![]() ![]() Noted sceptic Michael Shermer has shown that Van Praagh is a master of ‘cold reading’ – that most of his so-called success has come from the ability to sift through questions until he gets some that strike true and that the audience so willingly believe Van Praagh that they tune out the negative hits. ![]() Van Praagh even briefly obtained his own tv show Beyond With James Van Praagh (2002-3) and served as an executive producer on the medium tv series Ghost Whisperer (2005-10) and the ghost story film The Dead Next Door (2004).Īt the opposite end of the spectrum, a growing body of people have dismissed Van Praagh’s claims to the extent that he has earned the nickname ‘James Van Fraud’. ![]() His book Talking to Heaven: A Medium’s Message of Life After Death (1997) spent thirteen weeks in the New York Times bestseller lists where it sold some 600,000 copies and has been followed by a host of follow-ups. There Van Praagh allegedly discovered his own abilities and in the space of a decade became one of the top mediums in the US, with appearances on Oprah, Larry King and numerous other talkshows, as well as making millions from live appearances. He was working at the William Morris Agency and unsuccessfully trying to make it as a screenwriter in Hollywood when a supervisor took him to see a medium. ![]() Born in New York, Van Praagh was raised a traditional Catholic and at one point entered the seminary. Talking to Heaven is tv mini-series based on the life of medium James Van Praagh. ![]()
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