The Amazing Kreskin On UFOs, Doomsday And His Own Mysterious Future (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Just a few days before the world was supposed to end, that psychic fireball of energy otherwise known as "The Amazing Kreskin" buzzed through AOL headquarters, and when we replayed the interview hours later, we were flabbergasted when the 76-year-old mentalist said he had signed his "final contract."

Really? Did Kreskin know something that we didn't know? He usually does.

On the day of the interview, everyone was talking about radio evangelist Harold Camping, who predicted Doomsday would come on May 21.

AOL Weird News didn't take Camping's claims too seriously. But when Kreskin told us that his next TV deal would be his last we started to wonder. Maybe Judgment Day was coming after all -- and we'd all get to meet Elvis.

Luckily, the world didn't end (though Camping is now saying Oct. 21 is the new date for the Rapture) and, better yet, Kreskin promised us that he's not retiring. He was just rushing a little, and didn't choose his words carefully.

"What I meant is that this TV project I'm planning will be the ultimate experience," Kreskin told AOL Weird News. "Viewers will see something they've never seen before."

As for Mr. Camping and the controversies surrounding his Doomsday predictions, Kreskin told us this:

"I immediately checked my predictions for this year, and finding nothing regarding such, went on with my life.

"Of course, if we are to respect for even a fleeting second the pronouncement of this holy man and his conviction, we certainly would expect that he turned over every single solitary penny of his possessions to a charity by the day before the end of the world. Not doing that would label his pronouncements as phony as a $3 bill.

"Of course this holds true as well for all the individuals who were 'passionately certain' that the end of the world was definitely coming. Unless they relinquished all of their life savings, the question becomes, 'Why haven't they entered politics, where lying through one's teeth is clearly one of the basic skills of the profession?'"

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Comments

[wildbill654]

11:03 AM on 06/27/2011

This man has been amazing since the days of Johnny Carson and it was from that vantage point that he gained national prominence. Like Carson (who was also a magician), both know "slight of hand" well and Kreskin follows Houdini in debunking those who use deceit for monetary gain other than entertainment. The manount of "prophets calling for the "doomsday" is near endless and goes back to at least 1000 A.D. Since we are still here these predictions are nothing more than moot.

[Joseph Leslie]

02:33 AM on 06/16/2011

If I had to choose between Kreskin or Campalong, my money would be on Kreskin. Campalong, like Oral Roberts, Jim and Tammy Baker are just in it to separate the gullible from their money!
Say Halleluja and put your money in the collection plate!

[Al Schrader]

05:30 AM on 06/06/2011

A vehicle reflected a light in my face, then left faster than my eyes could follow. I don't want to see it again..Al

[Al Schrader]

05:29 AM on 06/06/2011

Kreskin is amazing. I think somebody said his coat was missing

[deno hideno]

04:21 PM on 06/02/2011

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[Frank Smith]

12:17 AM on 06/29/2011

Spam it, space brother!

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[dchrist201]

02:15 AM on 05/29/2011

I remember Kreskin's prediction that in 1999 a black rainbow would appear over the earth and suck all the oxygen out of the atmosphere. Hmmmm...Mr. Kreskin meet Mr. Camping.

[pcs5141]

06:54 PM on 05/28/2011

End of the world pool here,chose your favorite date(s) while they are available.Sorry all dates in Dec.2012 are taken.$100 a date,winner gets a seat on space ship to secret habitable planet.Entrys restricted to non lawyers,politicians,and religious zealots.

[CaligulaPBTH]

05:18 PM on 05/28/2011

For him to contribute his wealth would be pointless. Given the circumstances he claimed were arriving with the end of the world, he'd HAVE to realize that any single charity remaining would no longer be worthy to his funds since everyone left on the planet was an unbeliever doomed to torment and damnation and therefore his funds wouldn't be in good hands.

So, you see Kreskin, your foresight is slipping between your hindsight and your pasts, its obviously time to turn over the reins (and the cash) to someone more deserving . . . like, say, me. I need a gig I can do from my bed and you chaps have convinced me that there are enough IDIOTS in the world that a person could live very well off them indefinitely.

Unfortunately I have this nagging case of ethics and its REALLY holding me back . . . can you help?

[ConfuciusSay-]

04:03 PM on 05/28/2011

Somebody actually asked the Amazing Kreskin about Harold Camping? And this is not in a comedy sketch?

[markgendala]

03:08 AM on 05/27/2011

AMAZING? What's amazing are the crafty mental gymnastics with which ambitious Linguistic Apes avoid having to earn an honest living by packing boxes in a factory or driving a taxi.
M.G.

[blonjon]

12:37 AM on 05/27/2011

This article was a nothingburger.

[Areyoukiddingg]

12:19 AM on 05/27/2011

What is "amazing" to me is how the serious topic of unidentified aircraft in our atmosphere globally has been reduced to a story on the "weird" pages tied to a has-been entertainer with no credibility.
We would be much better served if the news media asked questions and didn't go along with the charade the government has perpetuated regarding UFO's for the past 60 years. There is now no doubt this is a physical phenomenon; who knows from where these aircraft/spacecraft originate, but they're sure as hell not from "here".
Seems to me if the gov thinks terrorists are such a threat, they might consider how they would respond to a force with much greater technology than we possess.

[CaligulaPBTH]

05:20 PM on 05/28/2011

They already have considered the case you point out. You just don't have a high enough security clearance to read their (rather depressing) conclusions. :-)

[dianebarentine]

09:12 PM on 07/18/2011

On a transcontinental flight some years ago, I sat with a USAF pilot who asked me if I believed in UFO's--I said I thought there had to be something to it, given that at least some reports had come from reliable folks. He said the gov't had closed the Blue Book, but that some agencies are still working on the subject.

[gecko013]

03:01 PM on 05/26/2011

And anyone that requires payment or makes money by exploiting a gift many psychics make claim they possess are usually liars running a Ponzi scheme

[Sean Foley]

09:40 PM on 05/26/2011

Yeah, except he's not a psychic, he self bills himself as a mentalist. In fact, Kreskin isn't a big fan of them at all. Or magicians, for that matter.

[Phalanxman]

01:17 PM on 05/26/2011

Quoting the text: "Luckily, the world didn't end . . . " An objective reporting of fact would have read simply, "The world didn't end . . . " Prefacing the fact with the word "luckily" interjects the reporters personal value into the report, making it subjective. Subjective news reporting is unreliable reporting, because -- since we know the reporter has interjected their own bias into the report -- its veracity is now questionable. Besides, some of us think it would have been luckier if the world had ended.

[KrautMan]

05:45 PM on 05/26/2011

The statement is factually correct, the world didn't end. It's veracity is, of course, not questionable. Besides, anyone who wishes the world would have ended should look for professional help.

[Concerned Citizen in CA]

12:45 PM on 05/26/2011

Amazing! Kreskin actually had to check through his predictions to check if the world was coming to an end?! You'd think that something like that you would remember.

[Sean Foley]

09:42 PM on 05/26/2011

Actually, no. He can be quite absent minded, and doesn't mind saying so.

(PS I'm Kreskin's Road Manager)

[Concerned Citizen in CA]

10:29 PM on 05/26/2011

I quoted from the article. The article stated that Kreskin said, "I immediately checked my predictions for this year, and finding nothing regarding such, went on with my life."
If this is incorrect, I believe you have a problem with the writer of the article.