Comments on: ‘Psychic’ Joe Power and the Two-Man-Mob

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:32:39 +0000

I would like to say I am not ‘ill’ or ‘weak’ as the previous post intimates are the qualities needed to have a positive view about this man. I’d like to think I am a level headed, moderately intelligent person with the ability to be skeptical about anything that isn’t the here and now.
I went to a Joe Powers show, some 18 months ago, I went with a friend for something to do more then anything. I was picked out of the audience and what this man said to me NO ONE could have known, not spurious stuff that could apply to anyone…detailed to the point that I was embarrassed, and date lined.
I can’t answer for anyone else and their experience, but I speak as I find, having been married to a police officer for 20 years I hope the people who read this understand that I understand the importance of being totally honest.

By: Vaughan Jones

Vaughan Jones — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:47:49 +0000

You hit the nail on the head with some great questions. People like Power prey on the weak and it makes me quite ill to think of the people taken in by all psychics across the country. My sister is one of those taken in by the bullshit. Common sense does not run through the genepool it seems.

By: Daniel angus

Daniel angus — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:46:29 +0000

In his book, Joe power has written a whole chapter on the afterlife, but doesn’t give a clear description on what it physically looked like, only that it is similar to life on earth. Then that makes me think, what’s the point in dieing.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:02:11 +0000

A friend of mine booked onto one of Joe’s fabled mediumship weekends in Wales. She is a sweet girl who has overcome great challenges in the last few years, to explore her spiritual nature was a huge step, one unfortunately in the wrong direction.

She was informed in front of the whole class that she was faking it and that she was F@#$ing off her head..

As If this wasn’t enough, Power then decided to approach her after the class, he declared that the real reason for her attending the course was to get a bit of stray cock, as the old girl didn’t look like she’d had any for a while.

This was rather less cordial than my friend was used to and she fled the room in tears pursued by a slathering Joe Power who by now was convinced he was in..

By: skepticat

skepticat — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:38:20 +0000

I’m just reading my way back through all your Joe Power posts. What a cracking post this one was!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:43:22 +0000

Just to pick out one sentence and wildly twist it out of context just to make Joe Power look bad, I would do that, you see, anyone who says something (I understand it’s not necessarily a verbatim account but still) like:

”But what about all the grieving people, the thousands of people who have invited me into their homes and I’ve connected to their dead little boys – if I was a fraud the people of Liverpool would never fall for that, never accept that.”

has absolutely no room to play the my critics are paedophiles card.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:15:55 +0000

Nice write up, and interesting exposure of this scam artist who can’t even maintain a civil conversation. More power to you and people like you for challenging these snake oil salesmen.

By: SvenL21

SvenL21 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:04:14 +0000

I did not watch the DB programme until recently and I was absolutely amazed at the audacity and callousness of that shameful representation of a scouser! How transparent he was! I agree with previous posts in that he definitely lacks intelligence but I also thought he was massively childish in his general manner. I mean what grown man has little temper tantrums when things don’t go their way? And on television? I don’t believe any medium/psychic has ever been real, I think eventually, as the newer generations get more aware and intellgent, the whole industry will die out. If you noticed, the audiences and ‘believers’ consisted mainly of women aged 30 and above. Conclusively, Joe Power and his ‘psychic abilities’ do not fool anyone with a level head, a sound mental state (ie. not grieving a lost loved one) and an ounce of intelligence. And i’m just ashamed that he had to be from Liverpool.

By: Shell

Shell — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:53:09 +0000

Funny how Joe Power didn’t foresee the consequences of being so overly aggressive and unpleasant and then not responding to your email asking about the rumour (read lies) about a ‘mob’ isn’t it?

Generally I think that people who get /that/ defensive and so absurdly accusatory have a)no way to adequately justify their position b)an inability to articulate an argument sensibly and c)are attempting to sustain a whopping big lie!

Plaudits for keeping your tempers.

@shell_here

By: Michael Marshall versus ‘psychic’ Joe Power | Tomfoolery Blog

Michael Marshall versus ‘psychic’ Joe Power | Tomfoolery Blog — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:11:05 +0000

[...] Recently I found that Michael Marshall (aka ‘Marsh’) of the Merseyside Skeptics Society, host of the Righteous Indignation and Skeptics With A K podcasts, has a history with Joe Power. When Marsh challenged Joe Power to the James Randi million dollar challenge, Power went on the offensive, comparing all skeptics to paedophiles. [...]