Mark Edward

10/16/2010

The Hollywood Haunted Hayride blew into town and I kept very busy doing my side-show act and giving tarot and palm readings on the shadowy midway. A great venue full of people totally dedicated to scaring the Hell out of whoever dares to buy a ticket.

08/22/2010

As iconic sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury’s 90th birthday approached, Susan Gerbic- Forsyth and I decided to pay a birthday visit and spread a little Fall cheer to man who has influenced my interest in magic and all things weird for as far back as I can remember.

Ray has always been a good friend who is ever ready to talk real magic whenever I have needed a little sage advice. After being welcomed into his museum-like home, Ray regaled us with tales of his latest writings. We took some photos, ran a scandalously popular music video about him and treated him to a performance of “The Ball and Vase.” This was the first magic trick Ray ever learned and inspiration that set him on his way to being a magic fan, create the short story “The Black Ferris,” which was included in his first book of short stories, “Dark Carnival,” which then led to a full fledged novel, which evolved into the film "Something Wicked this Way Comes.” The magician he met at the side-show when he was eight years old touched his head with a illuminated light bulb and told him he would live forever. To be in Ray’s presence, you can believe it just might happen. It was a wonderful afternoon.

05/15/2010

ABC’s “Good Morning America” taped a substantial interview with me on 900 telephone psychics and how they work (or more importantly how they don’t work.) I was pleasantly surprised that the tone and tempo held a healthy measure of humor and that no outward bias was shown toward believers. I was given more time than I expected to set the record straight. The segment can be viewed here in the “Videos and Podcasts” section.

04/17/10

Jim Underdown of CFI (Center for Inquiry) and I taped a segment of The Discovery Channel’s “Weird or What?” about alleged “secret government experiments” in ESP and mind control. It was a thought provoking afternoon that featured telekinesis and lots of spoon bending. The producers initially wanted someone to kill a goat by staring at it for the taping (as in the film “Men Who Stare at Goats”) but the individual who was allegedly responsible for the real life incident backed out of the taping at the last minute. Not a big surprise considering the story is likely apocryphal and unsubstantiated by any real facts or scientific evidence.

03/17/2010

Welcome to my up-dated website. Many new features have been added. Please view my gallery of artwork I have wanted to put on display for some time. Now I can share with everyone another of the interests that keep me busy. The Attic will be filling with more rare books, props and bizarreness as the year progresses, so please stop by there to see what’s new (or old.) There are also now easier ways to get in touch with me and a calendar. (soon) I will be working hard to update with performances, investigations or other paranormal events as they become public. If you have any comments on how to make anything even better, please don’t hesitate to contact me. There may be glitches here and there for a few weeks, but the New Year looks to be an exciting one with lots of surprises. Stay tuned and don’t forget to read my weekly blog at www.skepticblog.org