Keith Charles, Is He A Charlatan?

[piggynose]

Sorry wasn´t sure where to put this.Has anybody got any views on him?
Just in case one or two of you are wondering who he is. He is a retired policeman detective. He is now a psychic who has worked or is working with the police.
I asked if he was a charlatan because most psychics are, aren´t they?

[david small]

I see NJ has no dreams In his philosophy.
There are more things in etc etc.

[woofgang]

Same with my friend Naomi.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I was told by two different Tarot readers that a (name) was watching over me. This name was not a family name - no other person with that name in the family both sides. I found out much later from my Nana, who was into all that, that my mother had had a late miscarriage before I was born of a boy, and he was named this name. There was no way on Gods earth the reader could have known that, and I was sworn to secrecy not to even tell my mother I knew. Lucky Guess?...…….

[naomi24]

I have no doubt whatsoever that sometimes things that defy rational explanation happen. I'd rather they didn't - but they do.

[iluvmargie]

Indeed they do.

[Ellipsis]

A shame this isn't available, it was a good watch:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ndsb3
Renowned magician James 'The Amazing' Randi has been wowing audiences with his jaw-dropping illusions, escapes and sleight of hand for over 50 years. When he began seeing his cherished art form co-opted by all manner of con artists, he made it his mission to expose the simple tricks charlatans have borrowed from magicians to swindle the masses.

This entertaining film chronicles Randi's best debunkings of faith healers, fortune tellers and psychics. It documents his rivalry with famed spoon-bender Uri Geller, whom Randi eventually foiled on a high-profile television appearance. Another target was evangelist Peter Popoff, whose tent-show miracles and audience mind-reading were exposed as chicanery when Randi revealed a recording of Popoff's wife feeding him information through a radio-transmitter earpiece.

In telling Randi's strange, funny and fascinating life story, the film shows how we are all vulnerable to deception - even, in a surprising twist, 'The Amazing' Randi himself.

This documentary is part of Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me, a collection of his favourite documentaries.
As someone who interviewed Uri Geller a number of times and came close to making a film about him, it's easy to see why this Storyville film grabbed Louis Theroux. The themes of 'fakery and quackery' and the charismatic figure of arch skeptic James Randi make this an entertaining look into how we separate fact from fiction.

Exposed: Magicians, Psychics & Frauds is the winner of multiple awards... The Audience Award (AFI Docs Festival, 2014), Jury Award (Dallas Video Festival, 2014), Best Documentary (Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2014), Jury Prize (Key West Film Festival, 2014), Jury Award (Napa Valley Film Festival, 2014), Jury Award (Newport Beach Film Festival, 2014).

[piggynose]

Naomi24. I'm being serious, why do things go missing in your home for example? Then within a day or so reappear!

[naomi24]

If it happens in my home, piggy, it's because someone has misplaced them. Now, in a house I used to live in it could be a different story ....

[royfromaus]

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=james+randi+youtube&docid=608007540237140421&mid=BA6D01B10ABCC5C05543BA6D01B10ABCC5C05543&view=detail&;FORM=VIRE

[andy-hughes]

Ellipsis - Randi's loathing and contempt for Uri Geller are boundless - it is his fervent wish that after his death, his cremated ashes are blown into Geller's eyes!

[piggynose]

Roy, is your video worth watching? As its over an hour and a half long.

[royfromaus]

Dunno, I was wondering if it was the vid Ellipsis meant.


Or maybe this one.

[Mamyalynne]

Your second video is the Storyville one Ellipsis mentioned Roy.

[Barmaid]

I think most are. I was once invited to a girls night and a medium was there. I thought she was an utter fraud but most there believed her. She came out with some utter nonsense for me. As did one I saw at a ball. As have those who profess to have the "sight" and have offered free unsolicited nonsense.

But I once saw a woman when I was in a bad place who said some things that truly floored me. AND also told me some things would happen (one of which is pretty ludicrous) which did. On the ludicrous thing I'm still flabbergasted.

[Brinjal]

My mother read tea leaves.
She was brilliant and had lots of clients.

[jno]

an osteopath took my pulse and correctly told me about a couple of medical things in my past. He made no claim to be psychic (and he didn't charge me). All I can think is that he was in some way highly sensitive; and maybe that's what real psychics are.

[AZardoz]

Please read Ellipsis' Wiki link to Cold Reading.

Our town used to have a yearly Psychics' Fair at the shopping mall.
I helped some of them set up their computers (for calculating & printing horoscopes & such). There were also the usual tea leaf readers, etc. Nice people but a total scam.

99% of the customers were women. I'll say no more.