Char Margolis

Char
Born	August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21) (age 60) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Psychic
Known for	Television medium on Dutch tv

Char Margolis (born August 21, 1951) is an American psychic medium. She stars in her own show, Char, on Dutch television, in which she utilises her intuition to contact the spirits of deceased relatives of guests in her show. Char has come under public scrutiny in the Netherlands after several media outlets suggested she was a fraud using several self-taught tricks to perform her readings.

Early life

Margolis was born in Detroit, Michigan, on August 21, 1951. At the age of 5 her family moved to Oak Park, Michigan where she attended public school from K-12. She attended Oakland Community College and transferred to Wayne State University with a teaching degree in secondary education.

Career

She was a volunteer for the Easter Seal Society in Michigan and while fundraising she was asked to be on a radio show as a psychic. She then was a regular on local TV in Michigan and in the 1980s was discovered by Regis Philbin, who at the time was hosting A.M.L.A.,^{[clarification needed]} Char became a regular guest on the show. An appearance on Live with Regis in 2001 gave her national acclaim when she predicted Kelly Ripa's pregnancy (on live TV) when Kelly was auditioning for the host position. A stunned Ripa had to acknowledge the accuracy of this prediction by Char and in her own words, "I haven't even told my bosses yet!"^{[citation needed]}

Her 2006 series Psychic At Large, produced by Stuart Krasnow (Average Joe, Janice Dickenson modeling agency) in association with Freemantle Media started a cult following.

Char's hit shows in The Netherlands, (Char Het Medium and Char) have constantly amazed the Dutch audience with record ratings. Her 11th season begins January 2010. “I am grateful for the opportunity to share my work with such an open and spiritually understanding culture",^{[citation needed]} says Char.

Her books are published in numerous languages and she has toured the globe teaching her work.

Controversy

In March 2008 Dutch television show Zembla claimed she was a fraud.^[1]

This programme alleges that she uses a guessing technique called cold reading instead of actually communicating with spirits. Moreover, her claim that she located the missing pilot Dean Paul Martin was said to be false. The search team that located the plane was contacted by the programme and denied ever having heard of Char Margolis or having received her help in locating the pilot.

Moreover, the excerpt below is from Dean-Paul’s brother, Ricci Martin in his book:

Even though Char had never been over the area, she seemed to be familiar with the terrain, giving the helicopter pilot directions just as the Air Force captain did. As we neared the site that Char had pinpointed, the pilot suddenly announced that we had to turn back. The military had located the crash site, cordoned off the airspace, and was ordering all civilian craft out of the area. The wreckage of Dean-Paul's plane had been found in the precise spot where Char had said it would be.”^[2]

See also

• Arthur Ford
• Clever Hans
• Forer effect
• Hot reading
• James Pike
• James Van Praagh
• John Edward
• Jomanda
• Mirin Dajo
• Peter Hurkos
• Sylvia Browne

References

1. ^ Player omroep.nl
2. ^ That’s Amore.^{[page needed]} ISBN 1589791401

External links

• Official website

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Name	Margolis, Char
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Date of birth	August 21, 1951
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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