Seriously, has anyone seen ghosts or has any real ghost or any other strange stories.

[Salty]

Yeah I love those shows as well, I think to some extent all of us have some ability like that, just not nearly as pronounce. Like when we have deja vu, I know I've had some really boring dreams (like could actually happen in real life) and then weeks of months later I'll have the feeling that this has happened before. And the thing about those is that they aren't gaining any benefit for themselves by doing it, unlike those show hosts which get big deals, they are doing it to genuinely help people.

[pacfan]

I've seen him before and honestly I am very skeptical about mediums and things like that. There is one medium in Canada who does some of his readings over the phone, I would be more inclined to believe someone who did it without seeing me and being able to read my body-language etc.

Yeah exactly, he's more than likely very skilled at cold reading, they did this on an episode of southpark. People also tend to believe things that they want to be real. Like knowing your parents are happy and still around, giving you comfort that there is an afterlife.

Ya, but for me, the only way he could be fake is if those 'guests' of his are planted and conniving with him. It's almost impossible for him to know some intimate secrets which only the guest and the spirit are supposed to know, and he does supposedly reveal them often in his show, which is simply impossible if the guests are not conniving with him. You can try it yourselves and invent a story of supposed secret knowledge try it on some friends; I won't be surprised nobody knows what you are talking about even when you get 100 friends, maybe the 101st friend might say,'ya, that's right, how did you know!' if you're lucky. Many people have tried to discredit him but I'll only believe them if they can copy exactly what he does in a way they say he does. Otherwise, their opinion don't mean much for me. But of course, the possibility of connivance and fraud are always there. Anything can happen in the entertainment industry, including, as you all know, in boxing. So we can't be naive about that.

I like to watch Physic detectives ,the real life docu ones.
One lady led the cops right to a door and said "he goes through this door I've seen him."
Sure enough out of a whole large city ,that was the murderers place.

Another one found a body in about a 20 sq mile of bush and scrub ,right down to the surrounds and what color he was wearing.Turned out he had a heart attack and fell off a pathway .SHe picked that he was dead already and that it wasnt a homocide.

Yup, I've read about some of them on Reader's Digest and they even get citations from the police department itself. I wonder why scientists deny their existence.

[pacfan]

I just came upon John Edward's interview (the full transcript) with Larry King on CNN. It's a real long interview and you can get almost complete info on him, his short bio, critics and their accusations, and even live 'readings' thru phone right there at the studio! Very interesting. I'd say I'm impressed but not totally convinced. So see for yourself and decide - it's worth the read. Pay special attention to his live readings - some of them are just amazing.

CNN.com - Transcripts