Make a date with Psychic Private Eyes star Colin Fry (From Watford Observer)

Make a date with Psychic Private Eyes star Colin Fry

4:42pm Monday 16th June 2008

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By Melanie Dakin »

IT is easy when meeting celebrity TV psychic Colin Fry to understand why people go to him to hear about their loved ones who have passed away. Colin is very easy to talk to, which is what audiences at Watford Colosseum will no doubt be glad to hear if they’ve already booked in to see him in action.

Colin comes across as being a very centred person who has had time to come to terms with his ability – not really surprising, since he says he received his first message at the age of four.

I might be dealing with disembodied people, but they’re only people. It doesn’t have to be scary

I might be dealing with disembodied people, but they’re only people. It doesn’t have to be scary

I might be dealing with disembodied people, but they’re only people. It doesn’t have to be scary

Colin says: “I told my grandfather that my great-grandmother, who lived 60 miles away, had died. I said she had gone to heaven and I got told off for it. Then a telegram arrived and it stated that she had died at the exact time I had said.

”I was ten when I realised what was happening. I’ve now coined a phrase, the paranormal is my normal, and that is something I try to interject into my work. I might be dealing with disembodied people, but they’re only people. It doesn’t have to be scary.”

Colin, from Sussex, began doing public demonstrations when he was 17 years old. He is well known to TV audiences for his debut show 6ixth Sense and, more recently, he starred alongside Tony Stockwell and TJ Higgs in Psychic Private Eyes, a show dedicated to finding answers to unsolved murders and mysteries.

Doesn’t the work sometimes get quite harrowing? Says Colin: “I have to be honest and say yes. Some of the things we sense are quite disturbing, especially when you’re dealing with murder cases. If you want to get involved in psychic investigation, you have to be psychologically strong and balanced yourself.”

Among the most high profile cases Colin has worked on was the murder of 18-year-old model Sally Anne Bowman. Linda Bowman approached him in early 2006 after her daughter’s brutal killing in September 2005. A special episode of Psychic Private Eyes went out on Sunday, May 25. Broadcast was prohibited until the outcome of the trial and, as recorded in the Croydon Guardian, pub chef Mark Dixie was jailed for life for the murder in February of this year.

“We were able to give a detailed description and profile long before the trial. We gave a physical description, even stating his name was Mark.

“If someone has been killed in harrowing circumstances you need to take quite a hard line, which is very different to demonstrations or private readings.

“I try to be very honest about what’s coming through but I’m never unkind. I think it’s very important to show the personalities of people, to keep them real to the memories.”

Colin Fry comes to Watford Colosseum on Monday, June 16 and Wycombe Swan on Monday, June 30 Tickets: 020 8688 9291 and 01494 512000

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