In the UK, on Living TV, we were yet again subjected to 3 hours of Derek Acorahs ramblings and possessions on his show Ghost Towns Live.
I did not bother to watch Ghost Towns Live, I could not subject myself to 3 hours of such rubbish, but we did watch the first half of the Doorstep Divination where Derek did his Keith Cheggers take off by popping into a viewers home in York to do a surprise reading.
Derek did a first class act of a cold reading on Live TV.
In an approximate 5 minute reading, he came up with 2 older ladies (one who had passed of cancer - he did not confirm which type, except that it was a blood condition), and connected with a gentleman. No names were given for any of these communicators.
Derek then went on to list 8 names, only 2 of which the sitter could recognise.
We had the usual list.
John (which then Derek changed to Jack, when the sitter did not recognise this)
William or Bill - not accepted
Mary - accepted (the sitter related this to a daughter who had just lost her mother.
Paul - not accepted
Lil / Lillian - not accepted.
He then went on to rattle on about the usual house hold appliances, telling the sitter that the spirits had been responsible for some water problems with the toilet. Then moved on to the kitchen fridge, telling the sitter that the spirits were telling him this would have to be replaced.
Derek then described the sitter hearing footsteps up the stairs, sitter then stated that she thought she had heard something, failed to state when, then good old Derek jumps in and assures her this definitely was footsteps of spirits.
Then we had the animal reference, Derek mentioned the dog that had to be put down, and that he was running the legs of the spirits on the other side?
Oh and the other bit of evidence was reference to a child having difficulty at school, he did not come out and say directly it was the sitters child, only mentioned he thought it was a daughter, and then got all excited when the sitter confirmed it was a girl.
This is supposed to be one of the country's most "gifted mediums", there was not one accurate piece of information in this reading, in fact it was an abysmal attempt at cold reading, on live tv.
Did anyone else watch this part of the show?
I did not bother to watch Ghost Towns Live, I could not subject myself to 3 hours of such rubbish, but we did watch the first half of the Doorstep Divination where Derek did his Keith Cheggers take off by popping into a viewers home in York to do a surprise reading.
Derek did a first class act of a cold reading on Live TV.
In an approximate 5 minute reading, he came up with 2 older ladies (one who had passed of cancer - he did not confirm which type, except that it was a blood condition), and connected with a gentleman. No names were given for any of these communicators.
Derek then went on to list 8 names, only 2 of which the sitter could recognise.
We had the usual list.
John (which then Derek changed to Jack, when the sitter did not recognise this)
William or Bill - not accepted
Mary - accepted (the sitter related this to a daughter who had just lost her mother.
Paul - not accepted
Lil / Lillian - not accepted.
He then went on to rattle on about the usual house hold appliances, telling the sitter that the spirits had been responsible for some water problems with the toilet. Then moved on to the kitchen fridge, telling the sitter that the spirits were telling him this would have to be replaced.
Derek then described the sitter hearing footsteps up the stairs, sitter then stated that she thought she had heard something, failed to state when, then good old Derek jumps in and assures her this definitely was footsteps of spirits.
Then we had the animal reference, Derek mentioned the dog that had to be put down, and that he was running the legs of the spirits on the other side?
Oh and the other bit of evidence was reference to a child having difficulty at school, he did not come out and say directly it was the sitters child, only mentioned he thought it was a daughter, and then got all excited when the sitter confirmed it was a girl.
This is supposed to be one of the country's most "gifted mediums", there was not one accurate piece of information in this reading, in fact it was an abysmal attempt at cold reading, on live tv.
Did anyone else watch this part of the show?
