Platform Mediums, do they all cold read? An experience that made us rethink our views
Are platform mediums more than just cold readers? The former Spiritualist Church, London As we’ve mentioned in a previous article, when Laura and I first started to work together, in addition to our usual research we also devised a programme where we’d review the work of others involved in the paranormal community who were making a financial gain (not necessarily a profit), such as paranormal event companies, manufactures of devices and software and their like. This came about due to us both feeling it was a little unfair to criticise (or praise) other parties without at first obtaining first-hand experience of them and the services they offered and how they operated. I guess we considered this unethical if you like. An area we explored within our programme was platform mediums, those operating at spiritualist churches and even those present at psychic fairs and events. In this aspect, we were particularly keen to evaluate the alleged mediums and, learn any cold reading techniques they...