James Van Praagh

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Van Praagh
Occupation	Tv Producer
Date Of Birth	Aug 23, 1958(1958-08-23)
Age	66
Birthplace	Bayside
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Leo

James Van Praagh Biography

James Van Praagh is one of the most popular and richest TV Producer who was born on August 23, 1958 in Bayside, New York, United States. He is a spiritual guru and the author of many spirituality-related books including Talking to Heaven, Ghosts Among Us, and Talking to Heaven. He was also the executive producer of The Ghost Whisperer (a popular CBS series).

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Van Praagh was born in Bayside, New York and is the youngest of four children. He said that from an early age he experienced spiritual phenomena, including once when he was 8 year old; while praying to God, a glowing open hand appeared through his ceiling, an experience which he described as peaceful. Raised Roman Catholic, he was an altar boy, and at the age of 14 he attended pre-seminary. According to his website, he lost interest in organized religion and left the seminary after he claims a spirit whispered to him, “God is much bigger than these four walls; you must leave and find God outside in the world.” His mother, Jeanne, died in 1985; Van Praagh claims she visits and guides him frequently.

Van Praagh began his early career by giving private readings for clients by allegedly communicating with the spirits of their deceased friends and relatives, and quickly graduated to wider audiences through the sale and distribution of a series of audiotapes and books. In the early 1990s he began appearing on the NBC paranormal talk show The Other Side (broadcast 1994-1995), where he became a resident expert. Van Praagh credits an appearance on Larry King Live in 1997 to promote his new book Talking to Heaven for his gaining worldwide exposure. “The book went from 6,000 copies to 600,000 copies in less than three months”, he said. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Dr. Phil, A&E’s Biography, Nightline, Unsolved Mysteries, The View, The Joy Behar Show, Today, Chelsea Lately, and Coast to Coast. He worked with a non-profit called The Compassionate Friends, an organization for people who lost children or siblings. He is also a regular blogger for The Huffington Post.

He was openly gay and he got married to his life partner in 1995.

James Van Praagh Net Worth

James Van Praagh is one of the richest Tv Producer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Van Praagh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Bayside in New York and raised in Roman Catholicism. He was a medium in his youth and did many psychic readings.

He received a communications degree from San Francisco State University.

James Van Praagh (/v æ n ˈ p r ɑː ɡ / ; born August 23, 1958) is an American author, producer and television personality who describes himself as a clairvoyant and spiritual medium. He has written numerous books, including The New York Times bestseller Talking to Heaven. Van Praagh was a producer and screenwriter on the 2002 CBS primetime semi-autobiographical miniseries Living with the Dead starring Ted Danson. He was an uncredited co-creator and producer on Ghost Whisperer featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt. He also hosted a short-lived paranormal talk show called Beyond with James Van Praagh.

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In 2003 the Independent Investigations Group (IIG) attended a taping of Van Praagh’s talk show Beyond. According to the IIG, there were differences between the live segments and how they were edited for broadcast. In one of the live shows they witnessed, Van Praagh was signing books and chatted with a woman who was from Italy. During the taping, he asked if there was “someone from another country,” and the same woman raised her hand, which, to the investigators, was evidence of a “hot reading”.

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James Ranked on the list of most popular TV Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Van Praagh celebrates birthday on August 23 of every year.

Van Praagh served as co-executive producer on the CBS show Ghost Whisperer, which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt. Though the work and experiences of Van Praagh may have influenced the teleplay, Ghost Whisperer was actually inspired by psychic Mary Ann Wynchowski, a woman whom Van Praagh met while filming Beyond with James Van Praagh in 2002. Ghost Whisperer ran for five seasons from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010 on CBS.