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One of Jane and my best shows
together was Something Strange for HTV in Bristol. For this
one we were billed as mediums and were given the opportunity
to demonstrate what we're best at- mediumship. We both gave
very accurate proof of who we were communicating with and gave
the correct names of the spirit person being described. For
example I said to one lady in the audience "Your mother's
in the spirit. Her name's Alice and she tells me that you've
just bought a small yacht and are going to soon open a delicatessen
shop" which was correct. And Jane told someone that she
knew of "A fireman who had just hurt his back in a skiing
accident" which was also correct.
Again there was the obligatory
sceptic. This time they employed a magician who demonstrated
sleight of hand to 'prove' that mediums, an particularly materialisation
mediums, can employ trickery. Frankly, to put forward an argument
based upon a few camera tricks was ridiculous and the audience
knew it.
The medium Doris Collins also
took part and was filmed giving some one-to-one readings in
a private room. I've seen her do better and afterwards she seemed
to be very snappy towards us. However, despite this, I believe
that all the clairvoyants and mediums who took part, collectively
gave some pretty convincing proof that it really is possible
to prove that there is life after death.
Working under the hot lights of
the studio and being told where to walk and stand and exactly
when and how long to speak is of course not the perfect way
to demonstrate mediumship. Television producers have no idea
how ambient and subtle the spirit voices can be. They wrongly
assume that we can switch our powers off and on to order. So
when the makers of a programme called The Magic & Mystery
Show asked if they could film my circle conducting a seance
I was delighted. This time I could demonstrate mediumship on
my own territory and surrounded by the supporting vibrations
of my circle members. We would have what Spiritualist call the
'right conditions'.
They used the same 14th century
hall that I hold my weekly meetings, lowered the lights and
tried to film discreetly as I conducted the seance. Next to
me that sat the sceptical psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman and
opposite me the presenter Nick Knowles who I was to give proof
of life after death
I opened my circle in my usual
way talking the group through opening the psychic centres and
we entered the silence of meditation. The energy in the room
began to build. I resisted trance but held myself on the brink as I gave a spirit message to Nick
Knowles. As I linked in I could tell that Nick didn't know many
people who had died but I felt someone draw close to me who
was really close to him. "There's a young man you know
in the spirit" I said "He liked motorcycles"
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"Yes" replied Nick as Dr
Richard Wiseman sat next to me scribbling notes.
"He tells me that he died in
Australia and that his name is **** ****" Nick Knowles nearly fell off his seat as I gave him the first name and surname
of his friend who's grave he specially visited in Australia. "He
says that he was recently engaged to a girl called *** before he
died. Her birthday is **th ****. He sends his love and talks about
children by the names of ***** and *****. You will be going to America
soon."
Everything I had said was 100% except
Nick hadn't made plans yet to visit America. I wasn't going to give
them a chance to edit out the important bits so I shut up and told
them that the power had now left me. I had learnt by now that TV
will always edit what you say down to about 3 to 4 minutes at the
most. They had to use what I'd said or cut it all.
All Richard Wiseman could argue was
that if mediums get something wrong they say "Oh well that
must be something for the future". But I'd only put America
in the future and there was no way I could have cheated. I also
had no idea who Nick Knowles was until they arrived and apparently
they only decided to use him at the last minute. Also the spirit
communicator wasn't of the Knowles family so he wouldn't have appeared
in Nick's family tree. It was impossible for Dr Richard Wiseman
to explain away how I knew these names and facts. I'd got em.
But the programme nearly didn't get
transmitted at all.
They told me that what I'd said was
so accurate that it may upset surviving relatives of Nick's dead
friend. More likely they couldn't clear it with the ITC I thought.
In order to show my section the programme was moved to late night
viewing and they used a bleep to blank out the names and facts when
I spoke to Nick. Fortunately however a commentator's voice explained
that I'd given correct Christian names, surnames, locations and
dates during my reading. But it wasn't quite the same.
I met Nick again sometime later when
I was invited to do a telepathy experiment for a show called Put
it to the Test with  Carol
Vordeman. Nick admitted that he'd been extremely sceptical at
first but what I had said on The Magic & Mystery Show
had astonished him. I blew his socks off again when I did the telepathy
test and described in accurate detail what was happening in a clip
of film that was being shown only to the studio audience. There
was absolutely no cheating and a member of staff sat with me in
the green room to ensure that there was no way I could inadvertently
overhear conversations about what they intended to do.
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