Psychic Herb Dewey - A proud and admitted fraud

Questioninggeller · 8th August 2009, 12:11 PM

So I was doing some research on psychics and I came across Herb Dewey, a proclaimed psychic who is deceased. Dewey worked as a psychic for the Globe and did private readings for $20 as well as "claims to have discovered missing children", made celebrity predictions and said things like "said a newly discovered chemical, when added to bath water, would cure herpes." Just your normal psychic that "finds" people and makes predictions.

Maybe not. He is the author of several books on how to do cold reading for "entertainment" and in those admits what he does is not paranormal. His books include:

Mindblowing Psychic Readings
Red Hot Cold Readings - The Professional Psuedo Psychic
King of The Cold Readers

Now, we all know you can get books on mentalism by magicians at your local magic shop, but Dewey seems to be something different. A psychic who publishes material on how to be psychic by using magician's methods. Does anyone have more information about this guy?

Gord_in_Toronto · 8th August 2009, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by Questioninggeller

So I was doing some research on psychics and I came across Herb Dewey, a proclaimed psychic who is deceased. Dewey worked as a psychic for the Globe and did private readings for $20 as well as "claims to have discovered missing children", made celebrity predictions and said things like "said a newly discovered chemical, when added to bath water, would cure herpes." Just your normal psychic that "finds" people and makes predictions.

Maybe not. He is the author of several books on how to do cold reading for "entertainment" and in those admits what he does is not paranormal. His books include:

Mindblowing Psychic Readings
Red Hot Cold Readings - The Professional Psuedo Psychic
King of The Cold Readers

Now, we all know you can get books on mentalism by magicians at your local magic shop, but Dewey seems to be something different. A psychic who publishes material on how to be psychic by using magician's methods. Does anyone have more information about this guy?

An interesting dichotomy. He may not worry about being exposed because he knows that his clients will never read a book (unless promoted by Oprah).

AndyD · 9th August 2009, 12:19 AM

Google books mentions one called "Psycho-babble: by the king of the cold readers" - no preview.

8th August 2009, 12:11 PM	#1
Questioninggeller Master Poster Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,551	Psychic Herb Dewey - A proud and admitted fraud So I was doing some research on psychics and I came across Herb Dewey, a proclaimed psychic who is deceased. Dewey worked as a psychic for the Globe and did private readings for $20 as well as "claims to have discovered missing children", made celebrity predictions and said things like "said a newly discovered chemical, when added to bath water, would cure herpes." Just your normal psychic that "finds" people and makes predictions. Maybe not. He is the author of several books on how to do cold reading for "entertainment" and in those admits what he does is not paranormal. His books include: Mindblowing Psychic Readings Red Hot Cold Readings - The Professional Psuedo Psychic King of The Cold Readers Now, we all know you can get books on mentalism by magicians at your local magic shop, but Dewey seems to be something different. A psychic who publishes material on how to be psychic by using magician's methods. Does anyone have more information about this guy?
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8th August 2009, 02:58 PM	#2
Gord_in_Toronto Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,168	Originally Posted by Questioninggeller So I was doing some research on psychics and I came across Herb Dewey, a proclaimed psychic who is deceased. Dewey worked as a psychic for the Globe and did private readings for $20 as well as "claims to have discovered missing children", made celebrity predictions and said things like "said a newly discovered chemical, when added to bath water, would cure herpes." Just your normal psychic that "finds" people and makes predictions. Maybe not. He is the author of several books on how to do cold reading for "entertainment" and in those admits what he does is not paranormal. His books include: Mindblowing Psychic Readings Red Hot Cold Readings - The Professional Psuedo Psychic King of The Cold Readers Now, we all know you can get books on mentalism by magicians at your local magic shop, but Dewey seems to be something different. A psychic who publishes material on how to be psychic by using magician's methods. Does anyone have more information about this guy? An interesting dichotomy. He may not worry about being exposed because he knows that his clients will never read a book (unless promoted by Oprah).
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9th August 2009, 12:19 AM	#3
AndyD Critical Thinker Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 498	Google books mentions one called "Psycho-babble: by the king of the cold readers" - no preview.
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