Reviews for Truth about Medium: Extraordinary Experiments with the real Allison DuBois of NBC's Medium and other Remarkable Psychics

The average rating for Truth about Medium: Extraordinary Experiments with the real Allison DuBois of NBC's Medium and other Remarkable Psychics based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-01-23 00:00:00 Jo Ellen Taube Turns out this is the second time I've read this book and I think both times I just skimmed as the writing is bland despite the fascinating topic. Schwartz is a scientist who has devised quite complicated studies to test the accuracy of mediums, including Allison DuBois, the medium whose life was used as the basis for the TV show, Medium (which I have never watched). I read it because I'm writing a novel about a Victorian trance medium and I wanted to know more about how mediums worked. I didn't really learn much about that but I did find fascinating the continuing struggle to give this talent legitimacy. It was both the object of scientific scrutiny and efforts to discredit it as fraud in the Victorian times as it is now.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-12-28 00:00:00 Matt Mizell I was fascinated by the incidents that happened in Allison DuBois' life that were recreated in the TV show. The scientific experiments got a little tedious, but you have to appreciate how the scientists tried to preserve the integrity of their experiments and anonymity of the test subjects. How exactly did the mediums even know who to read when it was being done via telephone through a second party? I don't know how much I believe in psychics and mediums, but it was an interesting book.