Derren Brown

Derren Victor Brown ( born February 27, 1971 in Croydon ) is a British magician, mentalist and cartoonist. With his TV series Mind Control on the UK 's Channel 4 He gained worldwide fame. Brown himself says he Operating the both of magic, suggestion, psychology, deception and the resourceful presentation (Magic, suggestion, Psychology, Misdirection and Showmanship ).

His program

During his shows Brown used a mixture of different techniques in order to divine the thoughts of his fellow men or influence. So he is to pay, for example, be able to redeem an invalid coupon to save money with plain paper or arrange for a complete stranger to hand over to him without reluctance his valuables. He also manages to affect some business people so that they are ready at the end to commit an armed robbery. In his stunt on Russian Roulette draws and reads the thoughts of a volunteer, to finally know exactly what this chamber has put the cartridge. In the episode The Assassin Brown is devoted to the possibility to bring a man to commit a murder. The episode also has a direct relation to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

Brown as Mentalist

Brown is a skeptic when it comes to paranormal phenomena. In his series Messiah ( " Messiah" ), he wants to prove that most people with seemingly supernatural forces also operate psychology. To this end he gives, among other things as a medium that can make contact with the dead. He impressed a professional seer with his gift, while he himself admits that he possesses supernatural abilities in any way. With his demonstrations "converted " Brown also a group of atheists to believe in God. In retrospect, this explains it but on the fact that this has nothing to do with a higher power. In another result, Brown also deals with the phenomenon of voodoo doll.

Brown lives openly homosexual in Las Vegas and London.