How Fake Psychics Fool Their Victims | Adam Ruins Everything

[Music] shut up okay welcome back to the Jersey Shore achill i transcend dimensions i speak to spirits i live off exit nine up the turnpike so today i have been summoned to the home of an adorable little boy in his adult friend who he barely knows my name is Stewart and I'm 12 years old I'd say I'm a pretty happy kid that is it showed up its name is Adam and he's making Halloween really not scary so I'm hoping the Jersey Shore Co can connect me with a dead relative or a murderer whichever is more terrifying I sensed you needed it good you sat down okay we're gonna start this are you ready yeah all right now before we start I do have a couple of questions okay I need you to tell me that mediums are scammers who prey on your grief for money what is this it's in my contract no looking a bigot handed me she's going to contact the dead for me it's an angel tradition it sure is a tradition of faking it and ripping people off seances first became popular in America during the 19th century when three young ladies named the Fox sisters started charging admission to watch them communicate with the dead if there be any ghosts in this room may they knock and if those ghosts think people should give us money also not as they grew up the Fox sisters became bonafide celebrities touring and holding peck sessions multiple times a day sorry darling we couldn't possibly fit you in we're talking to Shakespeare and Attila the Hun at noon but later in life Maggie Fox spilled the beans and revealed how they tricked their public making knocking sounds using an apple on a string and writing secret messages with their feet I feel the spirits for it despite Maggie's confession the spiritualism movement continued to this day and modern mediums still make Bank famous mediums even have best-selling books and hit TV shows TV shows that are totally that's right the higher they have the closer to heaven okay enough chitchat let's start this reading oh yeah I'm feeling something very powerful oh yeah it's a presence did you lose someone with a J name like a John at jacket Julie oh my grandpa's name was Jason BAM that's it okay oh oh yeah in my chestal area is there any thing that happened in that region area yes he died of lung cancer got a bingo what you think about that mr. everything huh okay so your grandfather's telling me Oh something about a book why why I think he owned a book and I saw it once that's it that's it he wants me to tell you he cherishes those moments and he loves you boom shut up I'm done that was amazing how do you explain that simple she was doing a cold reading ah who this you're not a spirit I did not summon you okay can we cut this is Mark Edward he's a magician who went undercover as a psychic medium to research how they scam people I used to do everything she does for a living and I can tell you exactly how it's done cold reading is a series of questions and statements that mine you for information without you even knowing it first the medium list common names to guess at a match and they start with just the initials so that you fill in the blank oh yeah I know tons of people with J names and lots of them are dead mediums then offer details which sound specific but are actually quite generic chest pains could be lung cancer heart disease or really anything no no I sense that he died because of something in the chest or the head uh-huh definitely someone the body finally she offered a question phrase like a statement to make you do the work and make a connection honey sugar the book it was real right actually no grandma hated books now that I'm thinking of it I was thinking of this TV Guide by using questions that could apply to anyone and judging your body language to see how you respond mediums manipulate you into thinking they know things nobody else could know and since they often work in group settings if they don't get it right they just move on to someone else in the room I mean how are you hair cut you know something about a book oh why did I ever buy this well cold reading often seems supernatural because it's a truly amazing skill but that's all it is a really good magic trick and while there's nothing wrong with a little illusion it is straight-up unethical to take advantage of other people's grief for your own gain I've even seen people lose their entire savings because a medium convinced them to hand it over you scammer how do you even sleep at night okay calm down everyone just take a minute close your eyes okay and just imagine smoke or whatever poke fun god it's time for me to go to just kidding it's an editing trick hey Adam here if you like that be sure to watch all new episodes of Adam ruins everything every Tuesday at 10:00 on truTV

Channel: CollegeHumor

Views: 6,045,579

Rating: 4.9117751 out of 5

Keywords: Collegehumor, CH originals, comedy, sketch comedy, internet, humor, funny, sketch, adam ruins everything, are, adam ruins psychics, are fake psychics, adam ruins fake psychics, adam ruins mediums, adam ruins cold reading, seances, psychics, cold reading, how does cold reading work, how do psychics work

Id: QpbTCNOYDWU

Length: 5min 53sec (353 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 08 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/theabsolutestateof]

Adam is secretly a witch apologist

[u/Dojyaaa---n]

He is one of cuckoldery

[u/ThatPetitGuy]

Lalalala I'm not listening

[u/MungoBumpkin]

Doesn't he wear lifts because he's so short

[u/Rashid_Ibn_Yasir]

By my beard. Did the crazy mage soyakus of buzzfeedonia come to senses?

[u/[deleted]]

Adam Redemption Arc????

[u/RickyFrench007]

Adam is no mage. He was exposed during his duel with High mage Joseph Rogan