As featured by newsshopper.co.uk, popular Psychic Medium Tony Stockwell gives a recent interview to Matthew Jenkin at Greenwich Theatre on what it means to speak with the dead and what his life as a psychic is like.

WHETHER you believe in God, Buddha or the abominable snowman, deep down everyone would like to know the answer to one of humanity’s most enduring questions — is there life after death?

The answer is, of course, a matter of faith, but some people say they are able to prove that this world is just a stepping stone to the next.

Psychic mediums claim they can communicate with the spirits of the dead who are desperate to send a message to their loved ones in the land of the living.

Tony Stockwell has made a career out of doing just that, touring the world and starring in hit TV programmes, including Most Haunted.

He says his current show, going bump in the night at Greenwich Theatre on June 14, will do exactly what it says on the tin.

He said: “The show is entertainment in as much as I’m quite lively and have laugh.

But what the audience actually come for is accurate details and messages which defy logic.

“I never really see it as a show. I just see it as a demonstration of mediumship. People come back time and time again so it must work.”

Born in London’s East End, Tony grew up knowing he was different from the other children, seeing people who were not there and hearing strange voices calling out his name.

But it wasn’t until he was 16 and his friend took him to meet other mediums that he began to understand his gift.

He said: “Suddenly I wasn’t the only one in the world.

“There were lots of other people who felt the same things and were aware of the same things.

“That was a big revelation for me.

“When I was 19 I took the platform and started to do some demonstrations myself and I’ve not stopped since.”

Despite the preconception that most mediums walk around seeing horrifically mutilated ghosts begging for help, Tony says most of the time he doesn’t actually see the spirit.

He said: “It’s mainly feelings. But the feelings are huge.

“Sometimes I see whole scenarios or pictures in my mind.

“The feelings usually relate to the person, who they were and what they looked like.”

With very little scientific evidence to back up mediums’ claims, many sceptics have ridiculed psychics as con-artists and charlatons.

“I don’t react to sceptics at all,” Tony says.

“If someone came to me and said he was a Catholic or Jew, I would respect it.

“When I say I am a medium people want to challenge me, which I find very weird.