The Truth About Medium: Extraordinary Experiments with the real Allison DuBois of NBC's Medium and other Remarkable Psychics

152 Pages·2005·1.87 MB·English

by  Gary E. Schwartz

Other books by Gary E. Schwartz The Living Energy Universe (1999, with
Linda G. Russek)
Other books by Gary E. Schwartz with William L. Simon The Afterlife
Experiments (2002, with William L. Simon) The G.O.D. Experiments (2006,
with William L. Simon)
Other books by or coauthored by William L. Simon Profit from Experience
(1996) Beyond the Numbers (1997)
Lasting Change (1997)
On the Firing Line (1998)
High Velocity Leadership (1999) Driving Digital (2001)
The Art of Deception (2002) In Search of Business Value (2005) The Art of
Intrusion (2005)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data Schwartz, Gary E.,
1944-The truth about Medium: extraordinary experiments with the real
Allison DuBois of NBC's Medium and other remarkable psychics / Gary E.
Schwartz, with William L. Simon.
p. cm.
Summary: “Recounts four years of experiments at the University of Arizona
with the real Allison DuBois—the inspiration for NBC's drama “Medium”—as
well as other exceptional mediums. These experiments clearly demonstrate the
validity of psychic ability and mediumship”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 1-57174-459-2 (5-1/2 x 8-1/2 tc : alk. paper) 1. Science and
spiritualism. 2. DuBois, Allison. I. Simon, William L. 1930-II. Title.
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Contents
Introduction How Science Reveals What Is Real
How we can know what in the television show Medium is real by learning the
truth about the real Allison DuBois
Chapter 1 Dearly Departed
Allison DuBois provides evidence that a just-departed friend is still here
Chapter 2 More from Susy Smith
How Allison's informal reading was anticipated by medium Laurie Campbell
Chapter 3 Deepak Chopra's Father Speaks
Allison and other mediums help Deepak Chopra through a dramatic reading
with his father
Chapter 4 An Unplanned Experiment
Allison DuBois, it turns out, is also charmingly effective in unplanned, of-the-
moment mediumship readings— even in a restaurant
Chapter 5 Princess Diana Saves a Life
Did the late Princess Diana really play a dramatic role in a reading?
Chapter 6 Believing a Triple-Blind Experiment
Even with the addition of an extra layer of scientific precaution, readings are
still successful
Chapter 7 A Trap Foretold
Allison foretells an “ambush” by two famous skeptics
Chapter 8 Dead Parapsychologist Meets Live Medium
Allison provides evidence for the survival of a deceased psychic scientist's
consciousness
Chapter 9 Skeptics: Fact and Fantasy
Why professional skeptics say Allison and other mediums are committing
fraud—when they are not
Chapter 10 The Meaning for All of Us, Including the Mediums
If mediumship is real, what implications does this have for how humanity will
foster love, take responsibility for our relationships and environment, and
celebrate the mystery— and magnificence—of the universe?
Acknowledgments
Appendix A A Long-Distance Internet Mediumship Experiment Involving
the “Double-Deceased” Paradigm
Appendix B Survival Is in the Details: A Double-Blind and Single-Blind
Experiment, Abstract
Appendix C Representative Readings and Websites on Mediumship
Index
In order to disprove the law that all crows are black, it is enough to find
one white crow.
-William James, MD
Introduction
How Science Reveals What Is Real
How we can know what in the television show Medium is real by learning the
truth about the real Allison DuBois
It is said that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The question is, how do
we know what is real and what is fantasy? For example, when we watch a
television show supposedly based on a real life person—in this case, a
purported medium who claims to solve crimes by speaking with the dead—how
do we know what is genuine and what is entertainment?
The answer is we don't.
Consider an episode of NBC's hit television series Medium shown in the
spring of 2005. The story centers around a professor at an unnamed university
who conducts research on mediums and survival of consciousness after death.
The story begins with the medium Allison DuBois, played by Patricia Arquette,
having a recurrent dream about the disappearance of a young boy's brother near
a train crossing. The assumption is made that the brother was kidnapped and
killed. We are told that the perpetrator is in jail, convicted for the abduction and
murder of three children. However, we are told that only two bodies were
recovered. What happened to the third body?
We are shown how Allison had earlier met the professor at an outdoor picnic.
With the case of the missing boy troubling her, she goes to the professor, hoping
he can somehow make sense of this confusing and disturbing dream and
understanding why it refuses to go away.
The plot thickens when we learn that the medium's dream actually relates to
the professor, whose brother happened to disappear near a train crossing and
was presumably murdered when they were children. Through a series of twists
and turns we discover that the professor's brother is actually alive and has just