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Chip Coffey
American psychic

Chip Coffey

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American psychic
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Elmira
Age
70 years
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Biography

Chip Coffey is an American psychic from Elmira, New York, currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. He appeared as a medium on various paranormal television programs, primarily Paranormal State and Psychic Kids. On Psychic Kids he acts as a mentor towards children who claim to have psychic abilities, primarily seeing ghosts. Coffey's claims of being able to communicate with the dead have been subject to criticism by skeptics.

History

According to Coffey, when he was a child, he would tell his parents when the phone was about to ring and who was calling; referring to his ability to read the past, present and future as a "God given talent" Coffey said that when he reached adulthood, he began to see full-body apparitions. He also defines what he feels is the difference between a ghost and a spirit is that "the latter has completed the journey between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Ghosts, on the other hand, are souls that, for whatever reason, have chosen to stick around. They may not know they're dead, or they may fear judgment on the other side."

Criticism

Coffey has been criticized by scientific skeptics. In 2009, the James Randi Education Foundation awarded Coffey a Pigasus Award "For the psychic who tricked the most people with the least effort". According to skeptical investigator Joe Nickell, Coffey has been accused of hoaxing and "outright deception" involving the television series Paranormal State.

In September 2014, members of the Bay Area Skeptics attended one of Coffey's seance sessions as part of what they termed a "sting operation" intended to reveal the falsity of his psychic claims. According to Ohlone College professor Sheldon Helms, skeptics posing as fans planted stories of fictitious dead family members with Coffey's staff. According to organizer Susan Gerbic, "Coffey claimed to be clearly communicating with our nonexistent family members".

In October 2013. Coffey came to Minneapolis and agreed to appear on KFAN's morning show The Power Trip. Coffey had told one of the hosts Cory Cove several things a few months earlier and none of it came to fruition. Cove confronted Coffey about it resulting in Coffey storming out of the studio. A recording of the incident is here. https://illuminutti.com/2013/10/18/morning-radio-host-interviews-psychic-chip-coffey-and-puts-him-to-shame/

Popular culture

On October 30, 2015, Coffey appeared on Destination America Channel's two-hour special event Exorcism: LIVE!.

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