Debra "Deb" Webber is an Australian

psychic medium Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or spir ...

Works

Webber has worked extensively as a psychic medium throughout Australia and New Zealand. She has her own company named ''Seeds of Energy Pty Ltd'', which was started in 2003. She is known for appearing on New Zealand television series

Sensing Murder ''Sensing Murder'' is a television show in which three psychics are asked to act as psychic detectives to help provide evidence that might be useful in solving famous unsolved murder cases by communicating with the deceased victims. The program ...

. On the show, she works as a

psychic detective A psychic detective is a person who investigates crimes by using purported paranormal psychic abilities. Examples have included postcognition (the paranormal perception of the past), Psychometry (paranormal), psychometry (information psychicall ...

to help find evidence relating to unsolved murder cases. Webber also writes a regular column, titled ''Life After Deb'', in Australian magazine Woman's Day.

Controversy

Critics have pointed out her show uses cold reading and other techniques used by entertainers like Derren Brown.

''Caught on Hidden Camera''

On 13 August 2004 Australian Channel 7 broadcast a show called "Caught on Hidden Camera", in which they asked Webber to give readings to three people. The three asked to contact deceased relatives that did not exist. Webber claimed she was able to 'contact' these people. This was later screened in New Zealand on the show

Eating Media Lunch Eating Media Lunch (EML) was a satirical New Zealand news show hosted by Jeremy Wells. It aired on TV2 from 2003 to 2008. The show was frequently controversial during its run. Notable episodes In 2005 it shocked some viewers when it depi ...

as "Sensing Bullshit".

TVNZ psychic disagreement

Webber was involved in controversy regarding a high-profile missing child case in New Zealand in October 2009. The family of missing child Aisling Symes were introduced to ''

'' medium Webber by state broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ), a move which was criticised in the media due to Aisling only having disappeared two days previously. One policeman said when questioned if the New Zealand police would use comments made by Webber on television show ''

Breakfast Breakfast is the first meal of the day usually eaten in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.Anderson, Heather Arndt (2013)''Breakfast: A History'' AltaMira Press. Various "typical" or "t ...

'': "I'm totally aghast - it seems like a totally commercial play".

TVNZ , type = Crown entity , industry = Broadcast television , num_locations = New Zealand , location = Auckland, New Zealand , area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the So ...

responded with the following statement: "We're not trying to push a psychic message to make money and get ratings". Hundreds of e-mails were sent to the station.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Webber, Deb Australian occultists Psychics New Zealand occultists New Zealand television personalities Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

Works

Controversy

''Caught on Hidden Camera''

TVNZ psychic disagreement

See also

References