Psychics
It was barely a generation ago that we could call Miss Cleo for all of our psychic needs. Poor kids today have to rely on the Long Island Medium, that walking haircut. This isn't new phenomena: psychics have been parting people from their cash forever. Way back in the 1950s, Sydney and Lesley Piddington's mentalist act was the craze, the real cat's pajamas at the sock hop. Now, we're not going to sit here and say with authority whether or not psychics can actually speak to the dead. But if you're interested, here's a firsthand account of a trip to the Spiritualist Camp in Cassadaga we'll just leave right here.
The Real Time The USSR Tried To Visit A Magical City
To the mystical city of Shambhala, comrade.
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2 The Cracked Guide To Old-School Japanese Horror Movies
Did you know "evil science books from Holland" was once a horror trope?
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- By Jess Nevins
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How Exactly Did 'Mind Readers' In The 1950s Fool Millions?
Sure, you could just use ESP to read this article directly from our minds, but click anyway so you can see the pictures.
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- By William Kuechenberg
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The Brief, Lucrative History Of Psychic Sham Miss Cleo
All psychics are frauds, but none did it better than Miss Cleo.
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- By Mac Faber
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How Harry Houdini Trolled 'Psychics' From The Grave
A tiny case of death didn't stop the great escape artist’s war on mediums.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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6 Outrageous Scams Too Many People Fall For
Would you want to admit you'd fallen for any of these?
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- By Eleanor Munk
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5 Famous 'Paranormal' Phenomena (Easily Debunked By Science)
In keeping with our storied tradition of ruining everyone's fun, here are some more examples of famous paranormal phenomena that seem to have some compelling evidence behind them ... until you look a bit closer.
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- By Jesus A. Rodriguez
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5 Insane Psychics Who Prove The Afterlife Is A Scam
Here are just a few inventive methods that practitioners of the paranormal have developed to distinguish themselves from their peers.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Things You Should Know When Visiting a Psychic
When the idea of visiting the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp to chat with a few of the more prominent dead people in my life came up during a recent trip to Florida, I was all for it.
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- By Adam Tod Brown
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The 6 Most Humiliating Public Failures by Celebrity Psychics
Apparently these people couldn't predict their own national humiliation.
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- By Mark Hill, Jason Iannone, Stephen West
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Why 'Psychics' Need to Stop Pretending They Can Solve Crimes
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- By Soren Bowie
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3 Psychic Hotlines Put to the 'Ghostbusters' Test
Like you, I want to have advanced knowledge of future events that I can exploit to enrich myself financially, sexually or nutritionally (If I can get a heads up on where to find a McRib, I am on that mother).
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- By Ian Fortey
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5 Cheap Magic Tricks Behind Every Psychic
Some people have managed to turn the sentence 'Here's a neat trick that will amuse your family and friends' into 'Here's a way to pretend you have God-like powers and convince crowds of credulous and needy people to give you their money.' And now you can too.
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