Mark Edward was a professional mentalist who specialized in magic of the mind. He spent over thirty-five years in world class venues from high-end night clubs and theaters to hundreds of private party and corporate events. He traveled along with his girlfriend, Susan, internationally as a skeptical activist, using his skills as a mentalist to teach and promote critical thinking.
As one of only five specially chosen and trained “psychic mediums” in the history of Hollywood's famed Magic Castle, he performed fifteen years of séance performances that helped him perfect the role of spirit medium and psychic entertainer. As a writer he has written books on these subjects and lectures extensively as a teacher of magic, mentalism and psychic fraud.
He has most recently appeared on television as both primary consultant and on-air performer on truTV’s “Adam Ruins Everything,” National Geographic’s “Brain Games,” “Inside Edition,” and “Nancy Grace.” Over the years he worked on screen in “A & E's Biography: Houdini, the Great Escape," NBC's "The Other Side" and "Psychic Secrets Revealed," The Sci-Fi Channel's "Mysteries, Magic and Miracles," The Discovery Channel's "Forces Beyond," and The Learning Channel's "Exploring the Unknown." His featured segment as a spirit medium on the pilot episode of Showtime's "Penn & Teller's Bullshit!" entitled; "Speaking with the Dead" helped secure an Emmy Award nomination for that episode in 2002. He continued to be consulted by the media for his knowledge of spiritualism, psychic scams and ghost lore up until his death August 4, 2024.