What sort of fakes and hoaxes have you come across?

What sort of fakes and hoaxes have you come across?

Chris French (Anomalistic Psychologist) gives expert video advice on: Can all paranormal phenomena be explained by science?; What sort of fakes and hoaxes have you come across?; How does a Ouija board work? and more...

There is no question at all that most of the claims that people put forward as being evidence for the paranormal, they are sincere when they are making those claims. Having said that, the world of the paranormal is certainly rife with hoaxes and con artists, and again, that in itself makes it very, very interesting. Anything from faked UFOs to people who hoax poltergeist cases. One of the most interesting areas is the area of people who appear to have psychic ability; now obviously, conjurers can replicate a lot of the effects that people who claim to have genuine psychic ability. Now, most conjurers know at least 48 ways to bend a spoon and make it look as if they're doing it by using psycho kinesis.