Hot Docs: James Randi, the original mythbuster..
By Graham Slaughter for TheStar.com
A white-bearded man in a black cloak glides across the lawn. It’s a warm morning at the University of Toronto, and the dark figure moves past the castle-like buildings, measuring each step with a cane. A green feather peeks from his hat.
If you didn’t know better, you might mistake him for a wizard. But that’s the furthest from the truth.
For decades, James Randi, now 85, has been the world’s foremost debunker of anyone who claims supernatural powers — psychics, mystics, faith healers. Before that he was best known as a magician, having appeared on stages worldwide as The Amazing Randi. Some considered him the best escape artist since Harry Houdini…