Dr. Gilbert Holloway

[Donna Halper]

At 07:11 PM 3/10/2008, Alan Tolz wrote:
>Dr. Gilbert Holloway passed away in the late 1990's.  He was a 
>frequent guest on Jerry Williams' shows over the years.  He was from 
>New Mexico and he and his wife would drive their mobile home cross 
>country appearing on radio stations, earning money by doing psychic 
>readings after the broadcasts.

Ah yes, one of the many phony psychics, a master of what we skeptics 
call "cold reading"... he got written up in all sorts of newspapers 
and magazines, plus he had a column of his own for a while.  Most of 
his predictions didn't happen, but enough did for him to seem 
credible to some people.  He even persuaded the TV station in Deming 
NM to give him a TV show... at various times, he claimed he was a 
Christian minister AND a psychic.  Interesting combination.  The one 
he got right was that Lyndon Johnson wouldn't run for president in 
1968, and he seems to have parlayed that into some credibility as a 
pundit... His bio said he was an evangelist, a counselor, and an 
author.  In addition to being able to predict the future, and he said 
he could teach anyone psychic powers.  Nice work if you can get it.