The Dead Files

One paranormal show that I have watched lately via YouTube is The Dead Files.  OMG, what a gaggle of giggles!  Steve the retired police detective does his thing whilst Amy the so-called psychic does her thing; then they get together to compare notes, such as it is.  Steve appears to be the more professional of the two.  Any is definitely more childish.  Even while she is going through a property supposedly chatting with these dead people, she makes inappropriate faces, snickers, uses foul language, and goofy gestures.  

The entire show seems scripted, even the people who are allegedly experiencing the activity seem to be following some sort of script.  They have a stern-faced guy with a camera filming Amy at the same time a camera team does, which hardly makes any sense.  Sometimes, the guy will ask Amy questions,  But hey, why do they need him AND another camera crew?  She's a psychic, why does she need anyone leading her with questions?

Steve's annoying New York accent aside, The Dead Files is pretty entertaining.  Amy's theatrics alone - not only does she often smile during her readings, but she gasps and curses and even laughs - can be funnier than watching an old Richard Pryor comedy (The Toy comes to mind).  Not only does Amy lack professionalism, but she doesn't come across - to me anyway - as a convincing psychic any more than Chip Coffey does.

Her statement that she 'talks to dead people' and 'they talk to her' sounds like something straight out of the Sixth Sense.  Hell, a lot of people talk to the dead - how many of you have spoken to deceased family members or friends when visiting their burial places?  Even those who speak to Jesus are speaking to a dead person!  I doubt very seriously that the dead are responding to Amy.  I don't believe in psychics and never will, and I can always spot their phoniness.  Trying to convince die-hard believers of this is an uphill battle, however, as I learned when I tried to convince my mother of Sylvia Browne's fakery on the Montel Williams Show. 

Steve seems more sincere but his facial expressions sometimes tell a different story.  Maybe he's the skeptic of this Dynamic Duo, I don't know.  But there are times when the people are telling their stories, that he gets a look on his face that shouts, I don't effing believe this!  Of course, he usually soothes the person as if he actually does fall for whatever tale they are telling...

In conclusion, I find The Dead Files to be as credible as any other paranormal show.  That is to state, that it is just as believable as an interview with Peter Cottontail, a mug shot of the Abominable Snowman, or a major slug-fest between King Kong and Big Foot caught on film.