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THAT?!” Here are a number of ways, other than psychic
ability, she could “know that”:

The Internet: When you book tickets to a show you give
your full name and address along with your credit or
debit card details. I imagine it would be possible to look
up your audience members online ahead of the show and
gather some info on them.

Facebook: Some Psychics have a Facebook page with lots
of fans who are “friends”. This means they could look
up all sorts of personal info right down to little, personal
details like favourite songs, jokes, pets names etc. etc.…

Pre-Show: Before the show I went to, there was quite a bit
of time where all the audience were milling about in the
foyer, sitting around, buying refreshments, looking at
merchandise etc. and, of course, everyone was chatting
the whole time either in general or specifically about
hoping to get a message or hoping to contact a certain
person on “the other side”. This could be listened to and
recorded by staff “spying” in the crowd or via
microphones & recording devices etc.

Cold Reading: One of the ways you can work out things
about people on the spot is what you call “cold reading”.
This is a technique where you pay attention to people’s
facial expressions, body language, clothing, their response
to what you are saying etc. This was how I was
attempting to read or see how Sally was reading people in
the audience.