BBC1 Inside Out - Examining Claims of Medium Patricia Putt
by Irish Banshee
Patricia Putt, 59 of Exmouth Drive, Rayleigh, Essex who is a psychic medium, contacted the BBC regional show Inside Out claiming that she can prove her abilities and exorcise "bad spirits" from homes claiming she is called out at least once a week!
May I add now that she has also been on Kilroy and the Big Breakfast which always adds a great deal to your credability. Zig and Zag anyone?
Visited a home in Christchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Homeowner had begun to experience activity in March 1996; shadows, moving objects, feelings of being watched, etc. Things progressed and one day heard her daughter and son crying in bedroom. Door would not open, handle would not push down and then it flung out of her hands wide open.
Patricia Putt, upon entering home said "Ooh, oh! Why do I feel like I want to cry when I come in here? Do you often want to sit down and bawl your eyes out?" To which the homeower replied "Often".
She walked around home to get a feel of the place and pointed out areas she didn't like. Told homeowner,
"A little boy who is not very happy and, I want to say, passed into the spirit world a long time ago. He has found a playmate in your son and daughter." (She already knew about the children).
Exorcises house using a crucifix and holy water and recited Lord is my shepherd, Lords Prayer, Prayer for the Dead and Prayer for Rescue to "send spirits on their way".
She asked homeowner how house felt now, immedietly after excorsism and she hesitated before saying "it feels a bit better".
Before I go on with the next part of the programme, I will now add some information taken from the Castle Point Evening Echo Mon Oct 18th 2004.
She spoke of the house in Christchurch Road and said
"I was feeling very uncomfortable as I walked toward the front door. I could feel the presence of a man and also a woman. I actually saw him in one of the back bedrooms."
She felt strongly that the ghostly male had murdered the woman in either the house or the garden. There was no mention here of the boy.
Next part is taken directly from the BBC Website.
PROOF OR SPOOF?
To put Patricia's claims to the test, Inside Out invites her to a challenge. We're asking Patricia to commune with the spirit of a person who died in a house.
Carol Coubrough's mother Ena died of cancer in her home last year, but Carol is convinced that Ena's spirit is still present.
"I do sense my mother in the house, as do my children," explains Carol.
"I can feel her on my shoulders or touching my hair."
Patricia is blindfolded and taken to Carol's house in Pagelsham, Essex. She is given Ena's diary to hold, but must keep her blindfold on throughout. This "blind reading" is one of the most challenging for any medium.
Patricia gets off to a shaky start by wrongly identifying the diary's owner as being male. Patricia wrongly suggests the diary belongs to a man. She then goes on to describe the owner as being "strong-willed, forthright and a good after dinner speaker". These traits are completely at odds with Carol's description of her mother as "kind, humble and wise".
Patricia correctly identifies Ena's teaching work, but suggests it was children she taught rather than disabled adults.
When asked the name of the person she is in contact with, Patricia suggests Jessica, Jessie or Mary. In this instance, Patricia's reading is far from accurate.
"A lot of things I couldn't understand at all," admits Carol. "Nothing jumped out at me."
Patricia insists that any mistakes made in her reading are down to her misinterpreting the information given to her.
With no proof that the exorcism was successful and inaccurate results in the Patricia's challenge, there is little to persuade sceptics that mediums can commune with the spirit world.
So "is there anybody there?" Inside Out is still waiting to find out.
And so is BadPsychics.co.uk.
Patricia Putt, i am sorry to say, you have about as much psychic ability as my big toe, and my big toe was cut off 5 years ago in an industrial accident!
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