Katie, the gold sweating psychic

[Todd Mueller]

Has there been a more absurd segment ever on UM?

I'm not even going to debate her "psychic" abilities, but when they show the gold "sweat" and the gems falling out of her eyes, it borders on a level of crazy that has never been seen. You can actually watch her fingers separate as the gems are said to fall out of her eye.

The funniest part to me is that they have witnesses who swear the gold foil just materialized in front of their eyes. Nope. Total fake.

Not surprisingly, this woman seems to have disappeared from the public eye.

[James T]

Magic Rock & Aphrodisiac Chocolate were more absurd. At least with the stuff coming out of eyes it is more plausible that something supernatural could be happening. It was certainly an incredible visual watching it as a 14 year old without much critical thinking. As a 12 year old I just laughed at the Magic Rock.

[asmitty]

Originally Posted by James T

Magic Rock & Aphrodisiac Chocolate were more absurd. At least with the stuff coming out of eyes it is more plausible that something supernatural could be happening. It was certainly an incredible visual watching it as a 14 year old without much critical thinking. As a 12 year old I just laughed at the Magic Rock.

Magic Rock FTW. At least there's some trickery going on in the Katie segment no matter how obviously fake it is. The Magic Rock was just a story about how a family had a run of good luck and oh yeah our kid found a rock in the woods. Maybe the two are related.

[Drown Soda]

The Magic rock episode was pretty ridiculous, but I was more irritated by the Katey "gold" segment because she was not only clearly and deliberately crafting a hoax, but she was also very audacious about it. Every time I watch that segment, I want to reach into the screen and smack her.

[freakbook]

Originally Posted by James T

Magic Rock & Aphrodisiac Chocolate were more absurd. At least with the stuff coming out of eyes it is more plausible that something supernatural could be happening. It was certainly an incredible visual watching it as a 14 year old without much critical thinking. As a 12 year old I just laughed at the Magic Rock.

I'll take the magic rock over gold tears. The magic rock could just be seen as a good luck charm ala rabbits foot, a four leaf clover.

I really don't see how golden tears is more plausible than a good luck charm, but otay.

[Charlie99909]

The fertility statues are up there, too. I'd be more impressed if these women didnt have a significant other.

[asmitty]

Originally Posted by freakbook

I'll take the magic rock over gold tears. The magic rock could just be seen as a good luck charm ala rabbits foot, a four leaf clover.

I really don't see how golden tears is more plausible than a good luck charm, but otay.

It's not more plausible, but there's a mystery to the sweating gold and crying gems even though the answer was obvious and it was a hoax. There's no mystery to solve with the magic rock. Those people just had some good fortune. You can't come on a show called Unsolved Mysteries without having some mystery to your story.

[freakbook]

Originally Posted by asmitty

It's not more plausible, but there's a mystery to the sweating gold and crying gems even though the answer was obvious and it was a hoax. There's no mystery to solve with the magic rock. Those people just had some good fortune. You can't come on a show called Unsolved Mysteries without having some mystery to your story.

There's no mystery to her magic tricks, they're just magic tricks. I can cuff jewels in my hands and pour them down my face to give the illusion that I'm crying jewels.

And apparently you can come on Unsolved Mysteries without mystery to your story, they did. Who's to say their rock wasn't magical? I can't disprove it, but I can disprove her magic tricks. I prefer to see a family fall on good luck with an obvious good luck charm, than a scam $5 "magician".

I get what you're saying though, but get what I'm saying, her magic tricks aren't more convincing than a magical rock.

[James T]

Originally Posted by Charlie99909

The fertility statues are up there, too. I'd be more impressed if these women didnt have a significant other.

Oh God, we occasionally get those stories here in the UK to this day on news shows & in the papers-usually based in a supermarket & 'every' woman that sits on a certain chair on a particular checkout falls pregnant.

[dynoguy88]

I haven't seen the magic rock segment in forever.

I loved that segment as a little kid. But yeah. I imagine if I watched it now, it would be pretty silly.

[Jenna_Nicole105]

Just watched the Katie segment for the first time in years.

Having watched The Magic Rock numerous times, this one is worse....Don't remember the infamous aphrodisiac chocolate segment, so can't comment on that one.

I'm ashamed to admit that as a young child the "sweating gold" freaked me out, watching it as an adult it's beyond ridiculous that something so obviously fake would scare me as a kid; especially as a horror movie fanatic, The Exorcist, Nightmare On Elm Street, Halloween and Friday The 13th (along with countless other horror watched as a child didn't scare me at all) but somehow gold sweat lady did....Ugh!

[undertakeress]

I remember watching this as a kid and was bewildered. Now I love how they had people disprove her condition right on the show!

[asmitty]

Originally Posted by undertakeress

I remember watching this as a kid and was bewildered. Now I love how they had people disprove her condition right on the show!

I know exactly what you mean. I felt the same way when I saw this as a 9-10 year old when it first aired.

[James T]

Originally Posted by Jenna_Nicole105

Just watched the Katie segment for the first time in years.

Having watched The Magic Rock numerous times, this one is worse....Don't remember the infamous aphrodisiac chocolate segment, so can't comment on that one.

I'm ashamed to admit that as a young child the "sweating gold" freaked me out, watching it as an adult it's beyond ridiculous that something so obviously fake would scare me as a kid; especially as a horror movie fanatic, The Exorcist, Nightmare On Elm Street, Halloween and Friday The 13th (along with countless other horror watched as a child didn't scare me at all) but somehow gold sweat lady did....Ugh!

Exactly, that & the haunted bunk beds segments look ridiculous as a critical thinking adult, but as a fairly uncritical adolescent come across scary as hell because of the visuals. As a 14 or so year old I had no real concept of whether ectoplasm or this kind of stuff was legit, I was only reading books or newspapers that promoted that stuff as real.

[freakbook]

Originally Posted by asmitty

I know exactly what you mean. I felt the same way when I saw this as a 9-10 year old when it first aired.

Because it's nasty. Someone crying jewels, or having gold come from their skin makes me itch.