Back to "Crossing Over". I have watched the show carefully since the first installment trying to make sense of his ability to receive messages from the dead. My take on it is that he is very good at reading people, may have some "ESP" skills, and is a total fraud although he may not know it. First, observe the pressure he puts on his subjects claiming that if they don't respond quickly another spirit will push in and the opportunity will be gone. Second, How many people do you know who couldn't respond positively to "Is there a 'K' in your life somewhere?" His subject laughs and says "Yes" or tears up and says "Yes" and he's off and running. Third, on many occasions, he does a series of readings about"K" only to switch to another person and say "Oops, this is your 'K'" Well what about all the information he just gave to subject #1? Last, he NEVER reads a single person. there is always someone there to "help" who is of course hoping to make a contact himself. If this were "real" the readings could be done "one on one" with NO feedback from the subject until the "contact" ended. He does make some interesting "hits" re: colors, special clothing, missing limbs, etc. but so do most Tarot Card readers and crystal ball starers. There is a certain mount of "reading" involved. But is Aunt Hannah crossing over to remind me of her broken finger nail? I don't think so.