Derren Brown meets people who claim paranormal powers – CH4 from May 10th
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jeez…so derren, you were saying something about haughty tones? :/
ohhhhh cant wait for that!!!!!
@Alex Hmm I think he says “are you a fake?” but it sounds to me like “are you a saaake” – which is obviously jibberish….lets go with “fake”
OH YES!
Derren I have been waiting ever since I first started watching you for you to do something like this. This was one of your most interesting topics in your book, and also I noticed when you touched on it during Enigma.
I’m so excited, can’t wait!
Is Derren talking to Gordon Smith the psychic barber in that trailer? I do hope so. It’s very difficult to tell from such a small clip… I’m so excited about seeing these documentaries but not as excited as JayKay obviously (bless him) lol
Quackery exposed!! Love it! Can’t wait…I can taste the cleaner air already 🙂
Wooow… Spooky! 😀 I can’t wait! :DD
think a few fans could be surprised if what iv been told is true .anyhow il be watching along with everyone,cant wait sounds g8
whenwhenwhenwhenwhen?
I can’t wait! I hope this will be soon available on DVDs or iTunes, as we don’t get BBC in here…
oh … my…. goodness gracious me!!! I can’t wait for this!!! Awsome!!!!
I don’t suppose this can be applied to the idea of the spirit world?
I’m currently in Tokyo, Japan and I think a lot of the paranormal is really down to how the individual perceives their understanding of the concept. Here Shintoism and Buddhism are the reigning religions, though not followed devoutly I think it’s visible in daily life. You could even say you become more spiritual just by setting foot in Tokyo even though it’s probably one of the most significantly technologically advanced cities on the planet.
I kind of wish I was back in London so I could watch some more of your shows. They’ve always been pretty epic in my household, my siblings and I used to try and see if we’d fall for the subliminal messages. But apparently we’re not quite up to scratch in believing in your mind~♪
Can’t wait, getting giddy!
I do believe in some paranormal stuff like some apparitions. I do think some people can be contacted by spirits but not all. I do think most mediums are fake mostly those who do it as a living. The only people who should earn a living by working with dead people are morticians.
Really looking forward to it. Part of me hopes that you find something…
Ah, this looks excellent! I first heard about this show back in June of last year, when I spoke to Joe Power on the streets of Liverpool. Joe is the bald-headed, scouse psychic in the first half of the clip. He’s also a deeply unpleasant man, who reacted to being asked about his abilities by telling me that ‘all skeptics are sick in the head, exactly like paedophiles’. Good old Joe Power.
I can’t wait to see what Derren discovered about him…
Marsh
Merseyside Skeptics Society
Always have been and always will be a total sceptic regarding this, so would love you to blow a big hole in the theory? If anyone can, its you. Looking forward to it. x
YAY!! Can’t wait to see you back on the box again! xx
Firstly Hi, seen Derren @ alexandra in birminham yesterday evening. Amazing to say the least, fulfilled my expectations and then some. Almost caught me a frisbee too!!! I doubt Derek Acorah agreeing to do anything with Derren, read Tricks of the mind to see why! This new show don’t appeal to me as much as others but I’m hoping it ain’t all about others and Derren gets involved. Will still watch none-the-less. Shame about the girl who couldn’t tell the time!!!
Looks like its gonna be a really “poweful “show , maybe it should be a pay per view event or would that just be expoitation .
Go get em Derren !!!
Will be there on Sunday
@Jon – you are spot on with the creepy murder thingy. Has anyone said they had jesus or Hitler etc? Or a trapped soul heading to Hell? It’s always Jim or Vera.
Fantastic! What a wonderful concept. It’s about time these clowns get a dose of their own medicine times five million.
You make a suave Roger Cook, Mr Brown.
“Please tell me your name…”
*kwwrng* *kwwrng*
Subtitle: Matthew.
This is gonna be another good’un’!
Ahhh, so excited!
Houdini would have loved this. This is from an article he wrote in 1925.
“Telling me that a supposed genuine medium is in the same town with me is like informing an enthusiastic fisherman that he’s near a trout stream…during my whole career as a professional magician – I have been studying and investigating so-called, psychic phenomena – spiritualism, occultism, clairvoyance, mysticism, telepathy…I have pursued my investigations because I have found them a fascinating kind of scientific research, not merely because seeking to explain the mysteries produced by others may seem to bear some relation to the work of one who is himself a professional mystifier.” ( Read article in full below).
firstly enigma was fantastic, (first show I’v seen of your’s,want to see it again, mind blowing), lol.
secondly can,t wait for the new show!!!
and thirdly why derren is there a little random smiley face on the webpage :-S
the thing that irritates me with all these programmes is blatent bias !!!! lets ridicule what we really dont know!! it makes for good tv !!! after all these people with so called medium abilities deserve it dont they !!! they lead people on make vast amount of money !!! NO the genuine ones dont !!! in a lot of cases they help grieving people for basically next to nothing but its good to demonise isnt it !!! still the program hasnt been aired yet perhaps my assumptions are premature !!! however my gut instinct { oops am i mediumistic } says it will come down in favour of the sceptic!!!!!!
Geoff, it worries me that you sort of showed a bit of that bias youself in your message. First, you assumed that Derren would himself be “biased against” those claiming to be mediums. Secondly, you then assumed that not only are there real mediums out there but that the “best” ones would either not be found by Derren’s team or would be making nothing out of it.
Well, Geoff, first off Derren is rather well-known for having an open mind but also being smart enough to identify the fakes and at the same time to demonstrate how the fake was carried out. Secondly, you offer, in effect, another claim that such things are real – but you deny that the evidence for it can be found by someone with an open mind. You as much as admit that you need to “believe” in order to see the “truth”.
ooooh…how exciting.
Nothing to get the juices flowing that seeing Derren let someone else put their foot in it.
And no, not the same juices as JayKay 😉
An investigation of psychics by one of the greatest (currently) amongst them! Well it takes one to know one doesn’t it Derren…? Your powers of sorcery are quite something – I liked the modesty in “failing” that casino episode! Either way – all very entertaining – I guess the time is right for this sort of thing – again.
why not do sally morgan instead of some unheard of chancer.
she would have had his head spinning. if your going to do a show that promises so much at least give the opposition the chance of a balanced argument that poor scoucer had no chance agains derran,
sally morgan would have made a much better program and would have at least challenged peoples perceptions,
I couldn’t believe any ‘medium’ would allow Derren to investigate them, a genius vs a fake… so laughable. Attempting to lie to Derren, how foolish! Tonights show turned out exactly as i expected, thankfully. Of course you can’t communicate with the dead, the evidence would be so much clearer if you could. Maybe as Derren suggested it’s not all bad if someone feels better after a reading, but like accupuncture or ‘healing hands’, anyone with half a brain knows its crap, but if it works for you, so be it… you fool!
that show was good it just proves the scouser was a con man…lol…one of his readings was next door to his sister…i laughed my head off when i heard that….typical scouser……nobody can speak to dead
Why is Derren following Carl Pilkington around?
I’ve just watched the ‘The Man Who Could Contact The Dead’ and I noticed that on both the occasions that Joe would immediately go to the toilet first… Maybe to snoop around in the bedrooms!!!
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jeez…so derren, you were saying something about haughty tones? :/
ohhhhh cant wait for that!!!!!
@Alex Hmm I think he says “are you a fake?” but it sounds to me like “are you a saaake” – which is obviously jibberish….lets go with “fake”
OH YES!
Derren I have been waiting ever since I first started watching you for you to do something like this. This was one of your most interesting topics in your book, and also I noticed when you touched on it during Enigma.
I’m so excited, can’t wait!
Is Derren talking to Gordon Smith the psychic barber in that trailer? I do hope so. It’s very difficult to tell from such a small clip… I’m so excited about seeing these documentaries but not as excited as JayKay obviously (bless him) lol
Quackery exposed!! Love it! Can’t wait…I can taste the cleaner air already 🙂
Wooow… Spooky! 😀 I can’t wait! :DD
think a few fans could be surprised if what iv been told is true .anyhow il be watching along with everyone,cant wait sounds g8
whenwhenwhenwhenwhen?
I can’t wait! I hope this will be soon available on DVDs or iTunes, as we don’t get BBC in here…
oh … my…. goodness gracious me!!! I can’t wait for this!!! Awsome!!!!
I don’t suppose this can be applied to the idea of the spirit world?
I’m currently in Tokyo, Japan and I think a lot of the paranormal is really down to how the individual perceives their understanding of the concept. Here Shintoism and Buddhism are the reigning religions, though not followed devoutly I think it’s visible in daily life. You could even say you become more spiritual just by setting foot in Tokyo even though it’s probably one of the most significantly technologically advanced cities on the planet.
I kind of wish I was back in London so I could watch some more of your shows. They’ve always been pretty epic in my household, my siblings and I used to try and see if we’d fall for the subliminal messages. But apparently we’re not quite up to scratch in believing in your mind~♪
Can’t wait, getting giddy!
I do believe in some paranormal stuff like some apparitions. I do think some people can be contacted by spirits but not all. I do think most mediums are fake mostly those who do it as a living. The only people who should earn a living by working with dead people are morticians.
Really looking forward to it. Part of me hopes that you find something…
Ah, this looks excellent! I first heard about this show back in June of last year, when I spoke to Joe Power on the streets of Liverpool. Joe is the bald-headed, scouse psychic in the first half of the clip. He’s also a deeply unpleasant man, who reacted to being asked about his abilities by telling me that ‘all skeptics are sick in the head, exactly like paedophiles’. Good old Joe Power.
The full account is here:
http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2009/06/psychic-joe-power-and-the-two-man-mob/
(apologies for the blog pimp).
I can’t wait to see what Derren discovered about him…
Marsh
Merseyside Skeptics Society
Always have been and always will be a total sceptic regarding this, so would love you to blow a big hole in the theory? If anyone can, its you. Looking forward to it. x
YAY!! Can’t wait to see you back on the box again! xx
Firstly Hi, seen Derren @ alexandra in birminham yesterday evening. Amazing to say the least, fulfilled my expectations and then some. Almost caught me a frisbee too!!! I doubt Derek Acorah agreeing to do anything with Derren, read Tricks of the mind to see why! This new show don’t appeal to me as much as others but I’m hoping it ain’t all about others and Derren gets involved. Will still watch none-the-less. Shame about the girl who couldn’t tell the time!!!
Looks like its gonna be a really “poweful “show , maybe it should be a pay per view event or would that just be expoitation .
Go get em Derren !!!
Will be there on Sunday
@Jon – you are spot on with the creepy murder thingy. Has anyone said they had jesus or Hitler etc? Or a trapped soul heading to Hell? It’s always Jim or Vera.
Fantastic! What a wonderful concept. It’s about time these clowns get a dose of their own medicine times five million.
You make a suave Roger Cook, Mr Brown.
“Please tell me your name…”
*kwwrng* *kwwrng*
Subtitle: Matthew.
This is gonna be another good’un’!
Ahhh, so excited!
Houdini would have loved this. This is from an article he wrote in 1925.
“Telling me that a supposed genuine medium is in the same town with me is like informing an enthusiastic fisherman that he’s near a trout stream…during my whole career as a professional magician – I have been studying and investigating so-called, psychic phenomena – spiritualism, occultism, clairvoyance, mysticism, telepathy…I have pursued my investigations because I have found them a fascinating kind of scientific research, not merely because seeking to explain the mysteries produced by others may seem to bear some relation to the work of one who is himself a professional mystifier.” ( Read article in full below).
http://www.all-about-psychology.com/houdini.html
firstly enigma was fantastic, (first show I’v seen of your’s,want to see it again, mind blowing), lol.
secondly can,t wait for the new show!!!
and thirdly why derren is there a little random smiley face on the webpage :-S
the thing that irritates me with all these programmes is blatent bias !!!! lets ridicule what we really dont know!! it makes for good tv !!! after all these people with so called medium abilities deserve it dont they !!! they lead people on make vast amount of money !!! NO the genuine ones dont !!! in a lot of cases they help grieving people for basically next to nothing but its good to demonise isnt it !!! still the program hasnt been aired yet perhaps my assumptions are premature !!! however my gut instinct { oops am i mediumistic } says it will come down in favour of the sceptic!!!!!!
Geoff, it worries me that you sort of showed a bit of that bias youself in your message. First, you assumed that Derren would himself be “biased against” those claiming to be mediums. Secondly, you then assumed that not only are there real mediums out there but that the “best” ones would either not be found by Derren’s team or would be making nothing out of it.
Well, Geoff, first off Derren is rather well-known for having an open mind but also being smart enough to identify the fakes and at the same time to demonstrate how the fake was carried out. Secondly, you offer, in effect, another claim that such things are real – but you deny that the evidence for it can be found by someone with an open mind. You as much as admit that you need to “believe” in order to see the “truth”.
ooooh…how exciting.
Nothing to get the juices flowing that seeing Derren let someone else put their foot in it.
And no, not the same juices as JayKay 😉
An investigation of psychics by one of the greatest (currently) amongst them! Well it takes one to know one doesn’t it Derren…? Your powers of sorcery are quite something – I liked the modesty in “failing” that casino episode! Either way – all very entertaining – I guess the time is right for this sort of thing – again.
why not do sally morgan instead of some unheard of chancer.
she would have had his head spinning. if your going to do a show that promises so much at least give the opposition the chance of a balanced argument that poor scoucer had no chance agains derran,
sally morgan would have made a much better program and would have at least challenged peoples perceptions,
I couldn’t believe any ‘medium’ would allow Derren to investigate them, a genius vs a fake… so laughable. Attempting to lie to Derren, how foolish! Tonights show turned out exactly as i expected, thankfully. Of course you can’t communicate with the dead, the evidence would be so much clearer if you could. Maybe as Derren suggested it’s not all bad if someone feels better after a reading, but like accupuncture or ‘healing hands’, anyone with half a brain knows its crap, but if it works for you, so be it… you fool!
that show was good it just proves the scouser was a con man…lol…one of his readings was next door to his sister…i laughed my head off when i heard that….typical scouser……nobody can speak to dead
Why is Derren following Carl Pilkington around?
I’ve just watched the ‘The Man Who Could Contact The Dead’ and I noticed that on both the occasions that Joe would immediately go to the toilet first… Maybe to snoop around in the bedrooms!!!