maybe Derren is actually a psychic and he uses it to make money by claiming he's a fake :')

Damn, with the skills he has he'd be the one guy I'd be likely to believe actually had psychic powers. Thank goodness he's an ethical bloke

I wouldn’t have been able to continue after seeing people so strongly connect to the reading.  I would’ve been flooded with guilt and shame, but the charlatans that Derren is trying to expose don’t seem to mind manipulating people’s emotions for profit.  

This had to have been difficult for him, but I’m glad that he was able to demonstrate how effective cold reading can appear.  The so-called “psychics” who take advantage of these kinds of people are among the worst.

I’m so grateful that he is out there raising awareness of such dangerous fraudulent practices!

It's always nice to see someone show "mediums" as nothing more than the grief vampires that they are.

The good ol derren brown episodes uploaded from about 15 years ago

The UK needs another channel4 series it's been too long.

Derren Brown is an amazing talent. To go in and cold read better than any supposed psychics is just incredible.

I'm dead. Derren goes by "Jesus" up here. I would type more but our wifi is crap in the clouds.

The people who do this sincerely are possibly the among the biggest scumbags in the world. Amazing how accurate Derren is. How do you even begin to concoct those details?

This is excellent and exposes the tricks used for so long by these people. They're confidence tricksters not spiritual profits.

It's fascinating seeing people talking afterwards, how they've taken in the accurate details and forgotten the other general comments. The woman at 4:56 saying "He just mentioned specific things like him passing away on our anniversary, the fact that we were very close because we were engaged to be married, and he said I had silly pets, which is true; I have two aquariums."

What he actually said was that someone passed away "on a birthday or an anniversary or something like that" - he never said it was her anniversary, but that's what she latched onto.

"I think you got very close" - he never mentioned engagement or marriage, so this applies to any emotional connection.

"and you've got a silly pet" - she turned this plural and said "silly pets", because that applies to her situation. But this could as easily have been a hyperactive dog or anything like that.

Obviously I'm not trying to 'debunk' what Derren is doing here, because he admits himself that it's a trick, and I certainly couldn't do it, but I think this side-by-side comparison really shows how less specific 'mediums' are compared to what we take away from them. These people are eager to receive messages from 'the other side', and they'll take any hint at that message and make it fit.

I believe what makes derren so effective is his British accent... It makes anything sound profound.

There are not enough superlatives to describe just how good Derren is. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

It broke my heart for the people on derrens cold read. Poor people just looking for hope. But Im glad he show cased the fakeness.

I gave psychic a reading one night to a work colleague in the canteen. I told him that he had never had an intimate relationship and he was lonely. He said I was correct and he and others were impressed with my psychic abilities. I was merely guessing from the fact that he was the ugliest bastard I had ever set eyes on.

“The people attending this event are fairly skeptical - New Yorkers”

Well played Brit. Well played.

Before she died my Mother used to say to me, go to a medium and if I’m there I’ll let you know. That was 40 years ago and although I have been to several spirituals I have never had a message. So I don’t believe in psychics .

Derren is so confident. Would like to meet him in Person

Cold readimg or not, Derren is better at this than past "mediums" ive went to 😂 very good work Derren!
Thank you for exposing this