Brief Summary
This video investigates Chase Hughes, who claims to be a top expert in behavior and influence. It examines his background, qualifications, products, and early career, including his involvement in pickup artistry and claims about hypnosis and mind control. The video aims to present information neutrally, allowing viewers to form their own opinions about Hughes's expertise and credibility.
- Chase Hughes claims to be the number one expert in behavior and influence.
- He has a history in pickup artistry, fighting videos, and selling vitamin supplements.
- Claims about his education, military service, and achievements are examined.
Introduction
The People Who Read People podcast introduces a multi-part series focusing on Chase Hughes, who is presented as a leading expert on behavior and influence. Chase Hughes has appeared on the Dr. Phil show and is part of The Behavior Panel YouTube channel. The podcast aims to investigate Chase Hughes's background and claims, presenting the information neutrally to allow listeners to form their own opinions. The host encourages viewers to use their deductive skills to analyze Chase Hughes's behavior and background.
Claims and products
Chase Hughes promotes himself as the number one expert in behavior and influence, a best-selling author, and a behavior tactics creator for Uncle Sam. He claims to be among the top 40 CEOs under 40 in America and the creator of the world's first behavior profiling tool and the TFCA cycle for violence prediction. Dr. Phil has dubbed him the best on the globe. The Behavior Panel, which he is a part of, is described as consisting of the top body language and behavior analysts in the world. Entrepreneur magazine featured Chase Hughes as a behavior science expert who trains individuals in negotiation, interrogation, and reading people for extreme persuasion.
Experience and education
Chase Hughes states that he retired from the U.S. military in 2019 after a 20-year career, teaching interrogation, sales, influence, and persuasion. He served in the U.S. Navy, working in correctional and prisoner management, initially as a counselor. It was mentioned that Chase claimed to have a degree in Psychology from Harvard University, but it was actually a continuing education certificate. The Missouri Military Academy states that he holds a certification in government leadership from Harvard Business School Executive Education. In a 2023 podcast, Chase implied he studied at Harvard and Duke for neuroscience, but there is no other mention of him going to Duke University. He is also claimed to be a certified master of clinical hypnotherapy. In 2020, Chase was named one of the top 40 under 40 CEOs in America by CEO Weekly, which is a pay-to-post website.
Pick-up artistry and seduction strategies
Chase Hughes initially became interested in behavior and manipulation through pickup artistry. In 2007, he wrote a pickup artist book titled "The Passport," which contains techniques for seducing women. The book's back cover promotes secret techniques to attract women, get phone numbers quickly, and avoid the "friends zone." The book includes a five-step process called "FAIRS" (Focus, Attract, Interact, Resist, Seduce) and emphasizes always closing. The book also contains disclaimers stating it is for entertainment purposes only and should not be taken as professional advice. Chase posted on a pickup artist forum in 2008, identifying himself as the owner of the Hawaii Lair and offering to "sarge" with others. His 2007 website, themenpassport.com, claimed to help men "create a girlfriend anywhere in about 3 minutes."
Fighting videos on YouTube
Chase Hughes had a YouTube channel for a company called Red Shift Labs, where he shared videos of alleged advanced fighting and covert operations techniques around early 2008. The videos demonstrated maneuvers and strikes, such as the "Omega punch strike," which he claimed was potentially lethal and should only be used for self-defense. There was no other information found online about an Omega strike fighting technique, so it is assumed that it was a term invented by Chase.
Selling his vitamin supplements
Chase Hughes's company, Red Shift Labs, sold a product called "Red Shift with Nerium," which claimed to offer fat burning, energy boost, mental focus, and mood enhancement. The product claimed to provide electrifying positivity, intense focus, faster reaction speed, and earth-shattering determination. Testimonials on the website claimed that Red Shift was used by Navy Seals, surgeons, U.S. Marshals, and college students. The website also stated that Navy Seals used it and that it spanned the spectrum of the U.S. armed forces and government agencies. However, online searches found no information about the "Nerium" substance, and forum posts suggested the product was discontinued due to deployment.
His early behavior and influence work
In 2012, Chase Hughes's website, chashughes.com, claimed he could see the private thoughts of everyone he meets. He claimed to be able to identify various personal details and predict events by observing people's behavior and appearance. The site advertised lessons in advanced detection of micro-expressions, deception detection, mind games, and neurolinguistic interviewing. Testimonials praised his training, with one claiming it put law enforcement officers years ahead in non-verbal skills. In 2013, he was working on something he called the human codex, which he also refers to as the people reading Bible. In 2014, his website claimed that his methods put the user far ahead of Sherlock Holmes and the CIA alike. His bio stated that he had been involved with nonverbal research and innovation for nearly 12 years and that his analysis methods became the new Benchmark for over 29 United States media Outlets. His covert psychology page advertised the ellipses manual, claiming it contained world-first information on hypnotizing people against their will and creating multiple personality disorders. In 2016, one page of his site had women trained to become psychological weapons.
Conclusion
The video concludes by summarizing Chase Hughes's claims of elite powers in various areas, including seduction, combat, mind control, and supplement creation. The narrator questions the audience about their trust in Chase Hughes and his claims, presenting scenarios and asking for opinions. The narrator shares his background in poker tells and emphasizes his honesty about his experience. He mentions sending an email to Chase Hughes about the episode but receiving no response. The video ends by teasing a future episode that will delve into Chase Hughes's ideas and concepts related to deception detection, mind control, and neurolinguistic programming.
