Psychic Smackdown

PSYCHIC SMACKDOWN
PART 3 of 3
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GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WELCOME TO THE PSYCHIC SMACKDOWN ARENA!

In the blue corner, we have renowned psychic medium Allison DuBois. In the red corner, famous skeptics James Randi, Ray Hyman, and the Two Percent Company. And in the silver corner - yes we have THREE competitors tonight folks! – in the silver corner, we have Gary E. Schwartz Ph.D. and former champion of Allison DuBois now reviled by both Allison and the skeptics.

Allison comes out swinging with the premier of the TV show Medium, inspired by her life as a medium, followed closely by the March release of her book Don’t Kiss Them Good-Bye. Listen to the audience cheer! Sounds like the little lady’s got quite a following.

But here comes The Two Percent Company with Allison DuBois Week: one, two, three, four, five in a row. Ouch! That’s gotta hurt.

Gary Schwartz wades in with his book The Truth About Medium only to be…DENIED by Ray Hyman with a reminder of his 2002 critique of Schwartz’ methods used in The Afterlife Experiments.

Schwartz counters with How Not to Review Mediumship Research but he’s badly injured and appears in need of a medic. Here comes Allison to give him a hand…but wait…she appears to be severing all ties with Schwartz because he wrote a book about her?

Unbelievable folks! This night is certainly full of surprises. I don’t think I’ve seen a match with such cunning and duplicity. Schwartz doesn’t seem to know what hit him.

The enemy of my enemy is apparently NOT James Randi’s friend as he darts in and out of the fray. How he can fight with one hand while holding up a caricature of Allison DuBois with the other is something to see.

Uh-oh. Allison just took a solid hit from the family of her friend Domini who say she outright lied in her book when she talked about Domini’s death. It doesn’t look good for her, folks. The skeptics are closing in.

But wait! Allison’s followers have borne her up and are carrying her away from her attackers. The crowd appears to be chanting but I can’t quite make out what they are saying. It sounds like “nothing is impossible with faith…nothing is impossible with faith.” Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. True believers.

I guess that’s it folks. Allison was surely beaten fair and square but as long as she has people who believe in her she will live to fight another day. Have a good evening and come back and join us again soon!

TIMELINE OF REFERENCED ARTICLES / EVENTS

• 2001 Allison DuBois begins University of Arizona research program
• 03/2002 Schwartz’Afterlife Experiments
• 01/2003 Hyman’s How Not to Test Mediums, Critiquing The Afterlife Experiments
• 03/2003 Schwartz’ How Not to Review Mediumship Research
• 12/2004    Randi’s Another Medium Well Done
• 01/2005    TV show Medium debuts
• 03/2005    DuBois’ Don’t Kiss Them Good-Bye featuring a story about her dying childhood friend Domini
• 03/2005   The Two Percent Company’s Allison DuBois Week
• 11/2005    Schwartz’ Truth About Medium
• 11/2005    Allison DuBois severs all ties with Gary Schwartz (allisondubois.com | twopercentco.com)
• 06/2006    Randi’s Featured on NBC with charicature of Allison DuBois
• 07/2006    The Two Percent Company’s Polar Opposites featuring a letter from Domini’s sister Karen and a comment from Domini’s sister Kris

Tags: allison dubois, gary schwartz, medium, medium nbc, skeptics