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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eo-removing-hidden-earpiece-leaves-stage.html


A 'psychic' accused of being a charlatan has apparently been filmed wearing what appears to be a hidden earpiece.

Sally Morgan launched a spirited defence after being accused of having information fed to her during performances - and has threatened legal action against anyone who repeats the claims.

But today a new video shows the entertainer walking off stage after a show in which she appeared to communicate with some of her audience's dead relatives.

Earphone claims: Psychic Sally is seen removing a microphone from her right ear, circled, and what appears to be an earpiece from her left ear

Earphone claims: Psychic Sally is seen removing a microphone from her right ear, circled, and what appears to be an earpiece from her left ear

She can be seen taking wires out of both her ears. The device in her right ear is a microphone but a second black earpiece is also taken out of her left ear.

During the stage show itself, a side-on close up of Sally's head appears to show something black sitting inside Sally's left ear.
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this one is good too:

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/mar/06/sally-morgan-best-loved-psychic

The latest article appeared soon after she appeared in Edinburgh on 23 February. It was written by Drew McAdam, who had been asked to review Psychic Sally's show for the Edinburgh Evening News. Drew regularly reviews music and theatre shows, and he also has a background in mentalism and magic. He even has a show that mimics the sort of effects that Sally presents, except Drew stresses that he is "as psychic as a teapot".

In his blog, Drew explains that he was one of just a handful of people fortunate enough to receive a reading during the Edinburgh show. The reading related to someone called Toby who had been killed in a bomb explosion. It was a particularly disturbing and dramatic reading, but it meant a lot to Drew's wife, who was also in the audience and stood with Drew when the reading occurred. Drew's wife had been in love with Toby.

Drew had tried his absolute best to have this reading come through, inasmuch as he had emailed details of Toby and how he died to Sally's website and had left notes (so-called "love letters") in a box in the foyer just before the show. Skeptics might wonder if Sally had access to this information and used it as a basis for her reading, while believers will assume that Toby's spirit was stood next to Sally that night.

You might not have made up your mind yet whether you're a believer or not, but one extra piece of information might help. Toby was a fictional character. Drew's email and love letters were based on the death of Toby Wren in the 1970 BBC science fiction drama Doomwatch. You can watch online the scene in which Toby is killed in an explosion.
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Dimple said:
100% yes however I do think that some psychics are mad enough to believe that what they do is real.
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Agreed. Psychics are con artists and should be locked up. They make money from grief, and lie to people constantly. Whether it makes people feel better or not, lying to them is not acceptable.

The case of those girls in America who were in that chap's basement says it all. Child vanishes, woman goes to psychic, psychic says the child is dead, woman drinks herself to death, child is alive, psychic still keeps working. Tool.
 
Exactly, that level of deception has cost a life that could have been so happy once the girl was discovered.

I am adamant there is a difference between psychics and mediums though. Actually, there is another sense called clairvoyance which is far more common.
 
robfosters said:
Exactly, that level of deception has cost a life that could have been so happy once the girl was discovered.

I am adamant there is a difference between psychics and mediums though.
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I don't think it's fair to say that she drank herself to death only because of the psychic, but she might have been somewhat better off mentally if she thought her child was still alive.
 
Guys, what are you stances on other supernatural stuff? Not discussing ghosts but other sensory stuff within yourself.

ESP is extra sensory perception, the ability to read minds. I believed it as a teenager, but nowadays I dismiss it as being fiction.

I have Synaesthesia, where I see non-visual things in colour. Tie it in with perfect pitch, (where you hear a note and you know what letter it is), and end result is that I can see musical notes in colour. Troll? No. Look it up. Fairly commonly reported now.

What interests me more though is that my relative met someone who can read auras where the relative shows up as a colour and the auror interpret traits depending on the colour(s) given out.

As for predicting the future, still remote IMO. Hell, the weather forecast isn't correct some of the time.
 
Actually, many people think exploding head syndrome is a type of clairvoyance. You know the one, when you're dropping of to sleep and a loud bang wakes you up but you have no idea where it came from. I'm sure most of you have had it.
 
Well, I don't believe in psychics in the slightest. I do, however, understand the power of belief. There is little to no evidence to support religion (for example), and yet it brings peace and comfort to billions of people across the world.

If your Mum and her sister truly believe in psychics, and can get some peace from whatever rubbish this lady spouts, then so be it. Let's face it - £30 isn't exactly a life changing sum of money. You'll spend about that on a night down the local.

You've raised your objections, and that's about all you can do. I'd suggest just accepting that they believe in what they're doing, and wish them all the best. Yes, it's frustrating to know that this con-lady is taking your family's money, but there really isn't anything you can do about that, short of petitioning your MP for stricter laws governing psychics etc. Of course, if it becomes an on-going thing where they are regularly dropping cash to see a psychic,m then that's of more concern. But if it's a one-time thing then I'd say just let them have their moment, support them as best you can without compromising your principles, and quietly roll your eyes in private when you think about it.
 
robfosters said:
Actually, many people think exploding head syndrome is a type of clairvoyance. You know the one, when you're dropping of to sleep and a loud bang wakes you up but you have no idea where it came from. I'm sure most of you have had it.
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I've had similar! I'm about to sleep like you wrote above, then I'll jolt awake, because I heard something. It might not be a bang - tends to be a ring tone, alarm bell, or "ding-ding" as in Tesco or train station PA announcement. Bear in mind that I'm severely deaf, take my hearing aids out when I'm in bed and I still hear the imaginary sound.
 
Monserrat said:
I have Synaesthesia, where I see non-visual things in colour.
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That's actually really interesting! :)

I know synaesthesia is fairly rare, but I've often wondered how it could enrich our perceptions, and our collective view of the world, if it were more widespread. Could you give some insight into how it affects your life? Do you "like" certain things / sounds because of the way they look?

Is it just sounds that trigger your synaesthesia? Or do other sensations have a response too? I read an article a while ago about a guy, something of a mathematical prodigy, who could "taste" numbers, and it helped him to construct equations and formulations as a kind of recipe on his palette.


To answer your question: No I don't believe in anything "supernatural", though I do believe in the power of human perception and the ability of the subconscious to make connections that the conscious mind will overlook.
 
Monserrat said:
Guys, what are you stances on other supernatural stuff? Not discussing ghosts but other sensory stuff within yourself.

ESP is extra sensory perception, the ability to read minds. I believed it as a teenager, but nowadays I dismiss it as being fiction.

I have Synaesthesia, where I see non-visual things in colour. Tie it in with perfect pitch, (where you hear a note and you know what letter it is), and end result is that I can see musical notes in colour. Troll? No. Look it up. Fairly commonly reported now.

What interests me more though is that my relative met someone who can read auras where the relative shows up as a colour and the auror interpret traits depending on the colour(s) given out.

As for predicting the future, still remote IMO. Hell, the weather forecast isn't correct some of the time.
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I would say that as your condition is measurable it makes all the difference. :)
 
Duff-Man said:
I know synaesthesia is fairly rare, but I've often wondered how it could enrich our perceptions,
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go take some lsd.

its fun but annoying after a while makes music coo lthough.

oih can be any senses linked too iirc, so you could taste colors or smell sounds
 
Duff-Man said:
That's actually really interesting! :)

I know synaesthesia is fairly rare, but I've often wondered how it could enrich our perceptions, and our collective view of the world, if it were more widespread. Could you give some insight into how it affects your life? Do you "like" certain things / sounds because of the way they look?

Is it just sounds that trigger your synaesthesia? Or do other sensations have a response too? I read an article a while ago about a guy, something of a mathematical prodigy, who could "taste" numbers, and it helped him to construct equations and formulations as a kind of recipe on his palette.


To answer your question: No I don't believe in anything "supernatural", though I do believe in the power of human perception and the ability of the subconscious to make connections that the conscious mind will overlook.
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Thanks :-)

I have the most common version, where I hear a number, letter or musical letter, and I'll interpret it as a colour. It's great when clubbing because I hear the music and I can 'trip' while staying legal and just drink booze. The bad side is when I'm alone and it's dark/silent. The lack of stimulus causes syn to be less controlled, unpredictable and its effects causes me to be afraid of the dark. To get over it, I normally sleep with one of those LED lamps that phases RGB. Power cuts are a no-no for me!

There are more unusual versions of syn as well (which I don't have), where other senses are tied up e.g. you hear something and you taste it!
 
Intriguing.

Tell me, say for example I ask you to visualise the letter "Q", will you merely imagine a flat swatch of a colour, or will you visualise an actual Q which is a certain colour?

What if I ask you to visualise a yellow three-dimensional "Q" in front of you, are you simply unable to do this, will it always be a certain colour?
 
I see Q as grey. Interesting that you asked about 3D, but I only have 1 eye and therefore I can only see in 2D. I'll rip my colour charts from my site... 1 sec :-) These were done in some old version of MS Word back in 1997 before I knew how to draw tables properly. You can tell lol :p

Letters:

s-letter.jpg


Numbers:

s-number.jpg


Letters (music): Here you'll see some will tally up with the alphabet letters above, some are different:

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That sounds pretty cool, Monserrat. Nothing super natural about it, I'd guess your brain is just wired up slightly different to the rest of us :)

Also, all psychics *are* fake.

I'm not sure where I stand about making it illegal tho. Would also have to ban Chinese 'medicine' and many 'alternative' medicines too.

Better to just educate people that it's a complete load of crap and that they are wasting their money.
 
Monserrat, that sounds pretty ****ing awesome to be honest :)

You have an entirely different dimension to your perception that the rest of us can't even imagine. It must give you a pretty unique perspective on things. I really can't imagine what it must be like to see or hear things from your perspective.
 
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