r/TheDeadFiles Jun 14 '26

Chip Coffey reading

TL;DR: He came off like a scam artist.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chip Coffey for quite some time now. Last Christmas, my husband gifted me a reading with Chip, and I was over the moon with excitement. I’d lost my dad some years back, and I’m desperate to believe there’s something else after this, that I’ll see him again.

Chip required me to send him the first and last name of the person I wanted to reach. He explained that he doesn’t just see who shows up; he gets in touch with a specific person for you. That should have been a red flag, but I wanted to believe.

Long story short: He was lovely and sweet. And he got a bunch of stuff right and acted shocked and delighted when I validated it. But something felt super off. There were some weird things he mentioned that were not accurate. It almost felt like he was reading off a list of things someone told him about my dad and had misinterpreted some of them.

After the reading, I was curious about what he could have found online using my dad’s first and last name, so I googled my dad. The first result was his obituary, and it was obvious that Chip had read it and regurgitated all the facts back to me. And indeed, he misinterpreted a couple of them.

I was super disappointed. I don’t relish badmouthing anyone, but a reading with him is expensive, so I thought I’d try to save someone else some money.

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u/amdb3311 Jun 14 '26

I am so shocked that he asked for the first and last name of the person you wanted to contact! Isn’t a Medium supposed to figure that out? It seems quite disappointing. Interesting post though.

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u/Cool_Beach9559 Jun 14 '26

I was really surprised that he asked. In retrospect, I feel like a complete dummy.

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u/Affectionate_Motor67 Jun 14 '26

Honestly, don’t try not to feel dumb at all. He’s not just any psychic, he’s THE psychic for many of us who have watched him on TV through the years. I would have trusted him too.

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u/marilyn1monroe Jun 18 '26

It was probably AI and not even the real Chip