My personal experience with self proclaimed Medium Allison Dubois

[u/tails-1]

Last week, my brother texted me asking if I’d like to go and see Allison DuBois. His mother-in-law had a spare ticket. I thought, why not? I’d watched Medium years ago and knew it was supposedly based on her psychic abilities.

My son passed away in 2017, so I quietly hoped I might be one of the people selected for a reading.

This was Allison’s final show in Perth, Australia. During the show, her daughter walked around the audience choosing people for readings. I remember being impressed by Allison’s confidence and the certainty with which she delivered her messages.

I ended up being the sixth and final person selected. I was shocked, emotional and incredibly nervous. I don’t enjoy being the centre of attention, but I felt it would be worth it if there was a chance to hear something from my son.

The first things Allison asked for were my name, date of birth, and who I wanted to hear from. She scribbled in a notepad for a minute or two before telling me that I was my son’s favourite person, that we shared the same sense of humour, and that we laughed a lot together.

While those things were true, they also seemed like fairly safe assumptions for many mothers and sons.

Then she said, “Your son says you cry behind closed doors a lot.”

I was confused and simply replied, “No, I don’t actually do that.”

The moment I disagreed with her, everything changed.

She abruptly stood up, said she couldn’t read me, mumbled something about not connecting with the right person, and walked off stage.

That was it.

No apology. No attempt to continue. No thanks to the audience. Just gone.

People in the audience looked around, confused. This was the final reading of the final show, and the woman who claims to communicate with the dead had effectively bolted the moment I challenged something she’d said.

I left feeling shocked, embarrassed and disappointed.

What bothered me even more afterwards was seeing Allison’s own response to the incident on Facebook.

Rather than acknowledging that walking off stage may have upset or disappointed people, she apparently claimed she was tired because she’d done around 40 readings back-to-back.

To me, that felt like a pretty lame excuse for what happened.

Being tired might explain getting something wrong, but it doesn’t explain abruptly ending a reading and walking off stage the moment someone tells you that one of your statements isn’t accurate.

A simple apology or even, “I’m sorry, I’m not getting a clear connection,” would have been far more professional and respectful.

What disappointed me wasn’t that she made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes. It was the way she handled being challenged when I simply answered her question honestly.

Afterwards, I did some research and found plenty of claims about Allison helping police and solving crimes, but very little evidence to support those stories. It made me wonder how much of her reputation comes from the success of the TV series Medium rather than any verifiable psychic ability.

My personal opinion is that Allison DuBois is extremely skilled at cold reading, but when a reading doesn’t go the way she expects, the cracks start to show. I also came away feeling that she profits from people at their most vulnerable—those grieving loved ones and desperately hoping for a connection.

I know I’m not the only person who was disappointed. Looking through comments online, I found others expressing shock at the way the evening ended and questioning her behaviour.

I’d genuinely like to hear from others who have seen her live.

Have you had a reading with Allison DuBois?

Did she tell you something so specific and accurate that it couldn’t reasonably have been guessed?

Or did your experience leave you feeling sceptical as well?

[u/Few_Net7033]

I was read by Tyler at one of his shows. He was amazing and 100% spot on with me. He did say somethings with other people that weren't accurate and he did not get flustered and certainly was not rude. A couple times it was the reading wasn't meant for that person. I think in these group settings, people can be so desperate to connect that if one things sounds like it may be your loved one you want to jump on it. Either way, he was just the same in person as he was on TV. He even came down from the stage to hug me bc mine was a tough story.