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

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Prepare to be freaked out!

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!

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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...?

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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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Who wouldn't jump at this?
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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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    Jenny Jenny Oct 20, 2009 @ 9:07 am
    Whatever people think.
    Derren b is just superuberawesomehumansexmagicalmasterguy
    yeh,
    i'm addicted to him.
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    nickupton nickupton Sep 28, 2009 @ 10:13 am
    No he didn't, he showed us the lottery numbers on ping pong balls about 30 seconds after the numbers were drawn. But he did make many people believe that he predicted the numbers which is an amazing feat in itself.[in reply to lolw00tnoob]
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    lolw00tnoob lolw00tnoob Sep 15, 2009 @ 4:22 am
    he predicted the national lottery
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    Jason Craft Jason Craft Jul 2, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
    Wow...it shows what a mind is capable of..
    Jason
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    HypnoFan HypnoFan May 24, 2009 @ 7:22 am
    I found a full explaination of Derren Brown's Russian Scam at this site:

    http://www.mindtrickster.com/2009/05/derren-brown-russian-scam.html
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    Phillis Dorris Phillis Dorris Apr 13, 2009 @ 11:54 am
    We post a ton of DB related stuff including a few techniques and ideas about how things are done. Come take a look at www.derrenbrownart.com/blog

    PD
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    alexkazam alexkazam Jan 26, 2009 @ 4:17 pm
    Derren Brown is at least as amazing live as he is on TV- I had the amazing experience of seeing him perform in Reading (in the UK).

    He has taken magic in new directions, his books are good, too (review in my lens)!
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    alexkazam alexkazam Jan 26, 2009 @ 4:14 pm | in reply to Carla
    Derren Brown is a genuinely brilliant performer- that's all I'll say!
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    Chloe Chloe Jan 20, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
    Hahaha.
    "Would you fall haed over heels in love with him?"
    Yes. Yes I would lol
    I love this man, the things he does are just amazing.
    I would love to be able to do half the things that he can.
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    jose nievs jose nievs Nov 7, 2008 @ 5:41 am
    hi guys check out this marvelous book i just got is call mind control language patterns
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    LaurieBeth LaurieBeth Oct 23, 2008 @ 3:33 am
    This is AWESOME; I am a gigantic fan of his!! <3
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    moneyman17 moneyman17 Oct 19, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
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    Number1Athlete Number1Athlete Oct 8, 2008 @ 7:45 pm
    pretty wacky yet interesting lens :) 5 stars
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    sheldon sheldon Oct 6, 2008 @ 3:37 am
    wow some freaky stuff
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    Jarad Jarad Aug 24, 2008 @ 8:00 am
    Love it and would like to know more, would like to learn more....
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    CubicleJoe CubicleJoe Aug 23, 2008 @ 12:40 am
    This is a pretty cool lens. But I have to say - I am skeptical. Very entertaining and extremely well done lens.
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    youhavegottobekidding youhavegottobekidding Jul 2, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
    Wow this is nice. Great Lens.
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    Aphex Aphex Jun 25, 2008 @ 5:09 am
    check out http://www.squidoo.com/trick-or-treat-by-derren-brown
    for more Derren's vids :)
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    beachbum_gabby beachbum_gabby Jun 10, 2008 @ 9:09 am
    cool videos! but I'd like to experience it on person so that I can prove it. :)
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    beachbum_gabby beachbum_gabby May 28, 2008 @ 1:39 am
    Hypnotizing a man? hmm~ It amazed me. Great lens indeed!
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    Dylan_Emerson Dylan_Emerson May 26, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
    Derren Brown is an incredible mentalist! Check out my lens to see a video of him in New York paying for things with BLANK PAPER!
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    www.mopages.co.cc www.mopages.co.cc May 2, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
    wow this dude is next level, how did he do the horse racing trick?!
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    mulberry mulberry Mar 23, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
    All very interesting but having a photographic memory would be incredibly useful! Very entertaining and intriguing lens.
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    Music-Resource Music-Resource Mar 6, 2008 @ 8:56 am
    Hi Lewis, Kewl Tricks of the Mind lens. I've actually seen the drunk simulation in person. The same guy also convinced several folks at once that they were naked and in front of a crowd. I know these folks weren't faking it since I know them. Interesting stuff, thanx. ~Music Resource~
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    natdg natdg Mar 2, 2008 @ 9:15 pm
    Freaky! I wonders how they control things using their mind.
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    Carla Carla Mar 1, 2008 @ 2:12 am
    I've got a question to those people who claim that Derren Brown is fake. In what sense is he fake? And what is he faking? If these two questions feel stupid, is because you keep yourselves as one.
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    Feb 28, 2008 @ 5:07 am
    The freakiest trick I have seen Darren Brown do was the one where he had a guy play a video game where he was shooting zombies, and then made him go under, and then made him think he was playing the game in real life. He put him in a building and had people acting like zombies go after him.

    It was actually very disturbing. Crazy stuff.
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    mabelwee mabelwee Feb 25, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
    oh yes, i heard of him before. he's amazing! do check out my lens too @ http://www.squidoo.com/Develop-A-Photographic-Memory helpful tips for all who want to be just like darren brown
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    poddys poddys Feb 10, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
    Nice, very entertaining. 5 *****
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    steamtown steamtown Nov 29, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
    I actually came across your lens by mistake, but
    I'm glad I found it. I actually purchased a memory
    course and it worked. Great Lens
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    Sbdy Sbdy Nov 28, 2007 @ 2:38 am
    And what about photoreading? Do you believe in that what he did in library?
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    LadyRaine LadyRaine Oct 31, 2007 @ 2:30 am
    I adore Derren Brown! I just made a SquidVid lens about him. http://www.squidoo.com/darrenbrownvideoshowcase/
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    TXT429 TXT429 Oct 28, 2007 @ 10:47 pm
    Hey, how u doing, just a normal/different kind of a guy. The guy next door depending on your neighborhood.
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    EasyW EasyW Oct 21, 2007 @ 11:19 am
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    coollikeme coollikeme Oct 16, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
    Nice lens.
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    Christopher_Scott Christopher_Scott Oct 12, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
    Great lens. You have 501 votes, that's awesome! Keep it up! . Come over to A DAY OF HOPE
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    Barkely Barkely Aug 15, 2007 @ 8:42 am
    Awesomely freaky stuff you have here!
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    SalesPractice SalesPractice Jul 22, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
    Excellent job with your lens. 5-Stars.
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    Ellz Bellz 123 Ellz Bellz 123 Jul 15, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
    oh my god he is brill nd i think is some freaky demented peep omg wot a weirdo i wish iwoz like dat
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    Paul Hancox Paul Hancox Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
    Ah, Lewis... I'm glad to see you've made a lens on one of my favourite subjects!

    Very cool :)
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    Aika Aika Jul 4, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
    great lens but I don't believe in magic. =)
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    drhanish drhanish Jun 27, 2007 @ 5:48 am
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    Nicegoogoo Nicegoogoo Jun 27, 2007 @ 5:19 am
    People often refuse to believe in things that they find impressive but realise that they would never be able to accomplish themselves.Great lens .I have rated it 5 stars.
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    Ruopolo Ruopolo Jun 16, 2007 @ 3:08 am
    i wish some day he travel here, i would love to go to one of his shows... by the way, im argentinian
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    Michelle Michelle Jun 6, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
    Derren Brown is soooo cool I saw him live in Belfast. He is a great psychologist with special gifts of persuasion and charm. Its in the eyes.
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    Forgiven Forgiven Jun 4, 2007 @ 11:33 pm
    Great lens... I like David Blaine :( 5
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    Bernie age11 Bernie age11 May 7, 2007 @ 10:04 am
    Derren Brown is sooo cool I wish Icould be his apprentice!! His tricks are amazing and Ilove his show Trick or Treat. Keep up the gobsmackingwork!!!!!!
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    Teabag Mac Fuk Teabag Mac Fuk May 3, 2007 @ 9:39 am
    I will now proceed with my plans for global domination you haven't so muched helped but proved to me i have no less to learn than what i can discover on my own
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    Chris Chris Apr 24, 2007 @ 6:46 pm
    It's all in body langauge, and the way he says things. It takes a lot of skill and those who think it is a hoax are quite narrow minded. People often refuse to believe in things that they find impressive but realise that they would never be able to accomplish themselves. Think about it!
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    Acne_Medicine Acne_Medicine Apr 20, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
    As much as i would like to say that i would use my powers for good, but i know i have a mean streak in me. excellent lens.Steve form. Acne Solution
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    MrLewisSmile MrLewisSmile Apr 19, 2007 @ 7:57 am
    Hi Copini, You seem to have missed the point of these videos! Derren Brown isn't pretending to be psychic or anything lame like David Blaine. All Brown's "illusions" have explantions in magic, mis-direction, and showmanship. Nobody is hoaxed because nobody is believing anything unbelievable.
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    MaartenC MaartenC Apr 14, 2007 @ 5:37 am
    What a heap of crap... You guys are SO hoaxed!
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    PicaRosa PicaRosa Mar 7, 2007 @ 10:44 am
    Oh my stars! Derren Brown is amazing and so are you Lewis. Thanks for an inspiring and stimulating journey.

    Linda

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