Top medium quits saying, ‘I was deluded’
 

'James Byrne’s style of mediumship ensured “sold out” notices outside all the large venues at which he regularly demonstrated for almost 30 years.

He even filled the London Palladium – following in the psychic footsteps of the late Doris Stokes. He made TV appearances, was a regular on radio phone-in shows, and wrote a book with John Sutton about his life and work: The Psychic World of James Byrne.

He has shared the platform in Spiritualist churches and public halls with other mediums and has even been dubbed “the medium’s medium”.

But those days are over. Incredibly, Byrne has not only turned his back on Spiritualism, claiming that he has been deluding himself and others, but intends exposing other psychics and their “tricks”.

Ironically, Byrne made headlines in 1997 when a group of clergymen tried unsuccessfully to get a local council to ban his demonstration of mediumship at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre.'

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Does this mean members of HBC will now apologize and admit collective guilt for aiding and abetting a fraud on local citizens by allowing this charlaton use of a publicly owned building :confused:

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Congratulations on your 1st post in this thread being nothing to do with the topic.

That's sarcasm for lets not spoil the thread before it gets started please.

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Well, We all saw that one coming didn't we girls!

:D

(O.K. slowly now for you Neil, thread about a medium, 'off topic?' 2nd post, 3rd post new broom slapping wrists, 4th post dig at new regime...Yes, I'll get me coat!).
:o

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I think it likely that Byrne saw this coming.

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I think that probably depends on who was the ruling party at H.B.C. in 1997.

Still, at least he was an original charlatan, and not some second rate tribute licky-likey, and as we all know, all publicity is good publicity.

:rolleyes::D

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The thread is about the medium and not the venue - I was expecting it to turn into an excuse to bash HBC. We can start a bashing HBC thread if you like, it is fun

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I'm not being uppity (honest), but it is about the venue.

That's why I put it in the Ossy thread.

The only connection he has to the area is that he made national headlines, when some local churches tried to stop his appearance at the Civic Theatre.

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I do agree on the nonsense part and the Church part. Neither can be proven so if you ban one as being a con then you should ban the other for the same reason.

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Will you two stop arguing? can we please, get back off thread?
:confused:

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'But leisure services chairman Ian Ormerod said: "The council is in principle opposed to censorship and people should be able to make their own choice as to whether to attend these functions.'

The Bolton News. News, sport, education, business, leisure, Bolton Wanderers - Byrne psychic show beats clergy's call for ban

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'I'm getting L coming through, quite strongly!'

'Lorna, Linda, Lesley, lesbian, Lancashire, loony'

'Am I connecting with anyone in the audience?'

'You're Les?'

'I'm getting a very urgent message for you, a warning, from the other side.'

'Just give your credit card details to my lovely asssistant, who's passing amongst you, and I'll pass on your message from the dark side.'

:D

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This is your guide talking, (I do like this old fashioned uniform with the tight fitting blue blouse & pleated skirt that I'm wearing much more fetching than the modern stuff), 'Little Less squat on well',

Sorry I'm fading off to meet a couple of admins in the A... AL... is it Ale house?

Yes that's right the Railway, Neil stop that!! you shouldn't be trying to get my hankie out of the pocket of my gym knickers.
:eek:

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oh great thanx guys iv just enrolled into a college course on how to con people out of their money by claiming to talk to their dead loved ones and you lot go exposing it as fake.


oh well back to the pyramid schemes luckily guilability is transferable :)

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I'm a bit confused by the article - he says he's given it all up because he heard a voice. Now, forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't that the whole point - these spiritualists and psychics hearing voices? So, if he heard a voice that means he does believe in it all, yet he's denouncing it as fake. But if it's fake then how is he hearing voices?

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because hes a nutter :D

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Oh, ok, that clears it up then. Thanks.

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In my recent research into out of body experiences* I am convinced that there are such things as ghosts, but attempting to contact them is inadvisable.

Maybe he has now realised this, and admits falsifying contact at times.
He got an audio message from an evil entity, which is how he realised the dangers.

*recently read 3 books by Robert A Monroe
Journeys out of Body
Far Journeys
Ultimate Journey

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I remember seeing Derren Brown live in Colne - part of his act was to show how spiritualists and mediums are a con, and anyone receptive to suitable signs can steer a conversation to make it sound like they are talking to departed loved ones. He was quite insistent that everything that was about to happen was simply manipulation and trickery - there were no spirits in the room that were speaking to him.

He got a random (allegedly) audience member to come up and start talking about someone, she described the name of the person, his appearance, university and lifestyle and correctly identified the timing and manner of his death.

When she sat down he told the audience he was a good friend of that person at university and explained why he'd been keener than usual to assert that it's all cr*p - his friend's parents were in the audience and had given him permission to incorporate it in his act. They confirmed that everything the girl had said about their son was right.

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As usual Margaret we can rely on you as accywebs voice of reason, thank you?
:confused:

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sometimes the answer is the most simple one, if neil comes off his medication he hears voices too :)

medication been precribed earplugs and the voices been mainly his missus :)

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I hope that's not our new moderator that you're talking about. You know it's against the rules to make disparaging comments about moderators? :D

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Only if someone reports them.:)

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I do not know what disparaging means - I hope it means I am good in bed or I might stop being friends with you :p:rolleyes::D

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Looking at that article, it was published in 2006, .....he doesn't seem to have made many inroads into debunking people who he thinks are fakes if nothing further has been heard from him publicly since then?

Best Regards - Taggy

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According to his agent...
'James has recently taken a short break in his theatre work due to the expansion of his family but now returns with his brand new show “An Audience with” James Byrne.'
Nigel Round Management - Hayley Tamaddon, Frank SideBottom, Ted Robbins, UK Celebrity Appearances, UK | Psychics | James Byrne

Though you'd have to be psychic to know how long a break it'll be.

:D

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Looks like its poacher turned gamekeeper turned poacher!!!:D

This fella really needs to make his mind up!

Best Regards - Taggy