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In a follow up to the psychic llama, we have a psychic pig. Every day, I miss Paul more… ‘Psychic’ pig to make Euro tips A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in… more

This is just… stupid. Football-loving ‘psychic’ llama predicts Chelsea Champions League glory | Metro.co.uk. Move aside Paul the Octopus, a football mad llama has been tipped to become the next match-predicting global phenomenon after correctly guessing the result of the FA Cup final. But will his Champions League prediction also come true? The South American… more

Psychic, investigator to join search for Hailey Dunn » Abilene Reporter-News. A psychic who has appeared on television programs and an investigator with decades of experience will join the search for missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn. On June 1, psychic Gale St. John and investigator Gary Peterson will arrive in Mitchell County and spend… more

Psychic-Shop Owner Tells Everyone Previous Psychic Occupant “Was a Fraud” There’s a small psychic shop on Southwest Fourth Avenue…in Fort Lauderdale. If you drove by on Sunday, you may have seen a banner across the front door, reading: ATTENTION Persons who have given this psychic money, before March 2012, you have been defrauded. Would you [...]

TV psychic Derek Acorah: ‘Maddie is dead’ – Telegraph The medium, who has allegedly “sickened” the McCann family with his predictions, said the little girl would soon be reincarnated after joining the “spirit world”. Mr Acorah, 62, said: “I know her parents are convinced Maddie is alive and I’m really sorry – but the little… more

Fortune tellers OK’d in Selma Selma has lifted its unconstitutional ban on fortune tellers. The city also is taking steps to regulate how fortune telling businesses operate. The Selma City Council accomplished both things at an emotion-packed meeting Monday night. A standing-room-only crowd listened as speakers voiced two different views of fortune telling. A majority… more

Madeleine McCann: police to re-examine evidence of psychics The calls, initially dismissed due to their unusual content, will be passed to Scotland Yard as part of ongoing investigations. It is understood around 100 phone calls were made to the phone hotline soon after Madeleine was reported missing from those claiming supernatural knowledge of her whereabouts.… more

Psychic, sweetheart scams net San Jose woman 5 years in prison A San Jose psychic now sees five years in prison in her future after admitting to running a “Sweetheart Scam” that nearly cost an elderly man his life savings while also conning another woman who paid her to exorcise a loved one’s spirit. The… more

Second psychic in Hingham fraud probe surrenders to police A psychic who police say was involved in a scheme to bilk a Pembroke woman surrendered Monday. Teresa Nicholas is accused of scamming the woman out of $7,000 by telling her the money was needed to prevent her daughter’s suicide. After Hingham Detectives spoke with an… more

Second psychic in Hingham fraud probe surrenders to police A psychic who police say was involved in a scheme to bilk a Pembroke woman surrendered Monday. Teresa Nicholas is accused of scamming the woman out of $7,000 by telling her the money was needed to prevent her daughter’s suicide. After Hingham Detectives spoke with an… more