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Summary: This man is a fake and fraud
Review: I cannot stand this man who has taken it upon himself to prey upon the berieved for money. How do I know this? I'll tell you...I've watched a number of programs with this man and noticed a number of interesting things. 1.) He misses his guesses on deceased people as much as he "gets" them (that's a 50% average, folks,) 2.) He blurts very common names out to the audience (i.e., I feel a "Mary" out there) 3.) He dodges very skeptical questions and makes plenty of excuses 4.) When he is cornered by a skeptic and can't weasel his way out of the question, he makes some phoney excuse about "Only God knows..." 5.) He can't give ANY feedback to people who don't respond to any of his questions -- only the ones that do. I've also done plenty of research on him, including finding some interesting information on him on the Internet. Apparently, a small TV station who first put him on the air said, "When we first met him, he was very nice, he drove his little car over and talked to a lot of people. But now, if we want him to come back, he demands a limousine, specific foods, and is very, very expensive, let alone nasty." Start searching the internet, people, you'll find all kinds of stuff on this guy. His background consists of being an ACTOR and a writer. He's "always" had the gift. Sorry, but I've seen enough to know this guy is just a liar as well as watching the infamous debunking on 20/20. When he was cornered, he got all snooty and said, "You roll back your tape and you'll see that I never asked that woman anything about her grandmother." Well, guess what? They did roll back the tape. Between takes, apparently he didn't think they were still filming and he DID ask her if she had a grandparent who died. He didn't say too much after that. James could have easily gotten his "messages from heaven" from general beliefs such as the tunnel of light, the great city, and he is not convincing... he's copying and boring. People, if you really want to read a great book on a good medium, read "Lessons from the Light" by George Anderson. THIS guy is phenomenal. Never heard of him? That says volumes to me. James Van Praagh knew how to "market" himself -- George is more humble than that. To give some background on this guy before I go into the book, I have seen George Anderson in action and find him believable to the point of amazing. When he speaks to the dead, he insists on not getting any feedback from the person he is speaking to -- simply yes or no answers only and he goes into great detail about the loved ones who have moved on. But that isn't the part that is phenomenal... George has a habit of giving people "gifts" from the deceased. One event in particular I remember would be when he was on the Howie Mandel show and he was councelling a Jewish man (Howie's producer,) about his deceased mother. He then pulled out a very unique small box with designs on it that was apparently Orthodox-Jewish and told him that it was from his mother who wanted to prove to him that she was there. The man was shocked and said that his mother owned one exactly like it when she was alive. Howie went on to say that when he met George Anderson he was surprised when George blurted out: "Your dad says that you should be taking your pills." Howie explained that no one knew about these pills he stopped taking and it was impossible that George knew it -- he believed that his father really did tell him through George. Plus, I don't see any news stations trying to call him a fake. You want a real medium, check out George Anderson. His work helped us tremendously when we lost my father. In fact, this guy changed my life for the better. Trust me on this one. If you skip this charlitain and read George I guarantee you'll be satisfied.
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