‘JuJu’ witchcraft used to terrify children into prostitution
Man ‘used witchcraft to traffic children’ for prostitution – Crime – UK – The Independent. An alleged people trafficker cut the chest of a vulnerable 14-year-old girl with a razor during a series of...
View Article“Cursed”: New show about supernatural beliefs
A new show is premiering on the Bio channel – supposedly true stories of curses. Cursed: Biography channel “Cursed” features first-person accounts of how curses have tormented, hurt, and even killed....
View ArticleHave a guilty conscience? Put the rock back.
Leave these rocks EXACTLY where you found them for good reason, but not because they carry a curse. Petrified Forest’s ‘conscience’ rocks returned to park They are called “conscience” rocks and there...
View ArticleMichael Marks pleads guilty to fraud in psychic business
The continuing saga of the Marks – America’s number one psychic fraud-charged family. Man charged in ‘psychic’ fraud case pleads guilty. One of nine members of a Broward County family of fortune...
View ArticleRemarkable but bizarre icon in Denver at risk?
Noooo! Say it ain’t so! Don’t take Blucifer away. Keep remarkable “Mustang” sculpture at DIA – The Denver Post. Known to some in these parts as “Blucifer,” “Devil Horse,” or “The Blue Stallion of...
View ArticleNew Orleans psychic accused of theft, claiming to “cleanse” a curse
Yep, these stories sure come up a lot, don’t they? Police arrest Kenner psychic accused of taking $10,000 from woman to cleanse ‘curse’ | NOLA.com. Fortuneteller April Stevens allegedly told her...
View ArticleFortunetellers slip out of fraud charges
Here is an update to a psychic fraud story from January. Fortuneteller fraud: Charges won’t be filed against fortuneteller who agreed to pay customer back $50,000 – OrlandoSentinel.com. Overwhelmed by...
View ArticleWidow cleansing superstition leads to spread of HIV
This is a story about the devaluing of women, the hold that superstition has on uneducated women and the serious consequences it causes. What’s the harm in superstition, right? Right… Lawyer fights...
View ArticlePsychic bag ladies appear in Melbourne
This scam targeting Asians is going around the world. Hard to believe people fall for it. Are they just trying to be polite? Or are they too gullible? Asian handbag scam hits Melbourne. Police are...
View ArticleTrying to get a-head of a curse (UPDATE: headless goat found)
Update to story below, the body of a headless goat has been found. Is there a connection between decapitated goat found Monday and head sent to Wrigley? Forest Preserve police officers contacted...
View ArticleBlessing scam targeting elderly Asian women hits NYC
This scam, targeting elderly Asian women, is STILL going on, from coast to coast. EXCLUSIVE: ‘Chinese Blessing Scam’ rocks Brooklyn Asian enclaves – NY Daily News. Elderly women in Brooklyn’s Asian...
View ArticleWoman duped by Marks’ psychic scam speaks out
I commend this woman for stepping up and admitting her situation. The more people are made aware of these events, the more likely they will know to avoid it. Psychic Victim: ‘How Could I Be So Stupid?’...
View ArticleYou-wanna-witch to remove that spirit? $238,000
Read the name below out loud. This is yet another one of these psychic scams where people fall for the “cursed” ploy. But this story quotes a “real” psychic. Read on… IE Psychics Accused of Stealing...
View ArticlePsychics are worthless to you; you are worth a LOT to them
What did the psychic do with your unclean money? Went shopping. Charge: Issaquah psychic caught in money ‘cleaning’ scam – seattlepi.com. An Issaquah psychic accused of bilking nearly $30,000 out of...
View ArticleBlessing scam exposed in San Fran mag
San Francisco Weekly has a long-read expose on this widespread problem of spirit scams operating in Asian communities around the world. We’ve reported on many of them. The key is awareness and local...
View ArticleThe mystery of the Manchester museum moving mummy statuette (UPDATE: Solved!?)
Fascinating! Intriguing. Can’t wait to hear more on this. Video: The curse of the spinning statue at Manchester Museum – Manchester Evening News. An ancient Egyptian statue has spooked museum bosses –...
View ArticleMissoni lost plane found
In an update to this story of a missing plane, the plane has been found. Plane carrying Missoni fashion director found off Venezuela – CNN.com. Nearly six months after it went missing off Venezuela’s...
View ArticleThey must appease the spirit and rebury the remains
What is this, Scooby Doo? A fantastic archaeological find must be sacrificed due to local superstitious-based outcry. Kazakhstan to Rebury Ancient Warlord, Fearing ‘Curse’ | World | RIA Novosti. Ever...
View ArticleThe mystery of the cursed money
We can find some reasonable, if unfortunate, causes instead of a “curse” but the story is intriguing. Curse? Gardener didn’t live to enjoy cash he found – chicagotribune.com. The death of a McHenry...
View ArticleCursed and gullible? Woman sues psychic for failing to lift curse.
I truly enjoy reporting that people are taking psychic frauds to task. While I’m not happy to see that people still fall for these silly notions that one can be cursed and that some special person can...
View Article