Dad, Bro & Sam, I'm "A Little Nervous"

October 18, 2011
Anderson Cooper's Psychic Reading: Allegedly Visited By His Brother, Father (VIDEO)

First Posted: 10/18/11 -- 04:37 PM ET | Updated: 10/18/11 -- 04:37 PM ET

Anderson Cooper sat down with famed psychic medium John Edwards on his show Monday. Cooper and his mother Gloria Vanderbilt had separate readings and spoke about their experiences on the show with Edwards present. Edwards highlighted his method, how he was able to contact "the other side" and how he used the information he received to construct a reading for Cooper and Vanderbilt.

Cooper, who openly said he was skeptical of Edwards' claims, sat down with Edwards and said he was "a little nervous" for his reading. He asked "why do people come through?" Anderson was referring to deceased individuals who communicate through mediums to access those who are alive.

"They come through because they can," Edwards answered. "...As a medium, I get in the middle of what's already there," he added. "So you're saying...that my brother and father are still around?" Cooper asked. "I am absolutely saying that," Edwards claimed.

Edwards asked Cooper about the name "Sam," which Cooper said was the name of the pet snake he had with his brother when they were children. Cooper seemed surprised by Edwards' mention of the name since Cooper just taped an episode of his show and featured this pet snake (which, for complex reasons, has been preserved in lucite for decades).

Edwards then brought up a farm that had two distinct sections. Cooper confirmed that his father grew up on a farm in Mississippi that was separated into two plots. Cooper looked seemingly astonished and laughed nervously when Edwards told him that his father (who was speaking to Edwards from "the other side") said that "[Cooper] would have fond memories of going to the one section [on the farm] where there's a dip, where there either was water or could have been water at one point."