By Kirby Robinson
Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal
– The Demon House review [August 22, 2008]
"Dear
Kirby it was nice to read your comments to my last question as well as
receiving your personal e-mail. I hate to do this again but with the wife gone
and my children being grown living life on their own now I watch a lot of
telly. I recently watched 'Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal' and was
rather chuffed. But one episode troubled me very much the demon house. Did it
trouble you also?" Your friend in Christ, Jack
Unfortunately, for both
the general public as well as those involved in the field of the paranormal, we
are caught up in a cult of personality as well as the need to "crank"
things up on many of the current reality paranormal programs. Because the
star(s) of the program are so appealing and we want to like then so we blindly
accept everything that they spoon feed us. We fear that reality isn't exciting
enough to draw in ratings that reality is dressed up a bit with some fictional
story lines. This is hurting the public and destroying the credibility of the
paranormal field that so many people have worked hard to legitimize.
I watched all six
episodes of [season one] Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal at
least once, and "The Demon House" episode many times. And I've
consulted with others to compare my reactions and refine my opinions.
I do not know Chip
Coffey, never met the man, and I'm not going to engage in any personal attacks.
One of the problems
with this show is that every time Chip Coffey first meets one of the children
and asks them to perform some kind of psychic skill, the kids are always 100%
accurate 100% of the time.
The first time I viewed
"The Demon House" I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and with each
successive viewing it gets worse.
Before moving on, let
me write this in plain English: I get no personal pleasure from this
whatsoever. But I have made a commitment to the truth, I've promised to help
ALL and I feel that I'm being led to write these words, so I couldn't be what I
am if I shirk my metaphysical duty.
So, here is my analysis
of "The Demon House."
Each episode begins
with a statement that reads: "This is a documentary." By definition
that means it's to be factual and objective, which implies that events and
situations will not be manipulated within either the production or
presentation.
"The Demon
House" opens with a young girl in Houston, Texas by the name of Hailey.
She's 12, and lives with her mother, Ileana. The girl sees a spirit of a man
that threatens her and brings other spirits that have physically and verbally
threatened to harm her. She lives in fear of said violence. The mother claims
that there's no help and all this is starting to impact Hailey's life.
At this point in the
episode, I feel that Hailey is telling the truth and there is certainly a
negative presence in her room and closet that is potentially harmful to both
her and her mother.
We then meet Alexa, 14,
from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who claims she has seen ghosts and demons since
the age of 8. The family fled 2 years ago from a house that is demonic, and
they have been unable to return to it except for brief moments in the daylight
hours. Alexa claims, "Someone is there and it kinda freaks me out."
Leslie, Alexa's mother, states, "Things happen." We are never told
what events led to the family fleeing nor why she waited for 2 years to seek
help for the house. In the background we notice a door is open and Alexa freaks
out when a bird flies through the house. We learn that she has had issues when
it comes to social adjustment.
Alexa then describes
the demon she claims to have seen and says, "It was anger, frustration,
and betrayal." She claims to see a shadow run by and she can stand next to
it with no impact.
Mom says, "She is
afraid to talk about her child's issues due to fear that they will say that
Alexa is crazy, take her away, and put her into a mental institution."
Which are basically the same fears that Hailey's mother has uttered in her on
camera interview.
At this point, if Alexa
and her mother came to me concerning this home and telling me that there was
demonic activity occurring there, I would be very hard pressed to believe them.
And here's why:
Point 1 – A bird flying
through the house is not proof of spirit activity, but an open door.
Point 2 – Alexa makes a
big effort physically as well as verbally, to sell her story. Point in fact, is
when she uses three terms to sell the demon to the audience. This is often done
for dramatic reasons within film, TV, and literature.
Point 3 – Leslie never
explains what really happened that night in the home that drove them out.
Leaving lots of personal possessions behind and not returning to claim them,
sounds as if one of the elements of the Amityville Horror myth is being
borrowed. Notice the shiny black countertops in the kitchen and the overall
lack of dust and cobwebs.
Point 4 – Alexa claims
that a shadow moved across the light, yet we never see anything.
Point 5 – Alexa claims
that a demon/dark spirit at one point is standing right next to her and is very
upset about her presence. Yet nothing happens. And if you ever suffer the
unfortunate opportunity to stand next to a demon, you will know it.
Point 6 – Neither Alexa
or her mother ever inform the viewers that they are both regulars at new
age/psychic conferences within the state of Florida, according to some
professionals that I've worked with in that area. This would give them great
insight into knowing the terminology.
Now Chip Coffey and Dr.
Lisa Miller enter and begin to work with Alexa. Due to wanting to keep this a
reasonable length, I'm not going to focus on anything except the demon house
and Hailey's fear of the dark presence. An important point is when Hailey
brings out the mirror and tells a bored looking Chip the mirror is a portal
into the spiritual world and at one time she sees Isaiah, chapter 26 written on
it. This passage happens to deal with how God shall protect the righteous but
He also shall judge those who have turned to other gods and engaged in
destructive behavior.
Chip and Dr. Miller
discuss the fear that was at the old house would follow Alexa to the new house.
Chip states, unequivocally, that it is something they need to focus on. Now
let's stop here.
1. Chip should have
taken the time to find out what that Bible quote meant. And taken a look,
spiritually, himself, at the mirror.
2. The family moved out
of the old house two years ago. If the demon chose to follow the family, it
would have. This is certainly an issue because the viewer is led to believe
that Alexa is its target. So why didn't the demon follow its desired target?
They agree to take the
two girls to the demon house and Chip promises to teach them means of protection
and the happy trio set off to the home.
Point 1 – Concerning
spiritual protection -- it is not something you learn in a few minutes. There
are many aspects of it, which is not something that can be taught in one
session.
Point 2 – I think the reader
should be getting my opinion that the demon house is without a demon, and
there's nothing there to be afraid of.
The first trip made to
the house features Chip, Alexa, and Hailey. Nothing happens, at least on tape.
There are no noises, no movement, no voices, and no visual clues whatsoever.
Alexa claims she smells something bad and that this is supposed proof of
demonic activity. Some points to consider here:
Point 1 – Alexa's claim
of one demon now has grown to many demons.
Point 2 – Chip, with an
eerily lit face, which calls to mind The Blair Witch Project movie,
begins to toss the word demon around.
Point 3 – Isn't it
strange that only Alexa is "attacked" in the van after the demon
house walk through?
Point 4 – Hailey
states, "All you have to do is say 'in the name of God, leave me alone!'
and they have to leave you alone." Which is totally untrue, and if she was
taught this on the set, there's somebody there that doesn't know much about
demonology. You must be a Christian to invoke the authority of God.
The show really goes
downhill from here and if this wasn't serious, it would make a great comedy
hour.
Point 1 – Linda, the
demonologist, and her assistant, Beth, don't ask any questions of Chip
concerning the case. They let Chip tell them that the house is demonically
possessed; therefore it must be demonically possessed. Yet Chip has declared in
this show and in Paranormal State that he is not a demonologist or an
exorcist.
Point 2 – Alexa and
Hailey both affirm that something is going to happen when they go to the house
that night and again, nothing does except Alexa says she feels sick.
Point 3 - Telling the
kids that they can come to the house cleansing is a huge mistake on their
parts. House cleansings are no joke and I've seen as much demonic violence in a
house cleansing as in an exorcism.
Point 4 – Linda shows
that she is clearly lacking the ability of spiritual discernment when she
handles Hailey's mirror, and she is totally condescending towards Hailey when
she asks about the angry spirits. Linda just tells Hailey to ask them why
they're angry. Maybe Hailey's residence, not being in Florida but in Texas, was
too far away to cleanse. Maybe it wasn't in the show's budget.
Point 5 – When
traveling in the van before arriving at the demon house, Chip builds up tension
by saying, "It knows we're coming and it knows what's planned." Yet
again, nothing happens.
Point 6 – Hailey and
her mother are told it will be safe to stay outside of the demon house. Demons
can come out through the doors, windows, walls, ceilings, and from underground.
So standing outside is not a safe place, either.
Point 7 – When they are
doing their walk-through, Linda, the demonologist, picks up nothing.
Point 8 – Alexa, again
sounds the alarm that the demon is going to do something. Again, what happens?
Nothing!
Point 9 – Alexa
aggressively tells the demon to leave her alone and suddenly she is free of its
presence. Which is about as likely as a pea shooter stopping an oncoming tank.
Point 10 – The house
cleansing that was performed was amateurish at best, simply going through a
house and rebuking and putting crosses on the walls is not a house cleansing.
Unfortunately, at the
end, the child that needed the most help was left without really spending any
time with Chip. She received no guidance from Dr. Miller, nor were the spirits
removed from her home.
This is like a
low-budget action flick that spends the majority of the movie building up the
confrontation between the hero and his arch-enemy. And then, at the very end,
the showdown is over in mere seconds. We were given the false impression that
this was a serious demon, yet it turned out to be weaker than Casper the
friendly ghost.
What we have here is
hype over substance. Excitement and danger over reality. And illusion combined
with delusion giving us a cloudy picture of what really did and did not happen.
Every time a show is done like this there's a cost. People see these shows and
accept them as being real and they build up their belief systems from that.
Then, in real life, they act out what they've seen.
The demon house was an
empty house that now has a life of its own via the internet and TV. No one was
ever in danger nor could they have been. What was and still is in danger is the
truth. It becomes more clouded and more difficult to comprehend as it gets
blended with fallacy and half truths. The gullible general public, who seek a
greater understanding, end up buying in to a mish mash of reality.
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