Derren Brown - Tricks of the mind (freaky stuff!)

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For those of you living in Britain, you already know of Derren Brown. For those of you outside of the UK... you might not have.

So here is your introduction to his seriously freaky/impressive skills! 

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Train of Thought 

Derren Brown Secrets - Tricks of the Mind

In this clip Derren Brown makes people forget what stop they're getting off at.

He approaches people on the train and asks them what train stop they're getting off at. They tell him. He talks to them for a few seconds about trains (dropping in some carefully chosen words - listen for them!), and then again asks the people what stop they're getting off at...

And amazingly... they have forgotten!

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Photographic Memory 

Derren Brown Secrets - Tricks of the mind

Derren Brown memorises an entire book in 20 minutes. and is then tested on it. He uses a reading technique called Photoreading.

You train you mind to be able to take a mental photograph of a page in a book, at a rate of one page per second.

Incredible!

Derren Brown Photographic Memory

Derren Brown Photographic Memory

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Develop a Photographic Memory 

Free memory course by Sten Morten Andersen

There is a guy called Sten Morten Andersen who will email you a free 4-week memory course to get you on the road to having the impressive memory you wish you had.

You also get his private email address so you can ask him any questions you have along the way!

He has a really good product (at only $19) to go with his ecourse, but he doesn't push the sale and gives really good content in his emails.
"How To Develop A Photographic Memory"
Sten says "Give me one hour and I'll have you on your way to a stronger, faster memory!"

At The Dog Track 

Derren Brown Secrets - Tricks of the mind

Derren Brown collects winnings on losing tickets.

Goes to the greyhound racing track, bets on dogs which lose, and STILL convinces the employees at the dog track to pay out winnings.

Wow! What would you do with this skill...?

Derren Brown at the Dog Track

Derren Brown collects cash for losing tickets at a dog track.

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The Pickup 

Derren Brown Secrets - Tricks of the mind

Derren Brown begins this clip with "People are always asking me whether I can use my skills to get extra-ordinarily beautiful women into bed..."

And he answers "Well... yes. Yes I can."

Would you fall head over heels in love with him in this clip?

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NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming 

Derren Brown - Trick of the Mind

Derren Brown makes well-known actor Simon Pegg think he wants a certain gift for his birthday instead of the one he actually wrote down.

And then he explains how he did it!

When I watched this clip, featuring it here seemed the right thing for me to do. A simple check of his four techniques that impress thousands will make lots of people many pounds or dollars if they learnt them too.

Enjoy.

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Making Yourself Invisible 

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Paying with Blank Paper Money 

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Beating 9 Chess Grandmasters... at the same time! 

Derren Brown Secrets - Chess Memory Trick

This is an interesting one because not only does he explain how he does it, but the solution is even more impressive than the actual trick!

He gets 9 chess Grandmasters in a room, and beats them all. At the same time.

And what's amazing is that these Grandmasters think Derren Brown is a super-super-human.

But once again, Derren Brown's memory carries the day ;)
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The Numbers Game 

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Cracking BlackJack 

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How To Hypnotize Anyone And Not Get Caught! 

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While you talk, they're simply smiling along nodding their head thinking that you just have friendly things to say when actually - you're just overloading their conscious mind and slipping commands for their unconscious mind to obey!

The salesletter for this book is worth reading as it is so entertaining even if you decide to buy this book.

Who wouldn't jump at this?
"How To Secretly Hypnotize Anyone And Make Them Do What You Want"
He says: "Covert Hypnosis Can Turn Any "Normal" Communicator Into a Supercharged Influencing Machine with Dozens of Cutting Edge Secret Weapons..."

Pick a Card 

Derren Brown - Tricks of the mind

Derren Brown performs a really cool card trick on Stephen Fry.

This Brown guy is one clever chap.

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The Russian Scam 

Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind

The Russian Scam - you steal things from a person by just asking them to give them to you.

In this clip Derren Brown stops a stranger on the street and asks for directions to the fun fair. Whilst asking for directions, he asks the man to give him his watch and his mobile/cell phone, and his house keys.

Will the man give them away without question...?

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