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 went to see this show tonight in Palm Beach Gardens at the Marriott. My friend had asked me to go with her. I did not know who John Edwards was at the time and I looked him up and he seem like he was pretty legit have been on some impressive TV shows. I did not read any reviews on him though. Our tickets were $100 each. The VIP tickets were 175 each. There was a room with about 175 people. I was very disappointed. He asked a lot of questions and would ask vague questions and saving comments and asked the whole room if anyone had a family member that was for instance a pilot. Or if anyone had someone die in the last year. He even thought he had a female coming through for a Woman in the audience and he was saying the name was Mary Beth or Mary bell or Mabel and the girl said that she had a cat named marbles and then he said it was the cat that was trying to get through to talk to her. The first hour or so was fun just sitting' to him talk. He did do a lot of talking about his own life. But after an hour hour and 15 minutes it was the same song and dance with every person that he talked to. Don't waste your hundred dollars.

This show is one of the most egregious displays of pseudo-scientific charlatanry to be seen in recent years. Clearly a scam, Edward uses basic fortune-telling psychological techniques to give the impression that he can communicate with the dead.

It is even more amazing that this drivel appears on the the Sci-Fi channel. Well, it isn't science, but it is fiction.

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.