Guilty of hypnotic murder | Jan Hellesøe | TEDxAarhus

Professional hypnotist Jan Hellesøe tells the story of when he hypnotized a man to commit murder. Jan Hellesøe is a hypnotist and psychological manipulator, known from the Danish hit tv-show “Fuckr med dn hjrne”.

Initially Jan was drawn to magic as a shy teenager who realized he could get people’s attention without having to talk too much. Today he is focusing mainly on manipulation and hypnosis.

To Jan, the human mind is an interesting place. Overall his work has taught him that people actually want to be deceieved. He is using techniques that everybody can learn – even if he has of course become increasingly skilled – but people want to believe that there’s something supernatural going on.

Personally Jan is skeptical towards the supernatural. He emphasizes the importance of taking a critical stance towards e.g. clairvoyance, which, to him, is just other ways of manipulation. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx