumped out at me with this guy even as a child! He’d go on Oprah or Maury or Larry King and he’d ALWAYS do that. I mean really! When a.child is picking up on your scammy ways, you’re really bad at what you did!
This must have been painful to sit through, it would be for me. Thanks for doing this and for posting.
Fucking hilarious. James Van Praagh must have been sweating like a pig during this session.
+aucourant probably not. He got paid anyway.
cause he knows he's full of shit
James Van Praagh has a date with Kaptain Karma.
Joe Hazelwood That's what I'm hoping for.
That is equally fallacious. If karma worked the world would look very different.
This was very entertaining. Thanks for uploading this.
Wow. I am reaching the end of this video and am growing very angry. He is such a phony. He wasted an hour of someone's time for $700 and then refused to answer a single SPECIFIC question. Not one. He should truly be ashamed of himself.
You get what you come for. If you are skeptic you will leave a skeptic. I have done thousands of readings (and not a one over $20). The best readings came to those who were wide open to the experience. An example: A woman sits down and in her enthusiasm for life I start telling her about her home life, her family, and the kind of love that fills her life. She showed me this with my eyes closed. She was blown away. She tells her sister who is far more skeptical. Ms Skeptical sits down and I see nothing. And I told her that. In her eyes I failed because I was supposed to tell her about her dead uncle who in fact was not even remotely a part of her reality or this reading. She invented a way to validate her skepticism. 2 readings, same family, polar opposite effects. it gets good when a reader with their eyes closed starts reciting the inner workings of your life; a complete stranger to the reader. And that happens more often than not for a seasoned psychic.
If you received money for "reading" (frauding) people, you should be sued...
Saying your failure is the fault of the client is despicable, have you no shame ?
There is no bigger con than taking dictation from ignorant souls who pretend they are adequately informed.
Hammer Head Yes, exactly my point !
You do understand !
So if you're not deluded, you're lying to people ?
That takes me back to my previous question : Have you no shame ?
I suggest you see a therapist. I wish you well.
why do i never hear a psychic tell somebody that their relative is in hell? i would probably subscribe to them just for the lols
He has clearly stated in a few videos that there is NO HELL.Psychics are not GOD.They only get the information given by GOD.
fairybits No, they are fakes and fraudsters, nothing more
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Of course MARIE BROOKS knows you are WRONG.And until you experience it for yourself,you will ALWAYS BE WRONG.
fairybits how do you know for sure?
fairybits
What a lame excuse
Personally, I find Van Praagh one of the worst "psyhics". Others 'fake' it better.
Gromst3rr My thoughts exactly.
This is disgusting. Trying to connect to someone by using their dead loved one's is sick.
Someone mentioned JVP to me and brought me here.
Thankyou for this - just (unfortunately) reaffirms what I've always thought.
Brought tears to my eyes as you spoke about your father - you obviously loved him very much, as I do/did my parents.
I loved the James Van Praagh show and was a believer to a degree. I did not realize how many hours of editing must have went into making the show look valid. I do believe that some have a gift but you have done a really thorough job of exposing the fraud that James does for 700.00 an hour. Thank You
He keeps asking questions. He is not telling him anything.
exactly
Such as "Was your father a male?"😂
As an atheist, I wanted to say that I loved your conclusion. It was so refreshing to hear that you admit you take it on faith. I am going to check out that video you made with an atheist. I am expecting a wonderfully rational discussion. :)
I like when James repeats and emphasizes his hooks. It just makes him sound desperate for hits.
This is an absolutely amazing video. Thank you so much for making this.
how would u know if he takes peoples money? I've read all his books starting as a skeptical, and I have great respect for jvp. most of the people commenting negatively are either uneducated, a bully, or get off on seeing a man get stoned over and over. there's no room for hate, negative comments and hating on something you know nothing about.
Were his books free? I think not. Assuming that someone who disagrees with your view is uneducated is the height of stupidity, imho!
The thing I don't get is...if a medium can get information from the dead like "did she give you a ring with a dark stone before she passed?"why wouldn't the medium get clearer information about dates and names? Surely if the dead can tell him something so particular as a piece of jewelry, they can spit out or spell out the name "Roger" LOL..I just don't get it. Besides that, how DARE he PRETEND to talk to your MOTHER and FATHER like that! I think that takes some major audacity and a black heart to look at someone's eyes and pretend to talk to their deceased parents..not only that but to charge you to lie to you? It's pure horseshit. Unbelievable. So..I do have to ask..have you been contacted by JVP since exposing him? You definitely had him shaking in his shoes. Great video..thank you!
There are no time or dates for them to relate to. Stop thinking about the past and future, if you ca, and you will know what joy is.
There is a vast difference between the Psychic Realms of disembodied consciousness and the narrow limited skeptic prejudice against anything spiritual outside of the narrow prescribed limits of the mechanical world view. A person who believes they can reach the Spirit World are not lying to you from their point of view. They are using their mind to reach beyond space and time to a realm of psychic consciousness far beyond the limits of physical rational thought. The Realms Within are psychic realms of symbolic reality-not the nuts and bolts of physical being. Names and dates are tedious to psychically aware disembodied consciousness-their reality is a Dream Time- therapeutic reality that processes moment focused physical being to refine and understand the true symbolic nature of immortal being. A spirit may resonate with a personal object symbolically without necessarily remembering specific details from their timeless perspective. Look up George Anderson if you want a better example of a very sincere, sweet, and accurate medium.
James Mandolare What a bunch of turgid nonsense. You have ZERO evidence for this 'vision' of yours; it's just wishful thinking on your part. I'll give you one thing, though- it's certainly beyond the limits of rational thought. You are indeed completely irrational.
James Mandolare Don't tell/write your lies in public. Shame on you too. Abusing other people and trying to back up this ugly hoax in overall which JVP uses too.
You are one old gullible useful idiot. Pathetic
This gets so uncomfortable as it goes on...this is such a great vid to show a friend or loved one who believes in this crap...
This is great. Such an excellent video. Every person should see this.
(Also you remind me of the Max Cherry character from the film Jackie Brown...I feel you have a deep connection with Quentin Tarantino, I'm picking that up, it's coming through very strongly)
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and found it was very fair and well done. I always wondered what private readings are like and I appreciate that you shared this. Well done!
Man. When he choked up thinking about his dad. It hit me right in the feels. 😢
It made me want to hit Van Praug in the face!
This video was so hilarious!!!! Thanks for posting it :)
+charleslp69 I watched it for the first time about 4 months ago and I saved it cause it's THAT funny! LMAO
This is one of the best psychic debunking\exposing videos I've ever seen. Its funny and even a bit emotional when he defends his father and James Van praagh simply solidifies himself as a charlatan and a fraud, just like every "psychic" to ever live. Well done.
Great video. Very satisfying at the end when you started turning the screws after having played along the whole time.
The fact that Van Praag never corrected his course is shocking to me. The man gave clear indications that his mother was not strict or traditional, yet JVP kept trying to make it work.
Here is the bottom line. There is knowing and there is believing, they are not the same. The only way to know is to experience like I have many many times. If you have not experienced than you believe or don't believe. Why millions have very specific experiences and others don't is a topic for another day.
this is car crash cold reading at it's worst.
A woman believer posted a lengthy comment on my short version of this video, but for some reason it doesn’t show in the comments section but only on my email. She pointed out that I was way too quick to dismiss the impressive fact that James knew of my deceased sister. Oh really? Let’s check the actual transcript.
James: “Do you have an older sister?”
Me: “No, no.”
James: “Do you have a younger sister?”
Me: “I had a younger sister, yeah.”
James: “And she’s passed on.”
Me: “Yeah.”
James: “Yep, I get her right next to you, on this side of you over here.”
Does that sound like a remarkable hit, or like typical fishing, and then salvaging a miss by adjusting, and repeating what I just told him as though he knew it before I told him, which he did not? Come on, mediumship believers. Tell me something specific that only I and my deceased relatives would know. You cannot do that, can you?
Great work. I tried to test Van Praagh on a radio show this evening but they cut my mic halfway through.
You got me on the Lone Ranger picture. I didn't know you were being tongue-in-cheek, so I was expecting a masterpiece, lol. Truly hilarious! Thanks for the laugh, Kemosabe.
Actually as an art teacher that drawing IS particularly advanced for the average 6yo! Honestly.
@ Very cool to know. I can’t even draw that well.
I understand what this guy has to say but there was so much more to my reading that can not be as easily explained away. I too had a mention of cigarette smoking. My reading was over the phone. My medium knew NOTHING about me. She said, "your friend was a smoker?" I said, "no" (he was) she continued, "well he died of lung cancer.(he did)
As you can see, I keep coming back to this video and other debunking videos as well. I am trying desperately to debunk my own reading but as yet, can't.
I truly think some of them are the real deal, only some
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There are fakes in every field and Mediums are no exception. My advice to anyone wanting to speak to a Medium..tell them NOTHING. Let them do all the work.
@@shewee5246agree but give them confirmation if they're correct 👍
i dont believe he is talking to the dead. i dont think any of these people are--PERIOD!!
Hi SubwayRatt,
I don't know how to reach you, so I'll just post this here and hope you see it.
I have read that Van Praagh fishes ahead of time, and that programs he's involved in are rigged. He was caught on a 20/20 show years ago claiming he did not get info on a person's deceased grandmother ahead of time, but they showed him doing exactly that on another camera that he did not know was already on at the time.
Transcripts are key, so you can read exactly what is going on, and in what order, otherwise it's easy to get fooled. I took a brief look at the Larry King transcript, and I see he pulls all the same tricks - time shifting, making good guesses, moving on if it's a miss, adjusting to make a miss into a hit, etc. And, he provides utterly useless information. Not to mention, who hasn't had a leg problem at some time in their lives, or been associated with the buying of a car, etc., etc.?
I think the key, absolutely, is simply one big thing: Is the medium able to come up with some specific thing that ONLY you and the deceased person could possibly know? And, always, the answer is no.
Check out a short clip "Orson Welles on Cold Reading." Very insightful. Another medium I had a session with did better than Van Praagh - "Miklos Jako and Miss Jean."
Thanks for your comments.
OK, I finally found the clip. Yeah, impressive. How did he do it? I don't know, exactly. But notice that he got to pick the person; so that leads me to believe he already had the info on her ahead of time. James, or assistants have been known to circulate among people before a show. And he is very skillful at working information picked up into his act.
Same thing happened at a recent show of his I went to in NH. Lots of very specific hits. Very impressive. Yet, I know magicians do not REALLY make a tiger disappear. It's a trick, a very clever trick. Same with James. I don't know exactly how he does it, but I know he's not really communicating with dead people.
Why did he do so badly with me? He clearly said he had my relatives right there, but he gave me wrong information again and again. Same thing with another medium I had a session with - "Talking to the Deceased: Miklos Jako and Miss Jean". She was better than Van Praagh, but she was not able to come up with any specific information that only the deceased person and I would know.
His appearance on the view he used several deceiving techniques. First of all he asked 23 different questions. So, he should of had at least 23 hits. Secondly he was using rapid fire statements. He's throwing out statements that could be hits or misses but he immediately jumps to another question or statement before the sitter can respond to the previous questions or statements, making it look like a hit. The third technique uses the same principle as hypnosis. The power of suggestion people think that he must be right, so they make everything fit even when he's wrong. And finally he does hot reading. Along with the spying and eavesdropping by his staff they also make audience members fill out detailed questionnaires before the shows. His appearance on the view could have been done with cold reading alone. However it does look like he was using hot reading.
Miklos Jako I sent you a message. I hope you see it.
Good points jghaught87. I found John Edward and Suzane Northrop also use the rapid fire technique, so you don't have time to reflect on the things they said wrong, and you naturally pick up on only the hits. And I think that on those occasions when mediums are most impressive with specific details, they're doing "hot readings," using information they gleaned ahead of time. Pre-show conversation among audience members I'm sure are filled with nuggets of gold the mediums manage to mine, and expertly use later in the show.
Of course it's hard to prove any of these tricks they might be using. So a one-on-one session to see if a medium can come up with specific info only the deceased person and an objective client could know, is the key.
As discouraging as it is to see so many people be so credulous, it great to hear from someone like you who has a better grasp on reality, and human nature.
Yeah, Carmen, I got your message. Thank you.
Miklos Jako There's a lot of misinformation out there but it's videos like yours that gives people a better grasp on reality and human nature.
Dear Miklos,
While my personal beliefs regarding clairvoyants, psychic phenomena, etc. may differ from some of what was shared... I must tell you that I was both very impressed and touched by your openness, your investigative intrigue, and your intimate family stories.
When you spoke of the grace in which your father carried himself, and with your concluding explanation of your view of spirituality by design as a theist, I was moved very much so! Almost to the point of tears!
Thank you for the thorough work here and for offering an honest, well conducted, opposing view! I may be a New Age, hippie, eccentric of sorts in some regards. However, I was a clinical research scientist for many years. There is always more than meets the eye, better understanding that can be reached by having the willingness to objectively receive the full spectrum of information on any given topic. I believe you provided that here in a rather admirable, neutral way.
Great work, my friend!
Warm Regards,
* Tye *
(btw... Big Steve Earle fan! ;) )
When you start talking about how proud you are of your dad, made me tear up. My dad died a year before I had my 1st kid, 6 months after I married, and he was my absolute rock & I have no idea how I've been able to get through life these past 12 years he's been gone. Even now I know my life hasn't been what it would have been had he been around & I'm not as happy.
My thinking is these people might actually believe in what they're doing. But in reality they're experiencing schizophrenia. That would explain his confidence in what he does & would explain all the horrible misses.
Sorry for your loss ❤
Good video, well done. Sad that many vulnerable are taken in by these frauds.
@Robert BeckA good point well made Robert!
My dad died the same way this mans father died ....aortic aneurysm . This VAN PRAAGH should be ASHAMED OF HIMSELF !!!!!
What I would LOVE to know is how much this con artist charges for a reading...
They refunded him 700...well he only took half so that would be 700 for one hour..get rich much? lol
***** Wow - beats workin', eh....???
yup lol! but then again...I knew that you were going to say that! Just sayin!
***** Hey - you must have IT!!!!! Lemme send ya' 700 bucks so you can tell me how my deceased Mom is doin' on the other side. I was born yesterday, by the way. Man - what a scam......
I raised my rates...1500 per 10 minutes!
I wish you were my dad. You're so level headed and seem like you'd give great advice
he probably is your dad since stupidity and gullibility can run rampant in families
Having a negative or extremely skeptical attitude can absolutely affect a reading. It can close you off to your own memories. Lying to the reader really confuses things. Reading the other side is all about energies we cannot even comprehend in full on this side. The things you WANT to hear may not be the things which come through. Names can sometimes be extremely difficult to process. I do agree they should be challenged, but I'm not certain this was a fair one.
Janet Marshall What would any of that matter if the medium really was receiving communications from the deceased? You just gave a parade of excuses because the medium quite clearly was trying to obtain information from the sitter and not getting it. 'Names can sometimes be extremely difficult to process'- what does that even mean? The medium put forward names hoping that the sitter would identify one and give him a hit. When it didn't happen, the medium had no explanation; it was clearly just a fishing expedition.
I saw nothing unfair here; indeed, the sitter was accommodating. It's just that he didn't fall for the standard cold reading tricks and the medium had nothing else.
Not making excuses - While the medium may speak with spirits, they themselves are still human, and being lied to or tricked by the sitter can and does affect the reading.
If the sitter has certain expectations and beliefs, it can dull his/her ability to resonate with the message. It works best if a sitter can remain open minded and have few expectations.
Ask any medium, most names are difficult to discern.
From my experience, James Van Praagh is the real deal, though I admit I've seen him do better!
Thanks for the opportunity to make my statement more clear.
Janet Marshall Thanks for your courteous replay, Janet. However, I do have to point out that if by 'have few expectations' you mean that the sitter shouldn't expect the medium (or the spirits) to get basic facts right, then how do you distinguish a genuine reading from a fake one?
I'm sure mediums would say that names are very hard to discern, along with any other specific facts known only to the sitter and the deceased. Maybe that's why, under proper controls, none of them can do it?
If Van Praagh is the real deal, he sure did a good job of hiding it in this video. I have seen many readings, both live and through the media, and I've never seen one that I thought was genuine and couldn't be explained by ordinary, non-paranormal analysis. If you have (and if it is on-line), I'd be fascinated to see it.
Janet Marshall
YOU SAID: "Having a negative or extremely skeptical attitude can absolutely affect a reading."
-- Why?
YOU SAID: "It can close you off to your own memories."
-- But the "medium" isn't claiming to tap into YOUR memories. The "medium" says he's talking to dead people. He even breaks away pretending to have conversations/dialogs with the dead people.
YOU SAID: "Lying to the reader really confuses things."
-- Confuses things? No. Exposes things? Yes. It exposes that it's a hoax.
YOU SAID: "Reading the other side is all about energies we cannot even comprehend in full on this side."
-- Says who? The people who are getting paid to say they can talk to dead people?
YOU SAID: "The things you WANT to hear may not be the things which come through."
-- If what you WANT to hear is actual decisive proof that the "medium" is talking to a dead person, sure, it's NEVER going to come through, and never has come through. There's never been a single verifiable example of a "medium" who has been able to relay any kind of relevant information that only the dead person would know. I can live with the idea that it doesn't work every time ---- **IF** the "mediums" could even show that it works "sometimes"!!!! I mean, did you listen to the utter babbling?? Van Praagh rambles on about utterly insignificant stuff, which nobody could possibly give a crap about. If you can't see that it's clearly just the standard "cold reading" and "warm reading" techniques that all of these fraudsters use, then you're blind as a bat. I mean, good actors who have been trained to pretend to be "mediums" and how to perform "cold reading" and "warm reading" techniques have done these for people who think they're talking to "real" mediums... and those people can't even tell the difference between the "real" medium and the "acting" medium. In other words, people willing to fall for this stuff will fall for this stuff no matter who's doing the reading!! And, then, when the track record is no better than random guessing, they fall back on the same catch-all nonsense... "oh, it doesn't work every time." I mean, look at the insignificant or easily-assumed/guessed stuff here. A lot of these things these mediums say have about 50/50 odds of being correct. So, when they're correct, they say it's because the dead told them something. When they're incorrect, they say "it doesn't work every time." I'm shocked that someone as clearly intelligent as you are can actually fall for this silliness. But, even worse, when these so-called "mediums" try to guess at things with odds of about 1 out of 100 of being right (they'll rarely stick their necks out that far, but when they do), and then they are wrong 99 times out of 100, STILL, people (like you) use this "it doesn't work every time" defense.
YOU SAID: "Names can sometimes be extremely difficult to process."
-- Pffft. Again, why? Because the person getting paid to talk to dead people says so? I mean, it's sure contradictory when they say they're sooooo sure that they're getting a clear message about everything else, but they can't manage to come up with a name?? I mean, Van Praagh is sitting there, claiming to have a back and forth dialog with ghosts, but whenever he's asked to produce any kind of real definitive evidence, what does he do?? He just says "it doesn't work that way." Well, it NEVER works that way.
YOU SAID: "I do agree they should be challenged, but I'm not certain this was a fair one."
-- Then you weren't paying attention. Van Praagh says that he's getting very clear energy readings, and claims to know the identities of these ghosts he's talking to. If it wasn't fair, and things were less "clear" because the skeptic was somehow clouding the readings, wouldn't Van Praagh have been the first to realize it?? I mean, how many times did Van Praagh say definitively "yes, got it, got it, got it, I understand, it's clear" when he thinks he got a hit?? When he gets a hit, he says it's crystal clear.
YOU SAID: "Not making excuses"
-- Pffttt. She says as she makes excuses.
YOU SAID: "While the medium may speak with spirits, they themselves are still human, and being lied to or tricked by the sitter can and does affect the reading."
-- Why? Because the person getting paid to talk to dead people says so? Again, if Van Praagh had a 10th of the ability he claims to have, you'd think the guy would know when his "readings" aren't working. But, nope, he said it's working great, and said things are very clear. Then, he struck out, time and again.
YOU SAID: "If the sitter has certain expectations and beliefs, it can dull his/her ability to resonate with the message."
-- Yeah, and if the "sitter" is a devout believer in such claptrap, then it can dull his/her ability to think clearly about what's being said, recognizing the cold reading techniques being used on him/her, and ultimately ends up riddled with extreme confirmation bias. (Basically, the person believes it because he/she WANTS to believe it.) Honestly, why is it that none of these miraculous "mediums" are ever able to put their readings through any true double-blind scientific test? Most of them aren't even willing to try (they don't want to give up their livelihood of pretending to talk to dead people, so they won't take any such risk). But, those of them who have been willing to put their "powers" through scientific testing have failed miserably, EVERY time.
YOU SAID: "It works best if a sitter can remain open minded and have few expectations."
-- Yup, it "works" better that way... their minds are so open that their brains fell out.
YOU SAID: "Ask any medium, most names are difficult to discern."
-- Is that a joke? OF COURSE mediums are going to tell you that it's difficult to discern names. If any single one of them ever claimed it was easy to discern names, then the next question would be, "why can't you do it, then?"!!!!! Holy crap. Can you really be THAT gullible? They can't read names clearly?? NAMES?? In the human mind, names are how people identify themselves, and others. Names are core to the thought process itself. Daddy and Mommy are the very first words that most babies learn (names). Babies learn how to say names before they even understand what a verb is, what a noun is, what an adjective is. NAMES come first. When you're in a crowded room, and 100 people are talking, having conversations you're not even paying attention to, you're able to pick up when someone says your name, or the name of someone you love. In the human experience, names are one of the most important communicating factors. Yet, "mediums" will have you believe that once you die, somehow names become the most difficult thing to communicate. Pffftttt. The mediums can hear very clearly all about weird insignificant nonsense, but they can't pick up on names very well??? He says has a clear conversation with a dead person about "passing a building in order to get to a grave" - oh, but names, nope, never comes through clearly. And, what cemetery doesn't have a building nearby?
YOU SAID: "From my experience, James Van Praagh is the real deal, though I admit I've seen him do better!"
-- Yes, sometimes people can flip coins and have it come up heads more often. Sometimes they flip them and it comes up tails more often. So what? When you close your eyes and throw darts at a wall, sure, sometimes you'll get lucky and hit something. Why would you think that anything supernatural is going on? NONE of them have EVER been able to demonstrate any of this ability under and scientific scrutiny.
YOU SAID: "Thanks for the opportunity to make my statement more clear."
-- You are the most clear example of "confirmation bias" that I've seen in a while. You want to believe something, and therefore when you see "hits" you think it's real, and you disregard the misses.
48:49 "I can only get it if they give me it...I can't pull things out of thin air!" Um, that's what he was doing the ENTIRE reading. Pulling bullshit out of thin air.
am I the only one who teared up when Mickey was talking about his dad? 😢😢
If someone deceased makes it to this dimension I'm pretty sure they'd have more to say the the letter "R" etc.....c'mon now. Great insightful video. Expose their frauds.
The ad on this video is for a PSYCHIC! It doesn't get any better than that!
it amuses and amazes me to read the comments....how much negativity and hate over this ... don't you have your own life to live?! rather then pour your negativity over a you tube video?! and why you watch it in the first place ?! Helloooo :)
thanks JVP for coming into this time to bring some more light into our lives ;)
Thank you, Mr Jako. Following my brother's murder, our family stooped to employing these con-artists in the desperate hope that readings would lead to the person who took our Nicholas' life. Take this fiasco and multiply it a dozen times and you'll know what we went through. Most are crafty manipulators and narcissists who throw tantrums if they lose control of the discussion (and tantrums laced with colorful profanity, in the case of a certain unnamed NYC "medium" known for the buffed, bleached rat's nest glued to her head).
Van Praagh is by far the most odious of that lot and I thank you for taking the time to show what a fraud he is.
This is an amazing un-biased view type of video. One of the best I've come across. I was 90% sure that these mediums are fraudsters but after seeing this, I'm totally convinced that he is an absolute farce!!! Disgraceful. The person on the video is fair and open minded and I think this is some of the best evidence we have to 'disprove' these people. it should be put on TV and in magazines and open the world's eyes to people like this. I love the way at the end he said he believes in God and an afterlife. Just brilliant. Brilliant video! Thanks for posting
hahaha he's killing this guy, he sounds pathetic!!!
james walsh LOL Unbelievably pathetic. I'm only 1/2 way through the vid and I'm cringing.
wall vlog I think this guy wants so badly to prove James wrong and being four years old when some things took place then he doesn’t know his mother’s perspective on a situation. I bet this ol man lives alone lol
I love when he asks for something specific Van Praug says I can't pull things out of thin air, I can't make things up. Bitch that's what you've been doing your whole career!!! 🤣🤣🤣
And it’s not like he ASKED him to make up something. He asked a direct question hoping for his psychic answer.
It’s like one of those unintentional confessions. As if he makes this stuff up in advance, so don’t ask for an improvised made up bit of info.
I wouldn't be able to control myself if someone sat there guessing things about my parents
I don't understand how Van Praagh agreed to do this. A universal feature of readings that is not dependent on culture, gender, etc., is that Spirit comes through for two reasons. Someone is struggling and needs counselling with self care or secondly, suffering a bereavement.....if the tester has neither issue, than there is no reason to connect. Testing for the sake of testing doesn't really work. Connecting is a gift and is special, its not for science's sake for the sake of it. I've seen really great blind tests from psychical researchers using genuine clients with genuine issues.....Donna Moncrieffe uploaded a great one if you search for her on here. Another feature is that Spirit never seeks to be proven. If someone wants to live in a world where there is no other world of existence, that illusion will be maintained and will not be challenged by Spirit. You are also not consciously consenting for Spirit to "access you. " Its respecting your free will and also, some Spirits have low lying leech-like behaviours and its to protect from that. If you have a high skepticism, and FEEL offended by the idea before you begin, you're already shutting down "permission." James is a veteran at this......why he went ahead anyway........baffling. I truly do believe he has personal issues though. He is very insecure and seeks to prove he is "REAL". He does have genuine ability, I truly believe that, but he also has a co-measurement of psychic projection......i.e., his own head makes things up and projects it as other people's stuff because of his own baggage. He's been caught doing some cold reading in the past to supplement his work. He's not mentally strong enough or have the right attitude to be doing mediumship work....he is a very sensitive man, but if he's still trying to "prove" himself despite the rules I mentioned earlier, to take this on says A LOT about him and not in a positive light. He should have left this if he was for real.
Sarah Harris lol van praagh only asks questions
if you are doing a legit "test" you can't CUT ANYTHING
Why?
Psychic mediums MUST be humble and not showing off their gift for money (helping others for a living is fine but showing off on t.v., etc. is egocentric) or for fame. That's where I believe their gift ends.
Because the EGO often creates a wall to the gift that one possesses. I disagree with your extreme position on this issue. The FBI, CIA, Police, etc. have used mediums that have worked. Some have failed but others have been very successful. I think your narrow worldview is just that. Narrow. Open mindedness goes both ways.
"Though I was deeply involved in the "business" of the new age I got out because I new it was all fraudulent & though it was decades before I could consider myself a proper skeptic (which doesn't mean closed-minded) I have been where you've been. What that does it let me know you're talking out of your ass!!!!! " Are you aware of how fucking arrogant you sound writing this? You're the one talking out of your ass you asshole! For all I know you're making all of this up. You cannot scientifically evaluate a personal experience. Many people have experiences that are considered deeply spiritual and even other-worldly. Until you have your own personal experience (many people do have authentic experiences) all you can say is that is not your experience. Your "skeptics" mind approach comes across as that of a self-righteous asshole opposed to being a decent human being. You don't know everything even though you seem to think you do. You're the one who needs to wake up!
Arrogance is not the answer.
"In 2008 while being interviewed for the Skeptiko podcast, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, Ben Radford challenged the host Alex Tsakiris to give him the best case for evidence of a psychic solving a crime. Tsakiris had "repeatedly accused skeptical investigators of purposely choosing the weakest cases". Radford agreed to investigate in depth a case from any period in history, around the world, "that presented the gold standard for evidence". Tsakiris chose psychic Nancy Weber who in 2006 appeared on an episode of the Biography Channel Psychic Investigators. Weber claimed to have helped the New Jersey police solve the serial murders of Amie Hoffman and Dierdre O'Brien from 1982. The police arrested James Koedatich in 1983 who was later found guilty of serial murder. Psychic Investigators interviewed Weber as well as the two police detectives she worked with, Hughes and Moore, who verified Weber had given them information she could not have known.^ "The Great Psychic Detective Challenge". Skepticality. 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
Jump up ^ "151. Science Journalist Ben Radford "Believes" Psychic Detective". Skeptiko. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
Jump up ^ Radford, Ben (March/April 2010). "The Psychic and the Serial Killer: Examining the 'Best Case' for Psychic Detectives". Skeptical Inquirer (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry) 34 (2): 32-37.
Benjamin Clark
You are basing this on a tv show? really?
*****
I can´t wait to meet the Fantastic 4!!!
Your mother's photos are very lovely! Thank you for sharing. :)
not commenting on his spiritual abilities (or lack thereof). He seems very dominating. Especially at 4:09 when he says "You understand that don't you", seems like a psychological trick to be the one dominating the conversation
I truly had an emotional connection to your family's history and the candor in witch you bare the facts of your personal experiences and life. "James you are full of shit" made me laugh and cry simultaneously. Thank you for this video.
I thought this was excellent and I'm proud of you. I am a Christian. I have faith in my belief system and in my God. He is as real to me as my wife or children. But I'm open minded enough to know that I could be wrong, or that the God I worship is the exact same entity or energy that you believe in, or Buddists, or whatever. Perhaps its all the same and my relationship with Him (or It or whatever you want to say) is just the one that He has presented to me. Who knows? But I can tell you one thing that is without a doubt true: James Van Praagh and John Edward are frauds. And if someone says 'well they really don't do any harm' should watch the part where Van Praagh says you were ashamed of your father. You had me on the verge of tears with the way you spoke of him. Luckily you are strong and your memories are strong enough to see through that lie. But what if someone wasn't? A statement like that about their dead father could crush them with guilt...'he forgave me for being ashamed of him but now I'm crushed because he knew I was ashamed and I can't say I'm sorry'. Stuff like that.
Anyway, I've heard for years debunkers refer to this technique as 'cold reading' and I've always wanted to see exactly what it is. You have shown me. You have shown us all. Thanks so much, man!
+Van Garnett You are only guessing about them being frauds. You have no way of knowing that for a certainty. If it is your opinion, say so and don't try to foll us that you have any 'facts'.
these people are scam artists. it's not a guess.
+Van Garnett Yes it is your guess. Got any court records to show for the supposed scam? What other reason than your guess do you have for making that statement?
common sense.
+Van Garnett Sorry. Common sense says he is doing exactly as he says he is doing.
in 15 years, this guy is going to look suspiciously like the old man in UP
What is UP?
MrRJMGREEN the movie UP
Mank Demes I just Googled it. You are right, he looks like him now.
Just so well done. Thanks, and keep it up!
I love how these psychics will claim they hear someone say something like; "listen.., please listen. I gotta tell them so please listen", yet moments earlier, all they can do is show the letter "R". And then, he "feels" his mother had a tough childhood. "Listen" James, if she can demand you listen, then why does he have to feel anything about this woman's childhood. Surely she would just say, "my childhood was crappy".
+Sue Mead Exactly what I was thinking! He says "your mother is telling me....blah blah blah" but then he says "I'm getting the feeling..."
hillarious bit about the height at 23:20
if there are real psychics, why aren't they worlking for dept of homeland security?
Tony Love
And it was shut down because they were ZERO results
That´s what shutting down means
Tony Love
Again, we are waiting for your evidence
and still waiting
Ok, so you keep circling around with nonsense talk. So bottom line, you have absolutely no evidence. Ok, figures
It's sad to see that the human psyche is so weak that so many fall for this claptrap - time and again!
It's the fear of the permanence of death that allows gullible people to fall victim to these charlatans - in many ways, it's just like the way religion plays to the same fears.
Yes, absolutely. Exactly the same motivation in both cases. We can't bear the idea that we won't exist any more.
Do not be afraid of the Universe! Consciousness is eternal.
Treat Death as a welcomed friend and accept that we must experience it to be
immortal. I wish you Peace of Mind and Love of Life to you and yours today and
every day.
Thanks for posting this
James Van Praagh is a actor. Geez cant believe people give this con money.
Van Fraud charges $700 for that load of SHITE? I could have done better. Honestly, with no powers whatever, I could have done better.
He starts describing his personality... you're a bit of a loner, you read books, that world was more real than this one. You're artistic, etc. That's not coming from Aunty Brenda sitting on a cloud above his shoulder, that's what bollocks there percieves and makes up about the punter.
Also, notice he says the spectacle-wearing punter has an 'eye-problem'? What next Einstein, that he has hair on his head and if he doesn't comb it of a morniing it looks messy? ;-)
The chap presenting was excellent and refreshingly mild mannered. His analysis was excellent too :-)
Comprehensive and informative, well presented and fare.
I agree that this was an abysmal failure on James's part, but I have to disagree with your statement that if James is a fake, then all mediums are fake. Its incorrect to equate fame with talent. I don't believe that he's the best in his field, not by a long shot. I believe mediumship is possible, but it a rare gift. James broke a lot of rules by asking so many questions and fishing. Good evidential mediums don't ask questions. They give you solid evidence that is extremely specific. I've seen it. This was a bad reading for sure, but don't generalize, otherwise, I'm libel to also generalize that all skeptics are close-minded egotistical jerks. And that wouldn't be very fair, would it?
This is our missing Norwegian Elk hound "Spook" gone since 10/16/1992, for whose safe return there was a large reward, several "psychics" weighing in with nothing but nonsense. There are no mediums, psychics or prophets----Thomas Paine proved this thesis a long time ago, so it was true then and true now. Nothing has changed, except there exists a bigger populace which wants to be duped.
Nor are there any gods, except those mass-produced by Homo Sapien. (hundreds of millions of them).
Walkie Wawtmire whos thomas paine and where can i have a look at him?
witchcerridwen You know whom Thomas Paine is.
Walkie Wawtmire
In my opinion, the desire for answers in this area is born out of the fear of non-existence after death. It's the fear of being made to leave the party and walking into a black abyss. For all those that suffer with this fear, remember that you have no recollection of before approximately the age of two years but you don't fret about that time. You will have no recollection of anything after your death, so it's not going to matter in that way either. Live your life well. It's the only one you've got.
Sue Mead We still have the existing idiocy of permitting these frauds who claim to have these supernatural powers getting rich at the expense of stupid people. Harry, as well as Tom and Dick, cannot talk to the dead: no one can.