Madeleine McCann: ‘Bad Dad’ Gerry McCann, The Psychic Barber And Drugs
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “Madeleine was drugged but it was by kidnapper says her grandmother.”
Page 9: “Madeleine’s family: She was drugged…but not by parents.”
Eileen McCann, Gerry’s mother – says: “I really believe they [whoever took her] gave her a drug. There is no way they carried her out of there without her waking. If she was taken when she was sleeping by somebody she did not know, she would have screamed the place down.”
Alternatively, she was taken by someone she did know? Or Mrs McCann is just speculating.
“’BAD DAD’ GERRY” – Carlos Anjos, head of the Portuguese Police Federation, says Gerry, “a heart consultant”, is a “negligent father”. This is his “astonishing rant”.
THE SUN front page: “Mystics hunt for Maddie.”
Around 150 leads provided by mystics have been followed up.
Page 6: “ASK PSYCHIC BARBER TO HELP FIND MADDIE” – Clairvoyant Gordon Smith has been contacted by the family. Smith hosts TV’s Most Haunted show. He says he can tell if Madeleine is alive or dead. Mick is nicknamed “THE PSYCHIC BARBER”.
DAILY MIRROR front page: “McCANNS: SHE WAS DRUGGED.”
Page 5: “‘Madeleine must have been drugged..she would have screamed place down’” – GRANDMOTHER EILEEN McCANN YESTERDAY.”
“Couple call on psychic to help” – Ex-hairdresser Smith is a “wacky medium”.
Says he: “In order for it to work I need to sit with the closest relatives who would be the parents. Then I’d tune in and see what I can pick up. But I would always warn them that there’s a possibility nothing might happen.”
Best to warn them of that first…
DAILY MAIL page 5: “Now police leader mocks ‘negligent’ Gerry McCann over his fears that an abductor was in Maddie’s room.”
“Call for the ‘psychic barber’” – “Despite both being strict Roman Catholics, the couple have already made contact” with Gordon Smith.
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE I’LL FIND BODY IN DAYS. Parents call in psychic.”
Page 7: “MADDIE’S PARENTS CALL FOR PSYCHIC BARBER” – “I have offered my help for free,” says Smith. “I never charge for private readings. I have already assured them I will say nothing to the press.” Indeed, not. Best save it for the book.
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 15: “Police chief accuses McCanns of hindering inquiry” – Carlos Anjos accuses McCanns of using “diversion tactics”.
THE TIMES page 27: “McCanns ‘considering psychic help’”
THE GUARDIAN no Maddie new today.
Madeleine McCann: A Life In Headlines
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:55 am
1st
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 am
i felt the urge to post even tho i have nothing to say
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:00 am
Why don’t they go to Morocco and consult a pyschic Berber?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:02 am
why did they choose the worst one ever?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:04 am
McCanns considering psychic help … or psychiatric help ?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:04 am
I cant get a reading for maddie today which can mean
1. shes not in spirit yet
2. she’s already gone to heaven cos shes an innocent
3. I am crap
which will mc canns choose I wonder
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
from his web
Have you ever been giving a private reading for a person and no spirits step forward?
Yes, it doesn’t happen often, but there have been occasions when no contact is made. In these cases it is best to be honest with the sitter and end the reading at once.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
why don’t the pychics ever post on Anorak (real pychics!!) then it would be interesting as things unfold, its easy to say “I knew that” after it happens.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 am
I guess people are running out of steam for this topic today,no disrespect to Madeleine,but the whole thing has turned into the biggest farce of all time.A blackout should be put on all reporting of the case,at least by the crap press here,until some one or some people are charged or cleared,a point in case being granny mccanns story about Madeleine being drugged,I also read that there is a tape of KM confessing to her mother,it just becomes more and more incredulous,all at the expense of Madeleine,what a sorry state of affairs.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:10 am
4 brandonflours
If referring to Gordon Smith as the worst one ever I do feel that is just a tad harsh. There are many far worse - Colin Fry and Derek Acorah (NOT REAL NAME!) spring to mind instantly.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:12 am
has anyone got any links to the alleged confession by kate mccann story?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 am
Before anyone accuses me of being a sceptic I am a Spiritualist Medium and I am psychic.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:15 am
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derek certainly
Colins better surely
shame the old dear who predicted the rippers fiver
whatser name marie stokes is dead.
thats a point when phsycics die can they do it in reverse?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
i cant stand Derek Achorah
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
13 brandonflour
A quick google of Colin’s former incarnation ‘Lincoln’ and the Noah’s Ark Society should throw up some accounts that are on a par with the ‘Acorah is a fake’ episode.
Doris Stokes is who you are referring to.
The answer to your last question is a yes (sort of) but it is not exclusive to just medium’s on the earth plane.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
Do you have anything on the situation Will?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
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we’re all psychics on anorak.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 am
sorry doris
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
no canny maverick unpaid detectives
the source
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 am
http://forums.orange.co.uk/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=fs_curraffairs&tid=45459 NUMBER 11 who knows whats true anymore.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 am
didn’t glen hoddle take doris stokes to france during world cup 98?
sorry for o/t.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
The Daily Express has received literally hundreds of comments in the past couple of days on its ‘Have Your Say’ Forum about Madeleine, many of them very McCann-sceptical.
Here’s one, where a poster answers another poster called ‘Rosiepops’:
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/comments/view/39048
The poster says that the only mistake ever made by the Portuguese police was to believe a single word uttered by the McCanns.
I think he has made a good point
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
Anyone know where Spudgun is these days??
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
After the psychic letter in june
Mr McCann says:
“We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter in The Telegraaf claiming to know where Madeleine is buried.”Although all information will be taken seriously, we were very upset that the credibility of this letter had not been examined and, more importantly, published before the Portuguese police had an opportunity to investigate the claim, and search the area if appropriate without massive media attention.
“We feel strongly that this was an irresponsible piece of journalism and, even if it were true, is insensitive and cruel.
“One can imagine how upsetting it is for Kate and I to hear of such claims through the media and if every piece of information was published like this there would be nothing else in the
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:33 am
well at least we know the devout catholic bit is rubbish.
catholics and spiritualism eh.
no wonder the pope took all the maddy stuff off the vatican web site.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 am
good morning firestar
I see I’m not the only one who doesn’t sleep much on this forum!
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 am
Tony bennett i agree i will never understand (if they are innocent) why there are questions they would not answer. And as for the latest statement by gerrys mum it is a joke, seems like she is trying to cover them aswell.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:39 am
Well all this “news” today is cobblers.Granny covering for what she may suspect her beloved Kate and Gerry did.Psychic babbler off a TV entertainment show ( looking for some PR himself ? ) .. dear oh dear.. Next they will call in the horoscope experts or tea leaf readers, Tarot card and palm readers..Are they for real, or is it all just to keep in news and maintain a diversion or are they getting desperate? .This is becoming a farce. Why have they not got paid PI trotting all over the world..Professionals, instead of the folks off the funny farm. And no I’ve not forgotten PJ laws re PI .. but they can operate from other countries I was on fence, but now am off it. I suspect these all these oddball people now will be paid to keep quiet IF they discover the McCann’s did in fact OD their own child.
From disgruntled maids being fired getting back at boss by abducting a random child, to Murat because he has a squiff eye so must be a perv, to falling down stairs and disappearing into thin air, to a man fiddling in his boat, to a waiter who says he saw them every night at same table alone and had NO idea they even had kids cos he never saw any kids ever, to Clarence spin and Granny preempting findings with her abductor drugged a sleeping child, to vet graves, to Spain to Morocco , to god knows how many variations and memory lapses, to “hindsight” after 5 months of thinking of nothing else, to Gerry ” Show me the body, or Shut up and put up, to Bring it On !! ” to PJ ( and by extension UK police )
I think I am bored with them all.The child has been let down on so many fronts it is hideous.
IF and right now for me it has become a big IF in past week , they are innocent please STOP with the PR, and leaks to press by /Granny/Philomena/F&F / Sources closes to,planning TV chat shows and image building, the slurs on police and the “ludicrous ” outbursts ..etc………
Stop waffling …..and go and find her. Wrist bands and banners will not locate her.Nor will daily blogs about what they had for breakfast, and how the jogging went today……
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:39 am
good morning.
just found this comment on the express.
wonder if there’s anything to it?
MAGAZIA - SO WHAT HAPPERNED ABOUT THE LIE DETECTER TEST?
02.10.07, 7:48am
They obviously failed the practice tests in rthe lawyers offices and chose to shgut up about these until they could lie convincingly!
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
didnt the mum say that a few months ago?
or did she repeat it?
I’d love to have seen their faces
vein throbbing manical glare