Sylvia Browne's predictions for 2003 revisited

How many predictions did Browne make and how many did she get right? What percentage was correct?


(I removed the promotions, audience readings, chatter, praise and introductions, leaving only predictions for 2003.)

SHOW: The Montel Williams Show (5:00 PM ET) - SYND
DATE: December 31, 2002 Tuesday
LENGTH: 8512 words
HEADLINE: Sylvia Browne predicts; psychic Sylvia Browne gives predictions for 2003, answers questions from the audience and discusses her new book, "Contacting Your Spirit Guide"
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HOST: Montel Williams
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Montel Williams, Diane Rappoport

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WILLIAMS: We are here today talking to world-renowned psychic Sylvia Browne. Give it up. So it's time to make some predictions for this year. Let's talk about it. If we're going to be at war, will there be further terrorist attacks on the United States and on US soil?

Browne: Yes. And, you know, we've talked about this before, privately and publicly and everything, that, you know, I don't like to be a doomsday, you know, but I'm just--I--never before in 66 years of my life--and I lived through world war--you know, I won't tell you how many wars--the Civil--Civil War and, you know--no, World War II, but I've never been in Korean, you know, in Vietname--Vietnam War--never been as concerned as I have about this one because there's going to be such a retaliation...

WILLIAMS: And you...

Browne: ...on our banks, on our shores.

WILLIAMS: Will that retaliation come in the form of something that we've seen already, like September 11th, where they go after...

Browne: It's going to come in nerve gas, Montel.

WILLIAMS: Big?

Browne: Big. Big. And it's going to hit coastal areas. It's going to be episodic in the fact that you're going to have people that are--they don't care. You see, we're--we--it's almost like suicide missions. I mean, you know, like--let's say I strap a bomb on--God forbid--and I walk into a place and I don't care. I just blow everything up.

WILLIAMS: Everyone wants to know this--oh, let's--let's--let's just stay on this for a second, OK? So terrorist an--attacks--will we overcome? Will...

Browne: Oh, sure, we will.

WILLIAMS: ...will we be able to control them?

Browne: It's very much like--you know how we see things that happen in Palestine and places? And, you know, I talk to people on the phone all the time and, you know, I talk to the--to Judaic Palestinians, whatever, and they're not where the war is, do you see what I mean? It's very much like north and south Ireland. You know, there's certain--most of us won't be affected, except for the fact that we feel so bad about people being blown up and horrible things. What I'm more concerned about is railroads now. I'm not concerned about planes. I'm worried about railroads and trucking lines.

WILLIAMS: Here in the United States.

Browne: That's what I'm worried about. Yeah, because, see, that will cripple us, Montel.

WILLIAMS: Yeah.

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I love how we go from world war three to Brad and Jennifer. Pathetic.

Well, I suppose she was right about David and Liza. Everything else is postively a joke. On every level.

Yeah, I've started an aticle on this, mostly from the lex-nex stranscript.

Pretty sad.

But who could ever have predicted about David and Liza! I for one was certain they would go the distance.

RSLancastr said:

But who could ever have predicted about David and Liza! I for one was certain they would go the distance.

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And which one was selected a year later to bloster Browne's "success"? A year later:

SHOW: The Montel Williams Show (5:00 PM ET) - SYND
DATE: December 31, 2003 Wednesday
LENGTH: 8066 words
BODY:
HOST: Montel Williams
SYLVIA PREDICTS: 2004
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Montel Williams, Diane Rappoport
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WILLIAMS: Well, you know, last year we had some fun like with predictions with celebrities, famous celebrity couples. Take a look at this.

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WILLIAMS: Liza Minnelli and her husband, David Gest?

Ms. BROWNE: Oh, that's not--no.

WILLIAMS: Huh? That's not going to last?

Ms. BROWNE: Never going to make it.

WILLIAMS: They're not going to have children? No way, huh?

Ms. BROWNE: Oh, God, no. Not going to happen.

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WILLIAMS: After just 16 months, Liza Minnelli filed for divorce, and David Gest is suing her for like 10 million bucks.

Ms. BROWNE: Oh...

WILLIAMS: I think she's suing him.

Ms. BROWNE: Oh, he's supposedly being beat up by her.

WILLIAMS: He said she beat him up.

Ms. BROWNE: Oh, I'd beat him up.

WILLIAMS: I don't know if I'd admit that to anybody, you know what I mean?

Ms. BROWNE: I'd beat him up if I was married to him.

WILLIAMS: Wait. But Liza had two hip repla--replacements. You mean he can't run from her? Yeah!

Ms. BROWNE: And she's little.
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No mention about her being so very wrong about other predictions...

Questioninggeller said:

No mention about her being so very wrong about other predictions...

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Sickening.

That's impressive about David and Liza. I mean, that marriage seemed as solid as a rock!

What are you gonna tell me next, that Bobby and Whitney have divorced?

In a nutshell

Sylvia : Blalalalah loads of people will die blalalalalah in terrorist attacks...
Montel : Yeah but what about celebrities ???

Pathetic.

Just a thought. This comment caught my eye from Montel :

"WILLIAMS: Absolutely. Let's get on to something better. How about--let's talk about the lives of celebrities. You do pretty well with that."

In other words, "Sylvia your rubbish at predicting anything meaningful so how about some stuff you couldnt possibly get wrong ?"

A clue as to Montel's real feelings about Sylvia's 'powers'?

I'm finding these transcribes of the show disturbing because of the constant use of "You know". It's like some sort of hypnotic suggestion whereby you make every statement vague and easily interpretated by the listener. You know, I think, you know, I think shes lying.

Sorry, you guys have probably discussed this a million times. I'm just making my Newbie observations to let you know where I am coming from. I really think this woman should be stopped, and not for her lying, but for her arrogance when doing so. You know?

Browne: Yes. And, you know, we've talked about this before, privately and publicly and everything, that, you know, I don't like to be a doomsday, you know, but I'm just--I--never before in 66 years of my life--and I lived through world war--you know, I won't tell you how many wars--the Civil--Civil War and, you know--no, World War II, but I've never been in Korean, you know, in Vietname--Vietnam War--never been as concerned as I have about this one because there's going to be such a retaliation...

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This was an English major?

She has a failure rate higher than I thought was possible. Doesn't that count for something?

Regarding the admin edit, that transcript is not the full transcript.

1) As stated clearly, "I removed the promotions, audience readings, chatter, praise and introductions, leaving only predictions for 2003."

2) The word count of the total (8512 words) is much larger than what I posted.

3) Chunks of material, which was more than half, was removed and made clear with:

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3) After searching the JREF forum, this transcript has been posted before (three years ago) without admin edits: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=409008 That link contains material, which is the exact same as what I included.

I think I know where this is going.

Sylvia's flock will start saying that she saved us all from World War 3 by coming out with this prediction. See, Homeland Security listens to Sylvia, and when they heard this, they took action to prevent it.

Miss Anthrope said:

I think I know where this is going.

Sylvia's flock will start saying that she saved us all from World War 3 by coming out with this prediction. See, Homeland Security listens to Sylvia, and when they heard this, they took action to prevent it.

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I would like to declare myself the world's greatest psychic. My spirit guide, Larry, has told me that terrorists will attack tomorrow morning and wipe out all of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Winnamucca, NV, leaving no building standing or person alive.

Now, by making this prediction public, Homeland Security is swinging into action as we speak to prevent this tragedy. So if you wake up tomorrow morning and terrorists have not attacked these cities, you can post a thank you to me. Cash is also appreciated.

Monza said:

I would like to declare myself the world's greatest psychic. My spirit guide, Larry, has told me that terrorists will attack tomorrow morning and wipe out all of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Winnamucca, NV, leaving no building standing or person alive.

Now, by making this prediction public, Homeland Security is swinging into action as we speak to prevent this tragedy. So if you wake up tomorrow morning and terrorists have not attacked these cities, you can post a thank you to me. Cash is also appreciated.

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I'm convinced; can I get a $700 phone reading?

Cactus Wren said:

This was an English major?

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Even scarier (and much more truthful) : this was an English teacher!

This probably has been posted before but-

http://web.lexis-nexis.com.proxy.we...z-zSkVA&_md5=a46a81be98544b9517ed5b6e0e8620b1

December 30, 2005 Friday

WILLIAMS: Sylvia Browne and Hay House just delivered a check for $25,000 for the Montel Williams MS Foundation. Thank you. Thank you. My goodness. Well, you know, you got a new book out at the end of the year. This book is called "If You Could See What I See." Boy, I wish I could see some of the stuff you could see, like what's going to happen next year, because, you know, what--wait a second. Do you guys know that she has a new book out? It's called "If You Could See What I See," but if you saw what she saw last year on this show, you would know that Sylvia Browne--do you know some of the predictions that you made last year were so real, so right, over the top? Before you share this year's, I want you to take a look at some of the ones that you said last year.

Ms. BROWNE: OK.

WILLIAMS: And yeah, you know, some of them, unfortunately, did come true.

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WILLIAMS: Let's go back and let's talk about this. How about--last year's storm season was crazy.

Ms. BROWNE: Oh.

WILLIAMS: What do you think about this coming year?

Ms. BROWNE: It's going to be worse this year. I mean, Texas is going to get it. North Carolinas are going to get it. And Florida's going to get it again.

There is going to be--not just from this year, but next year, there's going to be, there's going to be an also a flu vaccination problem. And it's going to be almost like a black market type of thing that they're going to do.

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WILLIAMS: Well, we do know the hurricanes hit Florida. And we did have a problem with this bird flu--vaccinations.

Ms. BROWNE: Yes.

WILLIAMS: They're not being able to produce that on time.

Ms. BROWNE: Right.

WILLIAMS: Also, let's take a look back at some of the amazing celebrity predictions that you made in 2005. Take a look at this.

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WILLIAMS: So how about Britney Spears and her little boyfriend--or her husband, now. Is she going to get pregnant?

Ms. BROWNE: She's not getting--yeah, and she's not going to last with him, either.

WILLIAMS: But is she going to have a baby?

Ms. BROWNE: Yeah, she's going to have a baby.

WILLIAMS: Little Britney running around!

Ms. BROWNE: And Robert Blake's going to get off.

WILLIAMS: What?

Ms. BROWNE: Yes, he is. I think it's because they've just dragged it on so long that it's become a cold case file, you know what I mean?

WILLIAMS: Now, how about Donald Trump? I just saw he just got engaged. They were talking about it in the New York newspaper recently.

Ms. BROWNE: Last two years.

WILLIAMS: Huh?

Ms. BROWNE: Last two years.

WILLIAMS: He's going to get married?

Ms. BROWNE: Oh, yeah, he's going to get married to that foreign girl that's beautiful.

WILLIAMS: And it's going to last two years?

Ms. BROWNE: Two years.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are going to break up, which is kind of sad. Yeah.

WILLIAMS: Oh, look at all the cross looks! And wait--and all these women are going, `Oh, I feel so bad for Jennifer. Brad!' Is that totally right?

Ms. BROWNE: Demi Moore's going to get pregnant with--you know.

WILLIAMS: Really? There all kinds of things happening in Hollywood!

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WILLIAMS: See, I'm going to tell you, the Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt thing took everybody by surprise. Sylvia was the only one who said that. Demi Moore getting pregnant!

Ms. BROWNE: Robert Blake was the one.

WILLIAMS: Robert Blake, that's right. Nobody saw it coming.

Ms. BROWNE: He called me on the phone, and said, `I didn't believe that that could be possible.'

WILLIAMS: Now, the one that really got me, too--she was the one who said that Britney Spears was going to get--have--have a baby, and had a baby this year. But you also predicted that Britney was going to dump her husband. And guess what, you know, according to Us Weekly, December 12th edition, Britney has canceled Kevin's credit card, kicked his butt out the house, and she spent her birthday alone! Dang! Don't be in a relationship and ask Sylvia what's up!

Well, guess what, we do have a Question of the Week. And the Question of the Week--because freelotto.com is going to give out $500 to the person who can answer this question today in our studio audience. You guys ready for 500 bucks? The question is: the tradition of dropping the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square began in what year? What year was the ball dropped? Put your hand up, but guess what? I've got about 60 people who gave me answers, and none of y'all got it right! I know the year! Let me take a break. We'll get that when we come back. But wait, also when we come back, I want you to answer some questions for some of the members of our studio audience.

Ms. BROWNE: All right, I will.

WILLIAMS: Some of these people are waiting. You know, we'll start with somebody right now.