Dark Secrets of the $2 Billion Fortune Telling Industry

Psychics. We see their tiny storefront shops in some of the most exclusive zip codes; Beverly Hills, Uptown Manhattan, the fanciest streets in your town – with sun-faded curtains and neon signs promoting palm readings, cures for curses and prophecies from your future. But there’s a much darker side hidden behind the tarot cards and crystal balls.

In this episode, Bob Nygaard, a private detective who has recovered millions of dollars for victims of psychic fraud reveals the techniques he uses to surprise and bust corrupt psychics.

He also reveals a HUGE SECRET to Jason and Peter about the covert organizations that run many of the psychic scams in an industry with a projected income of over…2 billion dollars a year! Really, no Really!

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Many psychics are part of an organized crime network!
• Is fortune telling illegal?
• How psychics identify vulnerable targets.
• Why law enforcement largely ignores psychic parlor scams.
• Should psychics be licensed, and the industry regulated?
• This best-selling writer gave her psychic $17 million dollars!
• The Seinfeld episode that nailed the psychic con.
• The 1918 Spanish Flu’s connection to the rise of spiritualism is comparable to COVID’s impact today!
• Jason’s psychic experience and its joyous outcome.
• GoogleHEIM: A list of different methods hucksters use to draw unsuspecting marks in.

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