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'''Tony Stockwell''' is a British psychic medium, author and television personality, one of the best-known touring mediums in the UK.<ref name=" | '''Tony Stockwell''' is a British psychic medium, author and television personality, one of the best-known touring mediums in the UK.<ref name="official">{{cite web |title=About Tony |url=https://tonystockwell.com/about/ |website=Tony Stockwell Psychic Medium}}</ref> He currently lives in Wickford, Essex.<ref name="peoplepill">{{cite web |title=Who is Tony Stockwell? |url=https://peoplepill.com/i/tony-stockwell |website=PeoplePill}}</ref> | ||
== Early life and career == | == Early life and career == | ||
Stockwell was born in Walthamstow, East London.<ref name=" | Stockwell was born in Walthamstow, East London.<ref name="peoplepill"/> His career as a medium began at age 16, after a friend invited him to a local [[Spiritualist church]] to watch another medium at work; the experience convinced him he wanted to become a medium himself.<ref name="peoplepill"/> He practised mediumship early in his career at the [[Spiritualist Association of Great Britain]], and later held a certificate from the [[Spiritualist National Union]] for Teaching, Demonstrating and Speaking.<ref name="collegeofpsychic">{{cite web |title=Tony Stockwell — Psychic Medium |url=https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/about-us/our-consultants/tony-stockwell/ |website=College of Psychic Studies}}</ref> He teaches at the [[College of Psychic Studies]] in South Kensington, London, and regularly at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, alongside centres in Australia and the United States.<ref name="omega">{{cite web |title=Tony Stockwell |url=https://www.eomega.org/workshops/teachers/tony-stockwell |website=Omega Institute}}</ref> | ||
== Television career == | == Television career == | ||
Stockwell has fronted | Stockwell has fronted four of his own television series — ''[[The Psychic Detective]]'', ''[[Street Psychic]]'', ''[[Psychic School]]'', and ''Psychic Academy'' — the first three for Living TV, along with two one-off specials, ''Street Psychic San Francisco'' and ''The National ESP Challenge''.<ref name="official"/> He also appeared in a 1995 ITV series, ''Psychic Private Eyes'', alongside fellow medium [[Colin Fry]], and later guested regularly on Fry's own show ''[[6ixth Sense]]''.<ref name="omega"/> Stockwell has separately appeared alongside [[Derek Acorah]] and Colin Fry as one of "[[The Three Mediums]]", in ''The Best of British Mediumship'' — a series of live joint demonstrations with Fry that toured venues including the London Palladium from 2005 to 2007 — and made a guest appearance on ''[[Most Haunted]] Live 4''.<ref name="official"/><ref name="southendtheatre">{{cite web |title=Tony Stockwell |url=http://www.southendtheatrescene.com/tonystockwell.html |website=Southend Theatre Scene}}</ref> In 2009 he toured the UK jointly with American medium [[James Van Praagh]].<ref name="peoplepill"/> | ||
== Books and other work == | == Books and other work == | ||
Stockwell has written several books about his experiences as a medium, including his autobiography ''[[Spirited (book)|Spirited]]'', ''The Psychic Case Files'' and ''Walking with Angels'', alongside a number of instructional audio programmes on mediumship development.<ref name="peoplepill"> | Stockwell has written several books about his experiences as a medium, including his autobiography ''[[Spirited (book)|Spirited]]'', ''The Psychic Case Files'', ''Embracing Eternity'' and ''Walking with Angels'', alongside a number of instructional audio programmes on mediumship development.<ref name="peoplepill"/> He writes regular columns for ''Chat — It's Fate'', ''Spirit & Destiny'', and ''The Psychic News''.<ref name="omega"/> He runs his own training courses for aspiring mediums, teaching regularly both in the UK and internationally.<ref name="official"/> | ||
== Reception == | == Reception == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[Derek Acorah]] | * [[Derek Acorah]] | ||
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* [[College of Psychic Studies]] | * [[College of Psychic Studies]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https:// | * [https://tonystockwell.com Tony Stockwell — official site] | ||
* [https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/08/tony-stockwell-on-tour-the-dying-embers-of-the-celebrity-psychic-era/ The Skeptic — Tony Stockwell on tour] | * [https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/08/tony-stockwell-on-tour-the-dying-embers-of-the-celebrity-psychic-era/ The Skeptic — Tony Stockwell on tour] | ||
* [https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/about-us/our-consultants/tony-stockwell/ College of Psychic Studies — Tony Stockwell] | * [https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/about-us/our-consultants/tony-stockwell/ College of Psychic Studies — Tony Stockwell] | ||
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1648438/ Tony Stockwell on IMDb] | * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1648438/ Tony Stockwell on IMDb] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:25, 4 August 2026
Tony Stockwell is a British psychic medium, author and television personality, one of the best-known touring mediums in the UK.[1] He currently lives in Wickford, Essex.[2]
Early life and career
Stockwell was born in Walthamstow, East London.[2] His career as a medium began at age 16, after a friend invited him to a local Spiritualist church to watch another medium at work; the experience convinced him he wanted to become a medium himself.[2] He practised mediumship early in his career at the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain, and later held a certificate from the Spiritualist National Union for Teaching, Demonstrating and Speaking.[3] He teaches at the College of Psychic Studies in South Kensington, London, and regularly at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, alongside centres in Australia and the United States.[4]
Television career
Stockwell has fronted four of his own television series — The Psychic Detective, Street Psychic, Psychic School, and Psychic Academy — the first three for Living TV, along with two one-off specials, Street Psychic San Francisco and The National ESP Challenge.[1] He also appeared in a 1995 ITV series, Psychic Private Eyes, alongside fellow medium Colin Fry, and later guested regularly on Fry's own show 6ixth Sense.[4] Stockwell has separately appeared alongside Derek Acorah and Colin Fry as one of "The Three Mediums", in The Best of British Mediumship — a series of live joint demonstrations with Fry that toured venues including the London Palladium from 2005 to 2007 — and made a guest appearance on Most Haunted Live 4.[1][5] In 2009 he toured the UK jointly with American medium James Van Praagh.[2]
Books and other work
Stockwell has written several books about his experiences as a medium, including his autobiography Spirited, The Psychic Case Files, Embracing Eternity and Walking with Angels, alongside a number of instructional audio programmes on mediumship development.[2] He writes regular columns for Chat — It's Fate, Spirit & Destiny, and The Psychic News.[4] He runs his own training courses for aspiring mediums, teaching regularly both in the UK and internationally.[1]
Reception
Reviewing a live Stockwell demonstration in 2023, The Skeptic magazine noted the venue's disclaimer that the event was billed "for entertainment purposes" — a framing generally understood to reference the UK's Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951, which prohibited obtaining payment through claimed psychic ability except where clearly presented as entertainment.[6] The reviewer described what they characterised as competent cold reading technique, combined with what they suggested might be some pre-established knowledge of attendees, and observed that audience members' apparent threshold for accepting a reading as genuine evidence of an afterlife often appeared to require little more than a correctly guessed gender followed by general, broadly-applicable statements.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "About Tony."Tony Stockwell Psychic Medium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Who is Tony Stockwell?."PeoplePill.
- ↑ "Tony Stockwell — Psychic Medium."College of Psychic Studies.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tony Stockwell."Omega Institute.
- ↑ "Tony Stockwell."Southend Theatre Scene.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tony Stockwell on tour — the dying embers of the celebrity psychic era?."The Skeptic.