Edward might very well have had dramatic failures during the videotaping procedure, but these will never be broadcast, even partly. We've no idea of how these audience members were selected or found, where they came from, how they got there, or who they are. They are certainly not likely to be persons who are challenging Edward or the procedure that he is following. They arrive prepared to accept and believe what they are about to see, and to react appropriately to it. The published literature on these techniques tells the operator that he can obtain much information by simply meeting and greeting the person for whom he will later be doing the reading.
Casual conversation can extract data about the deceased, or about the living.
A chatty person in the line-up outside the studio, or in the adjoining seat, might well be an informer who's there every time they tape a show, and who reports backstage what he's discovered. Observations of the clothing, jewelry, accent, and level of vocabulary exhibited, can be very helpful. When the public reading is performed, the subject naturally expects the reader to refresh his memory and accuracy, but this is taken by the rest of the audience as a fresh revelation that could not have been known by anything else but psychic powers. This lady is smiling, and nodding, showing me that that's her name. She's a very sweet lady.