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Medium claims to have given London bombings warning

According to one medium, "Dead-Famous", the Paranormal Television Series, first seen on UK`s Living TV, which describes itself as a "compelling and ground ride across the U.S. as Gail Porter and Chris Fleming try to track down some of America`s most famous spirits", was given information on the London bombings in October 2004, yet ignored it.

In October 2004, to help support their Houdini episode, the London-based Production Company, "Twofour Broadcast", contacted an internationally known medium, Elizabeth Baron. While on the set at the Palace Theatre in New York with Gail Porter and Chris Fleming, Elizabeth clamed to have brought through the spirit of Houdini. And while on camera, Ms. Baron claims that Houdini`s spirit told them that there would be a great bombing in England. Unfortunately, it was not the sensationalized story they were looking for.

Of course, say critics of Ms. Baron, it would not have taken a medium or the spirit of a famous magician to predict that one day London would be a target of a terrorist attack much like what occured last week. The British government had already made several predictions and passed on occassional warnings calling for vigilance. That the attacks took place speaks less to Baron`s (or Houdini`s?) prescience and more to the fact that the British government thought an attack on London inevitable, and they were proven right without having to visit a ghost.