Crossing Over with John Edward

...just how exactly the Sci-Fi channel chose to broadcast this series, completely devoid of Science and entirely devoted to Fiction. If you're interested in seeing a definition of the phrase "Cold Reading", sit through an episode, but apart from that don't waste your time. Contacting the dead may be somehow possible in this world, but as any skeptical eye can see, Mr. Edwards does nothing but tell grieving families exactly what they want to hear, in exactly the right way, all the while "discovering" details about the dead from either private conversations during non-taped breaks, recorded conversations among the audience before the show, and off-hand comments TAPED ON THE SHOW AND BROADCAST, all restated to imply that rather than clarifying, he's discovering.

I was so distraught over my mom's death that I took an exhorbitant amount of money out of my savings account to hear messages that my mom crossed over and is happy and I was feeling guilty over a few things and wanted to be relieved of the guilt. This man took full advantage of my emotional state and shame on you. He told me my mom likes sweets and used to go to a bakery in queens and that I am wearing a glittery bag of hers. When I asked if he can receive a message from her he was condescending and insulted me by saying yeah she said to play lotto. I should have used that money to go on vacation instead I gave it to make this phoney and fake medium richer. Oh and he spoke about himself the whole time. Please do not waste your money on this guy!!!!! Please go running and give your money to the poor instead of wasting it on him.

I used to watch Edwards on TV and read a few of his books. I was drawn to his charisma and charm. After our family suffered a tragic and sudden loss, I bought tickets to see John Edwards. I paid extra for closer seats and the possibility of a "private reading" or more intimate experience following the show. When we arrived, we were told we couldn't sit up close, even though we paid extra. This was because we were supposedly emailed the day of the show to arrive an hour early to secure the seats. During the show, it was painfully evident that Edwards only "saw images" pertaining to people in the high dollar section of the room. It makes me wonder what he would have "seen" from our loved one, had we been sitting in the seats we purchased. The "more intimate" event following the show turned out to be a chance to stand in line for 20 minutes to have our photo taken with the fraud. The whole experience was a painful lesson in naivety.

I'm amazed at the negative reviews. If you watch the show carefully, you'll see he comes up with specific things that are not the results of so called cold readings or gimmicks. I would love to see any of the people here do what he does. Edward has been tested in a controlled laboratory environment and passed with flying colors. Sure, there are people who could trick audiences but how does John Edward come up with nicknames known only to the people in the audience? He can't be paying off people because there would have been someone who leaked that by now for money. He can't bug the studio audience because that still couldn't get him all the info he needs. When he latches onto a person in th audience and knows that the death had something to do with a foot ,...how is that done? Most people die from something to do with the heart or lungs or brain. Watch the show again and tell me you could get what he does.

Katherine Heigl and her mother Nancy also appeared in an episode of the Sci-Fi TV talk show "Crossing Over with John Edward" (1999), during which she spoke with John Edward, a psychic medium, about her late brother, Jason.

Actors appearing on such shows? Seems a little strange don't you think? Don't get me wrong, Katherine Heigl i'm sure is a good girl and starting to make great strides in acting, i wish her the best but, this is one of her mistakes. It was either a quick job or an innocent attempt of her and her family to communicate with her desist brother, little did she know John Edwards was a fraud. Don't get me wrong, he was very impressive at the beginning but the Network kept him on past his prime. A lot like David Blaine the magician and what soon fallowed "The Other people" that was a short episode spot on Network TV in the late months of 2004, magicians that did tricks in public places. ARF!

Typical for Network TV to air this kind of trash knowing their hoaxes. I'd like to see real stuff about the same subject just not another gimmick.