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Colin Fry Born Colin Fry
19 May 1962
Sussex, EnglandOccupation Television personality, psychic medium Colin Fry (born 19 May 1962) is an English television personality, entertainer, who purports to be a psychic medium. His critics assert that he has no paranormal powers and merely uses basic cold reading techniques.[1] In 1992 he was seemingly caught using deception during a séance.[2]
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Television career
Colin Fry has hosted a number of television programmes dealing with the supernatural, including Most Haunted, Psychic Private Eyes and 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry, produced by Living TV. The nature of the presented entertainment has numerous critics who assert that he has no paranormal powers and merely uses basic cold reading techniques.[1] Psychic Private Eyes on the Zone Reality channel co-stars fellow psychics Tracy Higgs and Tony Stockwell and purports to conduct "real life psychic investigations into baffling murders and disappearances".[3]
Controversy
Fry, who at one time performed under the stage name of "Lincoln", was exposed in 1992 when during a séance the lights were unexpectedly turned on and he was seen holding a spirit trumpet in the air, which the audience had been led to believe was being levitated by spiritual energy.[2]
Personal life
Fry lives with his partner, Michael, and three dogs in Sussex. He is an avid collector of antique clocks and watches, and is highly active in children's and AIDS charities.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Double Exposure: An Evening with Colin Fry". http://homepage.ntlworld.com/isil.telemnar/Doublexposure/colin_fry_felixstowe.htm. Examination of Fry's cold-reading techniques during a live performance
- ^ a b "Colin Fry - an evaluation". tonyyouens.com. http://www.tonyyouens.com/colinfry.htm.
- ^ "TV Show Reviews: "Psychic Private Eyes" - Feat' Colin Fry, Tony Stockwell & Tracy Higgs". http://badpsychics.com/thefraudfiles/modules/news/article.php?storyid=277.
- ^ "Biography for Colin Fry". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643037/bio.
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