Post by Meercat on Aug 12, 2007 1:06:05 GMT
"Psychic Sarah" Sarah Delamere Hurding
I remember seeing various posts from a 'psychic sarah' when I was looking into the psychics who were traveling abroad to 'look for Madeline'. I confess I didn't read many of them as I was looking for something else. But, thanks to Julia on Badpsychics posting a couple of links to her ongoing 'insights' on www.skeptics.org.uk I decided to take another look. Oh dear........
'Psychic Sarah' appears to have been very active on a number of forums trying to get someone to listen to her, she apparently has vital information about the disappearance of Madeline McCann. How has she come by this information? Well, you see, Sarah's a 'Psychic'. (I think there's a clue there in her screen name...)
Now, don't be fooled into thinking that we have yet another 'Psychic' trying to get publicity through a missing child. Not at all! As Sarah herself quite clearly states in her posts:
To aid her in avoiding attention, she has posted the same thing on multiple forums, remembering to post her website address wherever possible. A damn cunning plan to avoid attention if ever I saw one.
I could create a similar exercise by standing naked, painted pink, in the middle of Oxford Street and shouting "I don't want anyone to look at me!".....
My problem with Sarah's interest in the McCann case is that I believe publicity is exactly what she is after. As time has gone on, Hurding has molded her story around current events, even deleting some of her previous posts. Now why would a Psychic change their story, unless they wanted to appear that it was THEY who 'cracked the case'.
The excellent people over at www.skeptics.org.uk have been 'in communication' with Hurding for some time now, 99% of the following quotes from Hurding have come from there, the others are from The Mirror forum or Hurdings own website.
Hurding has a wonderful habit of 're-predicting' when things don't happen the way she said they would:
and as time went on.......
then
then
and finally
You'll get there in the end Sarah.....
She also has a problem with her memory, you see, when she posted:
she had obviously forgotten saying:
Hurding, according to her website, www.sarahdelamerehurding.com is a Psychic, a Healer, an Astrologer and a Writer. She also seems to have an unhealthy obsession with Bono.
Want to know what the year is going to bring you according to your star sign? Hurdings your woman.
Well, actually no she's not. I was led to believe that these people who produce astrological charts knew something about the planets and the stars, isn't that what its all about? The Sun rising over the cusp of a hair lip when your Pluto is in the 3rd degree of Tesco or something. Theres no getting round it, the stars and the planets tell you everything.
says Hurding regarding McCann. Sounds impressive doesn't it? Apart from the fact that that Uranus doesn't have an 84 day cycle.......
Hurding was challenged on this fact by an astronomy lecturer on Sceptics.org. Her response of:
could roughly be translated to:
"Ohhhhh SH************T!"
Her attempt to explain what she really meant by mentioning lots of other planets/node actions/charts was met with a beautifully put:
But its okay! Hurding tells us:
Which, I think you'll agree, translates into the shorter version of:
"I have no idea what I'm talking about, so I just make it up and talk about 'vibrations'".
As Ive mentioned previously, I believe Hurding is using the McCann case (or 'Maddy' as Hurding keeps referring to her) as a publicity boost for herself. On urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/256534.htm#comment-26302 she posted a 'letter' to the Portuguese's Police stating:
and:
My heckles instantly went up. Yet another 'psychic' claiming involvement with Sarah Payne. "Found within a day or two"? 17 days later actually. Lets see what Hurding says about it on her site:
It wasn't the Police who found her, it was a farm laborer. A letter 'M'? The man arrested for her murder is called Roy William Whiting, the field she was found in is near Pulborough, outside of Kingston Gorse, which is near Littlehampton. There you go! Theres an 'M' in Littlehampton!
Whiting was one of the first people in Britain to go on the sex offenders' register.
The blue car? Yep you guessed it, he owned a white van.
Hurdings claims of being accurate seem to stem from the report that she correctly predicted the 6 winners of the Irish Popstar program, putting her predictions into an envelope after seeing each of the contestants. Her site states:
Her site also says.....
20 finalists or 32 finalists? Make your mind up Sarah.
"I have a high rate of accuracy with what I do". Okay, lets look at some of your predictions Sarah.
Made in the year 2000:
Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas will split by the time she's 38.
So that'll be now.
Tony Blair should just about manage to pull off the next British election May 2001
Well, it was in June and the BBC described it as "his historic second landslide"
Posh and Becks apart by the time he’s 32
That'll be now as well!
In 2001:
The Pope’s successor will be chosen by the end of the year. The pope is frail and 82 is a crucial age for him. (His 81st birthday is at the end of May.)
The Pope died in 2005, but on the upside, she also predicted the next Pope would be black. Oh, hang on.....
The McCartney marriage would undergo a barrage of controversy & scandal, but would pull through & be absolutely fine.
Oh yes, absolutely fine......
There are absolutely loads of predictions on her site, mainly to do with 'celebrities', and far too many about Bono (Featuring a drawing done by Bono of her entitled "Mermaid in the kitchen", the name she is using as the title of a 'biography' she is working on. Have a read of forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&forumid=202&threadid=97545 if you can get through it, just the last ten paragraphs would do. I wonder what Bono (or The Great Wizard) would make of it.
But she covers herself quite well with....
So if you get it wrong it was just an opinion, but if you're right you're psychic, great get-out!
There are two worrying things on her website. The first is that fact that Hurding does not have internet access at home because...
Thats worrying as I'm on line now.
The second was a prediction she made that was 100% correct:
To be honest, 'dramatic' doesn't quite cover it. It was the last thing I expected to happen to me at the salad bar of the Twickenham branch of Pizza Hut.....
Just remember Sarah, you said about Madeline McCann:
".........as I said I won't do ANY publicity on this matter"
We'll hold you to that.
Meercat
I remember seeing various posts from a 'psychic sarah' when I was looking into the psychics who were traveling abroad to 'look for Madeline'. I confess I didn't read many of them as I was looking for something else. But, thanks to Julia on Badpsychics posting a couple of links to her ongoing 'insights' on www.skeptics.org.uk I decided to take another look. Oh dear........
'Psychic Sarah' appears to have been very active on a number of forums trying to get someone to listen to her, she apparently has vital information about the disappearance of Madeline McCann. How has she come by this information? Well, you see, Sarah's a 'Psychic'. (I think there's a clue there in her screen name...)
Now, don't be fooled into thinking that we have yet another 'Psychic' trying to get publicity through a missing child. Not at all! As Sarah herself quite clearly states in her posts:
"I don't care whether people believe me or not...Nor do I care for public acknowledgment afterward (in fact I would rather NOT be linked with this)"
"I am NOT doing this for attention on the net...I would be delighted if now the info has been passed on if it would all be merrily deleted....I took a controversial step to try to help find this little girl...it does NOT mean I am delusional or that I am looking for attention.
.........as I said I won't do ANY publicity on this matter"
.........as I said I won't do ANY publicity on this matter"
To aid her in avoiding attention, she has posted the same thing on multiple forums, remembering to post her website address wherever possible. A damn cunning plan to avoid attention if ever I saw one.
I could create a similar exercise by standing naked, painted pink, in the middle of Oxford Street and shouting "I don't want anyone to look at me!".....
My problem with Sarah's interest in the McCann case is that I believe publicity is exactly what she is after. As time has gone on, Hurding has molded her story around current events, even deleting some of her previous posts. Now why would a Psychic change their story, unless they wanted to appear that it was THEY who 'cracked the case'.
The excellent people over at www.skeptics.org.uk have been 'in communication' with Hurding for some time now, 99% of the following quotes from Hurding have come from there, the others are from The Mirror forum or Hurdings own website.
Hurding has a wonderful habit of 're-predicting' when things don't happen the way she said they would:
Tue Jun 12, 2007
"My prediction on the Maddy case is that this will be solved in the next three or four weeks rather than dragging on forever."
"My prediction on the Maddy case is that this will be solved in the next three or four weeks rather than dragging on forever."
and as time went on.......
"I am pleased to see the UK police are heading out there and I pick up that this will bring a resolution quite soon now..."
then
"the 84 day thing...links to the developments re getting the UK police out there.."
then
"the 92nd and 96th days are important (I hope we hear how)"
and finally
"I do not think this will drag into the 100's of days now...."
You'll get there in the end Sarah.....
She also has a problem with her memory, you see, when she posted:
"I have always said she is CONCEALED....I never ONCE said she was buried...
I have never once said she was buried...you just ASSUMED it from what I wrote..."
I have never once said she was buried...you just ASSUMED it from what I wrote..."
she had obviously forgotten saying:
"In this case re Maddy; I am really not convince she is still alive. I have a feeling she is buried in rough/dry/sandy sparsely wooded ground between 2 and 4 miles north/ north east from where she was taken... ".
Hurding, according to her website, www.sarahdelamerehurding.com is a Psychic, a Healer, an Astrologer and a Writer. She also seems to have an unhealthy obsession with Bono.
Want to know what the year is going to bring you according to your star sign? Hurdings your woman.
Well, actually no she's not. I was led to believe that these people who produce astrological charts knew something about the planets and the stars, isn't that what its all about? The Sun rising over the cusp of a hair lip when your Pluto is in the 3rd degree of Tesco or something. Theres no getting round it, the stars and the planets tell you everything.
"it was based on the Uranus 84 day cycle and I made that clear...in astrology this 84 day cycle is significant regarding such a crime"
Hurding was challenged on this fact by an astronomy lecturer on Sceptics.org. Her response of:
"interesting an astronomer on line ...."
could roughly be translated to:
"Ohhhhh SH************T!"
Her attempt to explain what she really meant by mentioning lots of other planets/node actions/charts was met with a beautifully put:
"You seriously need to check your facts".
But its okay! Hurding tells us:
"I tried to explain re the 84 day thing...there is a vibrational pattern to numbers and the 84 links to Uranus...Astronomers wouldn't agree to this ...but intuitive astrologers would...I am aware of the facts...but there is a vibrational element to astrology that astronomers for the most part don't recognise...
But really the way I use the astrology is as a tool to 'tune in'...I use it in a very populist...'Joe Public' kind of way".
But really the way I use the astrology is as a tool to 'tune in'...I use it in a very populist...'Joe Public' kind of way".
Which, I think you'll agree, translates into the shorter version of:
"I have no idea what I'm talking about, so I just make it up and talk about 'vibrations'".
As Ive mentioned previously, I believe Hurding is using the McCann case (or 'Maddy' as Hurding keeps referring to her) as a publicity boost for herself. On urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/256534.htm#comment-26302 she posted a 'letter' to the Portuguese's Police stating:
"I am well know here in Ireland for my psychic work (you can verify my credentials on psychicsarah.com) I have a high rate of accuracy with what I do."
"In the Sarah Payne case I informed the police that the search north of the border was futile and that Sarah would be found 10 or 11 miles from home within an day or two…she was."
My heckles instantly went up. Yet another 'psychic' claiming involvement with Sarah Payne. "Found within a day or two"? 17 days later actually. Lets see what Hurding says about it on her site:
"The police investigation the Sarah Payne case should look closer to home – the answer is under their nose. Significance of letter M. She was not sexually molested. The paedophile theory is a red herring. A blue car is important."
It wasn't the Police who found her, it was a farm laborer. A letter 'M'? The man arrested for her murder is called Roy William Whiting, the field she was found in is near Pulborough, outside of Kingston Gorse, which is near Littlehampton. There you go! Theres an 'M' in Littlehampton!
"She was not sexually molested, the paedophile theory is a red herring"
The blue car? Yep you guessed it, he owned a white van.
Hurdings claims of being accurate seem to stem from the report that she correctly predicted the 6 winners of the Irish Popstar program, putting her predictions into an envelope after seeing each of the contestants. Her site states:
"There will be many out there who find it impossible to get their heads around the fact that a psychic can come up with relevant observations, by spending just 15 minutes with the final 20 entrees."
Her site also says.....
"When I was given the names of the last 32 finalists, certain names jumped out at me straight away: Sarah Keating, Brian Ormond, and Una Healy."
20 finalists or 32 finalists? Make your mind up Sarah.
"I have a high rate of accuracy with what I do". Okay, lets look at some of your predictions Sarah.
Made in the year 2000:
Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas will split by the time she's 38.
So that'll be now.
Tony Blair should just about manage to pull off the next British election May 2001
Well, it was in June and the BBC described it as "his historic second landslide"
Posh and Becks apart by the time he’s 32
That'll be now as well!
In 2001:
The Pope’s successor will be chosen by the end of the year. The pope is frail and 82 is a crucial age for him. (His 81st birthday is at the end of May.)
The Pope died in 2005, but on the upside, she also predicted the next Pope would be black. Oh, hang on.....
The McCartney marriage would undergo a barrage of controversy & scandal, but would pull through & be absolutely fine.
Oh yes, absolutely fine......
There are absolutely loads of predictions on her site, mainly to do with 'celebrities', and far too many about Bono (Featuring a drawing done by Bono of her entitled "Mermaid in the kitchen", the name she is using as the title of a 'biography' she is working on. Have a read of forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&forumid=202&threadid=97545 if you can get through it, just the last ten paragraphs would do. I wonder what Bono (or The Great Wizard) would make of it.
But she covers herself quite well with....
"Sarah would like to emphasise that the above predictions offer a psychic opinion only. If they turn out to be correct well…she is psychic!"
So if you get it wrong it was just an opinion, but if you're right you're psychic, great get-out!
There are two worrying things on her website. The first is that fact that Hurding does not have internet access at home because...
"Computers bring viruses into the home"
The second was a prediction she made that was 100% correct:
"A man will be dramatically attacked by a crocodile in an unexpected situation."
To be honest, 'dramatic' doesn't quite cover it. It was the last thing I expected to happen to me at the salad bar of the Twickenham branch of Pizza Hut.....
Just remember Sarah, you said about Madeline McCann:
".........as I said I won't do ANY publicity on this matter"
We'll hold you to that.
Meercat