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Is Caputo Kaputo Yet?

by Mark Edward, Nov 09 2012

Together at Last!

If you didn’t watch the Nov. 8th episode of “Inside Edition,” you missed an expose of “America’s favorite psychic” and star of the popular “Long Island Medium” television “reality” series, Theresa Caputo. (continue reading…)

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Probing with Probst

by Mark Edward, Oct 30 2012

Two Charlatans: Edward & Probst 2012

The Good News: We may have reached the tipping point with the tv talk show circus and their propensity for spreading woo and rediculous paranormal trash. With the likes of Witch Dr. Phil and Anderson Cooper continuing to give positive accolades to  mediums, psychic detectives and all manner of un-proven nonsense in their never ending quests for tabloid ratings success, a new face has emerged who just might have the balls to stand up and say enough to all the baloney. (continue reading…)

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Had Enough Yet?

by Mark Edward, Oct 16 2012

A Child’s First Psychic Reading: Thanks to The Learning Channel

Words cannote describe how this latest child abuse situation affects me. But I will try. Someone has to speak up. For me, this kind of exploitation has gone beyond nauseating and upsetting to outrage. To quote www.scifake.com:

“Public ignorance and stupidity costs the nation billions of dollars, kills untold people in the hundreds of thousands, vastly increases crime and unemployment, and generally makes life far less productive, safe and enjoyable for the minority that are not ignorant and stupid, as well as for those who are.”

Watch the video: http://scifake.com/theresa-caputo-and-tlc-promoting-borderline-child-abuse-and-fraud/

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Five Sure-Shot Predictions for 2013

by Mark Edward, Oct 11 2012

Okay folks, I’ve polished up my crystal ball, looked deeply within and will now put my New Year’s predictions out to get a jump on the paranormal glut shortly to appear inside the tabloids.

No need to buy the National Enquirer, it’s all here:

 

 

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PSA Uses ‘Psychic’ to Demonstrate Dangers of Sharing Personal Info Online : Dave’s Got the Gift

by Mark Edward, Sep 25 2012

We Need More “Psychics” Like Dave

Thanks to one of my magic students, Michael McMenamin for alerting  me on this Belgian PSA.  It’s brilliant. Seems to me CFI or JREF could do a lot of people real good by doing something similar instead of spending thousands of dollars on more talking head seminars and preaching to the choir. As usual, Europe has to show the rest of the world the trend.  Good for them. (continue reading…)

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Conning the Con

by Mark Edward, Sep 20 2012

Dragoncon’s 2012 Skeptictrack was an absolute blast this year. In between getting to meet Alice Cooper through my dear friend James Randi, hanging out for hours talking mentalism with him and wading through thousands of the most intense costumes I have ever seen in one place – ever, I managed to get a standing room only 400+ group of both paranormal seekers and skeptical minds in one room for an hour of my best psychic “readings.” (continue reading…)

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A Wild Weekend

by Mark Edward, Sep 05 2012

From the New York Times – in My Evil Lair

Dragoncon 2012 is over and after five days of the craziest in public and press related fanfare, things are hotting up with “Psychic Blues.” Some folks don’t seem to be doing their homework or paying much attention to the actual text, preferring to focus on more personal attacks on my motivations for writing the book and my so-called shady past. (continue reading…)

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Coast to Coasting

by Mark Edward, Aug 25 2012

Against my better intuitive judgement, I went on the highly popular “Coast to Coast AM” radio show to talk about “Psychic Blues” last night. It was an eye opening experience for everyone, not the least of which was me. I knew I was trending head first into the lion’s den by going this route, but without taking some chances, life can become quickly predictable – in a common sense way that is. (continue reading…)

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Out of the Frying Pan and Into…?

by Mark Edward, Aug 06 2012

I Was One of America’s Top Psychics — and Like All of Them, A Complete Fraud!

So reads the banner at Alternet.com Yep – that’s me folks! As reported in a series of short excerpts on Alternet, “PSYCHIC BLUES” is starting to get some positive traction – and ruffle some woo feathers too. Not a peep from “the skeptic community” but plenty of good feedback at Amazon and Alternet. (continue reading…)

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Logging In

by Mark Edward, Jul 31 2012

“Easy as Falling Off a Log”

So you thought that petrified tree trunk in your back yard was just in the way of your koi pond huh? Think again. You may be sitting on a goldmine. From the well-respected ”BS Historian” comes this gem: (continue reading…)

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