The True Paranormal

Derren Brown is a famous English magician and mentalist. His fame began from the year 2000 with a series of specials called 'Mind Control'. He has since made a number of television shows, written various books, and conducted stage performances. Along with his interest in mentalism, Derren is also a keen painter and photographer. In being so knowledgeable about trickery, whether that be of the mind or of the senses, he has dabbled in debunking fraudulent claims of paranormal abilities. He has also conducted a séance which featured a number of techniques used by fraudulent psychic mediums. He does not possess any magical powers or psychic ability, regardless of his performances indicating the contrary. Derren Brown does not believe in the supernatural, but is intrigued by claims of it.  History     Derren Brown was born on the 27th of February 1971 in Purley, a town in the London Borough of Croydon, in England. His parents were Chris and Bob Brown, and he was th...

Harry Houdini is arguably the most well known magician to have lived, and has significant ties to the paranormal world; both through his own acts of exposing fraudulent psychic mediums, and through the pursuit others have undergone in contacting Houdini's spirit. In life, Houdini travelled the world performing escape acts for public crowds along with for royalty. One of his most impressive acts was in making an elephant disappear. Houdini's friendship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a large factor in what brought him to moving his gaze from escape acts to exposing the spiritualism movement of the time as being led by fraud. Following Houdini's death, many people have tried searching for Houdini's ghost; and one psychic managed to successfully share a secret code Houdini had created, in order to prove life after death, to Houdni's wife. Houdini séances have occured each year, and there are a number of locations suspected to be haunted by the ghost of Harry...