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Talking to the Dead - Brief Article
Skeptical Inquirer, May, 2001 by Kendrick Frazier, Jodi Chapman, Robert Lopresti
Jaroff, Leon. "Talking to the Dead." Time, March 5, 2001, p. 52. Skeptics question the powers of John Edward, the ever-popular psychic medium who claims the ability to "connect with energies of people who have crossed over." Critics of Edward--the likes of whom include magician James Randi--accuse him of using well-known "cold reading" techniques.
As Jaroff says, it is really just "a sophisticated form of Twenty Questions." Jaroff provides evidence of outright chicanery in Edward's show, including aides striking up revealing conversations with audience members and asking them to fill out cards before the show begins and videotape of the sessions edited down so that wrong answers appear correct. On a subsequent Larry King Live show on CNN on March 6, Jaroff and CSICOP chairman Paul Kurtz appeared with Edward and four others in challenges about such evidence (see News & Comment, this issue).
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