Comments on: Episode 2

By: Louiee

Louiee — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:05:24 +0000

I wouldn’t have believed it if I saw this video as the acting was terrible! Derren is awesome though and I’m really not sure whether I believe in ghosts or not

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:38:06 +0000

Never mind the science – I spotted the hoax due to the terrible acting!!

By: Alexkazam

Alexkazam — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:34 +0000

Nice to see the “Pepper’s ghost” illusion re done for modern audiences- I’m sure all the atmosphere build up really helped the poor girl go into mild shock! Hope she was told how the ghost was made afterwards!

By: Matthew Williams

Matthew Williams — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:22:03 +0000

I have seen two ghosts now which were shadowy figures without clear form. Both events were inexplicable but were in places that had in the past had ghostly activity. I have seen UFOs and also on one occasion seen strange figures dancing that grew smaller and when I ran towards their position they dissapeared. Being someone who makes crop circles during the summer months I know exactly how people can get carried away by things after seeing how people over react in the circles we create. However I believe my experiences were real and I know people do see things they cant explain.

By: owen

owen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:18:19 +0000

Maybe Ben should complain to hollywood, anyone who’s seen ‘the illusionist’ will know the trick (it’s an excellent film btw, well worth watching) It doesn’t explain what I saw though. I was watching TV with a couple of friends when i saw a shadow through the latticework of the living room door (it had had glass panels, but the beading fell out, so no reflective surface). As i turned and stared at it it ducked back, It looked like my friend Martyn, so i called out to him “he’s at work” I was told, so i jumped up walked to the door yanked it open, no one there, so I phoned his work, and he was there, 3 miles away, I don’t believe in ghosts with conscious action, there are unexplainable things in this universe, for example Black holes can’t exist, but the universe in it’s current form cannot exist without them, much is beyond our knowledge.

By: Kiara

Kiara — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:34:53 +0000

Yeah that illusion is taught in schools – our science teacher used it to make an object appear as if it were on fire when it wasn’t. I don’t think Derren has done anything wrong by using it here. Anyway people find out how tricks and things work all the time, it forces the performers to push the boundaries and that’s what makes magic so amazing – there is always something new to keep you guessing.

Im really enjoying watching these clips – Derren is as entertaining as ever – Thank you!

By: Loopy

Loopy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:43:22 +0000

Lol thats amazing. I think if I was that women I would of screamed and legged it out of that house immeaditly

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:32:21 +0000

Reading these comments I’m amazed that people still believe in the ghost crap. I suppose it partly explains why the scam of religion is so hard to eradicate. The James Randi foundation paranormal challenge has $1 million up for grabs to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal activity under proper scientific conditions, and as yet, after decades not a single challenger has succeeded, And for those of you who think so called psychics are harmless, check out Randi’s exposure of Sylvia Browne on his website. http://www.randi.org/site/ .

By: Amun Ra

Amun Ra — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:22:36 +0000

@ben

You better hurry, and go and delete the Wikipedia article about the illusion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppers_Ghost

Or which one you think has more people reading it, Wikipedia or the Science of Scams website?

By: Kieran

Kieran — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:26:53 +0000

Im going to do this on my head teacher and hopefully get him off the scene with a heart attack.