 Judging by the turnout, I'm sure most of you know about Randy and his reputation, which is international in exposing fraud in terms of psychics, seances, and so forth. I was on his website just now and counted as many as seven books by him about this, and I encourage you to look at his website which is www.randy.org for more information. With that, let's see a short video clip which will do a further background on James Randy. Thank you. I'm a magician. That is to say, I'm a faith. Watch this. I'm going to do a little trick for you. I'm going to bounce this down on the edge of the table. Now, I'll look away so you're sure I'm not going, but I want you to look right into your TV set. Concentrate on it. Make that pen fall off the table. Let's work on it now. Come on. Concentrate. Stronger. Good. How did you do that? June 7th. We'll be offering you a proof of sight. I can repeat the right. No. A small roll. Maybe a half. A half. No. A close bandit. No. A shoe. Uh, is it? You will leave everything you see on the news. How about a nationally reported story about a computer that determines the guilt or innocence of suspected criminals? Coach James Randy, professional skeptic, and a bunker of frauds, takes us through the concession, the setup, and the payoff of these remarkable scams. I'm James Randy, and in this special presentation, we'll look at the editor workings of some of history's most outraged scams and the confidence man behind them. Now, most cons follow a very simple set of rules. The first rule is that the colonist wins. Mr. Edge, it's the greatest weapon that the magician has and that the saint he has to direct your attention away from what's really happening. And with that warning in mind, we'd like to direct your attention to a man who has directed his attention to Mr. Edge's form his entire life. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is James Randy. I'm a chemist. I'm not a physicist. I'm not a medical person. I'm not a geologist or astronomer. My food is better than our right here. All it has in it is two elements, how people are fooled and how they fool themselves. Tonight on Build Up, James Randy, magician and investigator of psychic phenomena. The lack of science. For 25 years, Randy has explored the world of the paranormal and tested claims of supernatural powers. Randy journeys to Russia to challenge psychics never before seen to the West. In decades of research, can we finally discover the secrets of the psychics? I mean, this is good, natured science. Well, because it's a very dangerous thing to believe in nonsense. First thing now, you're giving your money to the shotguns. You're giving your emotional security. And in some cases, you're giving your life to them. Throw them up there on the stage. You don't have to leave with those pills. He had people who were on medication, necessary medication like nitroglycerin tablets for heart attacks, digitalis, things like oral insulin. He had them come out of the audience and throw their pills up on stage. As you see, this is the real danger in all the faith healing. It's one of the real dangers. The other danger is emotional dependence on charlatans. Like there's people who claim that they have an ability to tell you how to blend your life and how to recover from disease. Urgans believe in psychic power. Planet evolution. Believe in science. Is there any concern? I'm afraid our descent to another dark age is accelerating. It's accelerating because information is more easily available and misinformation at the same rate. I'm afraid it's easier to become silly now because we have access to nonsense much faster and in full color. The whole of this supposed psychic phenomenon, cramming the worldwide web, brandy still has an unmatched challenge. Counts, psychics, really sense what you can. Can the stars predict your future? You have genuinely, uh, certain powers. And thousands of nurses say their touch can heal. I'll give them a million dollars today to throw back. Tonight, the supernatural, exposed by an expert on the bizarre. Brandy and his foundation have put up one million dollars as a product. Well, this is a clean fellow. To anyone who could prove they have paranormal abilities, a million dollars. It's in the bank. We checked it. They said they could fire grab each step over to the window there and step out. And I didn't say they don't know how to do that. You win.