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Secrets of The Psychics (Part 2 of 6)

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    Thanks.
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    We, uh, we have
    only met...
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    This scares me.
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    This, this scares you?
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    Well, this is - we just got some
    things together here and...
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    (narrator) I told them to provide
    their own props and not to
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    let Geller or his people
    anywhere near them.
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    ... also one of our staff
    members, um,
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    did some drawings which have
    been sealed in an envelope, uh,
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    and I'd like you to take your
    own pace when you feel like
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    you want to try anything.
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    Do you want to try that
    particular experiment first?
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    When I'll feel free.
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    Sure.
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    We'll start eliminating the ones
    that do not have the water.
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    Alright.
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    Without touching them.
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    He is really suspicious!
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    I'm having a hard
    time with you.
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    I - I don't mean to be...
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    Just, just keep looking.
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    Okay, let me rest
    a little, alright?
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    Alright.
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    You know I'm surprised because
    before this program,
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    your producer came and he read
    me at least 40 questions
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    you were going to ask me.
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    Well, I can ask you all
    kinds of questions if
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    you'd like - if you'd like
    me to ask you questions.
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    I have to ..I have to have time.
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    Alright, we are back.
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    Uri was telling me - you,
    you don't feel, what,
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    strong tonight?
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    Not so strong.
    It's not all tonight.
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    Right now I'm feel - I'm feeling being pressed and that I
    can't...
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    I - I'm not trying to
    pressure ya,
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    I'm really not.
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    No, you're only telling
    me, "Well, you try that,
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    or that, or that."
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    But, I thought that was
    the idea of, uh, of, uh...
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    No, I'm not - I'm not
    going to put you down.
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    (narrator) Much to my surprise,
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    The Tonight Show episode didn't have much effect on Uri Geller's career.
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    Neither did the book
    that I wrote about him.
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    But, eventually his star
    faded.
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    Why people are so drawn to the
    irrational is something
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    that has always puzzled me.
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    I want to be, if I can,
    as sure of the world,
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    the real world around me as
    is possible.
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    Now, you can only attain that to
    a certain degree,
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    but I want the greatest
    degree of control.
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    I don't - I'd never involve
    myself in
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    narcotics in any kind, I don't
    smoke,
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    I don't drink because that can
    easily just fuzz the edges of my rationality,
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    fuzz the edges of my reasoning
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    powers and I want to be as aware
    as I possibly can.
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    That means, uh, giving up
    a lot of, uh, fantasies
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    that might be comforting
    in some ways,
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    but I'm willing to give that up
    in order to live in an
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    actually real world, as
    close as I can get to it.
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    During the 1980s, I entered a
    world that I found filled
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    with fantasy and rife
    with abuse,
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    the world of faith healing.
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    I developed a special interest
    in a television
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    evangelist named Peter Popoff.
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    ...and God told me, he said,
    "You smite that
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    cancer with your fist!"
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    At the time, Popoff was
    pulling in nearly four
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    million dollars a year
    healing people on his
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    miracle crusades.
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    ... you've got cancer
    of the stomach.
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    Are you ready for God to burn
    that cancer out?
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    Here it goes in the mighty -
    devil, back off.
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    Back off, devil!
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    Hallelujah!
    Hallelujah!
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    (offscreen voice) You really believe
    you're healed?
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    Yes.
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    (offscreen voice) Do you think your
    cancers are gone now?
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    Yes, I believe that,
    because God never lies and
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    you stand in his word.
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    Praise the Lord.
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    I tell ya from now on
    you're going to have a
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    soul of victory in
    your heart, Amen!
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    (narrator) To his followers, Popoff
    seemed to have divine powers.
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    Is it Gould?
    Alice Gould?
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    He knew their names...
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    Stand up, Alice.
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    ...as well as the
    afflictions they'd come to cure.
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    God is touching that
    thyroid condition right now.
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    God is touching your
    nerves right now.
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    God is touching your eyes.
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    Just lift up your hands.
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    Get ready, here it comes.
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    (narrator) He also knew the personal
    details of their lives.
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    You're going to hear good
    news from Charles before
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    everything is over.
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    I tell ya, he's going to
    be completely delivered
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    because of your prayers,
    because of your faith.
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    Here it comes, complete healing
    in Jesus' - woo -
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    mighty name right now!
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    Amen!
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    It's alright to
    praise the lord.
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    (narrator) I suspected that Popoff's
    revelations were other
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    than divine.
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    A radio scanner we'd
    brought to the hall picked
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    up a decidedly
    worldly source.
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    Hello, Peetey.
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    Can you hear me?
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    If you can't, you're in trouble.
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    Popoff was being prompted
    by his wife through a
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    wireless earpiece.
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    Julie Johnson.
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    She'd gotten her
    information from prayer
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    cards filled out by the
    faithful before the show began.
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    She'd like to get
    rid of the walker.
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    You want to get rid of
    this walker, sister?
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    Oh glory.
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    How long have you been
    walking on that walker?
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    About three years.
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    Three years.
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    She lives at 1627 Kent Street.
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    1627 Kent Street, is that right?
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    That's right.
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    She has arthritis all
    over.
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    Burning arthritis right
    out of your body!
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    Take a few steps just
    to make the devil mad.
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    Hallelujah!
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    Just move around
    a little bit.
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    There she goes.
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    Just walk with me.
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    Oh glory to God; she's not going
    to need that walker anymore!
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    God is just putting new
    strength, new health,
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    burning that arthritis out of her body!
    Just keep going!
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    Hallelujah!
    Hallelujah!
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    (narrator) I was able to arrange for
    another broadcast of the
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    Miracle Crusade on The
    Tonight Show,
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    but this time the wireless
    prompting was included.
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    In 1987, Peter Popoff
    declared bankruptcy.
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    Greater is he!
    Greater is he!
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    (narrator) The laying on of hands
    takes on new meaning in
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    the Philippines where
    psychic surgeons perform
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    miraculous operations
    without knives.
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    I investigated this
    phenomenon,
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    then went on The Tonight Show
    to demonstrate what I'd learned.
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    Believe me, what you're
    seeing is strictly special
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    effects, it's sleight of
    hand and nothing more.
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    And this is the way it looks.
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    A little animal blood
    and a few chicken parts
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    complete the illusion.
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    A bone.
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    That's a bit better.
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    Just a second, just
    one second now.
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    It may be better for you.
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    You don't feel any better?
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    Wow, that doesn't come up.
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    This is where I live with
    several birds and an old
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    red cat outside of Fort
    Lauderdale, Florida.
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    From here, I run my
    investigations,
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    write my books and go
    about lecturing.
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    Recently, I resolved to
    give a class of college
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    freshman a chance to
    evaluate one of the oldest
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    systems of fortunetelling:
    astrology.
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    Well, I started out life
    as a - as a magician.
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    I still am a magician, I guess.
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    I think it's in the
    DNA, I'm not too sure.
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    But, uh, I'm an actor playing
    the part of a wizard.
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    I know how people are
    deceived,
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    I know how they deceive
    themselves, and many magicians,
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    most magicians really allow
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    people to deceive themselves.
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    Would you like to
    see me fool ya?
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    Who's wearing a wristwatch
    here, a regular,
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    ordinary wristwatch?
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    Hmmm.
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    You've been a good
    girl, haven't you?
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    Yes.
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    That's a Seiko.
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    I thought it was a
    Rolex for a minute.
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    Oh well!
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    Now, what time does
    it say on your watch?
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    It says nine minutes before
    three and it
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    says it's the second of October, right?
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    Yes, it does. Very good.
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    Open up your hand for me
    flat like that.
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    The clean one.
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    She almost changed, notice that,
    almost changed.
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    Now, I'm going to put the watch
    face down.
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    Put your finger of your other
    hand on the back of the watch.
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    Okay?
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    Very good.
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    Now, my watch says nine
    minutes to three,
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    so we disagree slightly, but not
    enough for any nevermind.
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    Okay.
    Watch.
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    I'm really
    concentrating now.
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    Oh, I think I hurt myself.
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    Don't laugh;
    this is science!
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    Let me see now, holding
    it only by this...
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    Oh, would you tell the
    folks what time it says on
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    your watch now, please?
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    It says 3:40, but...
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    3:40, how time flies
    when you're having fun!
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    Isn't that wonderful?
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    Now, let me show you something -
    this is like a little,
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    tiny, itty, bitty watch.
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    Here, hold it
    tightly in your hand.
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    Don't lose...
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    Oh my goodness!
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    What happened?
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    Oh, the gentleman was
    carrying it over here
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    behind his waist and he
    didn't even know it.
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    There ya go.
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    The trickster
    never works alone.
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    His audience assists him.
Title:
Secrets of The Psychics (Part 2 of 6)
Description:

Check out Supernatural drama series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007m042

Are psychics power real or fake? This is a great documentary that try to answer that question.

Are some of us born with mysterious powers, able to move objects at will, read a person's thoughts, even cure physical ailments with the power of the mind? Follow master magician James Randi as he uncovers the secrets about psychics.
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
09:55

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