Before the Spoons Bent - Uri Geller part 1 of 3

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Uri Geller didn’t just bend spoons—he bent an entire era around himself. In this first episode, we trace his rise from a young Israeli performer with a mysterious origin story to an international psychic celebrity whose claims of telepathy, metal‑bending, and mind‑power captivated a world hungry for the paranormal. Before the lawsuits, the intelligence agencies, and the corporate consulting gigs, there was simply a man, a spoon, and a public ready to believe.

Before Uri Geller became a household name, he was a young performer in Israel weaving together a potent mix of charisma, mystery, and just enough supernatural suggestion to ignite the public imagination. Episode 1 explores the early construction of the Geller mythos: the childhood stories that shifted over time, the first demonstrations of spoon‑bending and telepathy, and the cu ... 

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