Bryan Greene

Teresa, or Teresa as she likes to call herself, was born June 10, 1966, outside of New York in a place called Hicksville.

That's on Long Island.

She worked as a secretary and an office manager in her family's oil business before becoming a full-time medium.

She claims that she started sensing spirits at age four, and that those around her always knew that the spirits were coming through her and talking to her.

While I certainly have some early memories, I don't know how many people actually remember much from age four.

To give it the benefit of the doubt, if I was seeing or hearing ghosts, well, then maybe my memory would be jogged.

But the strange thing about Teresa is that she didn't start giving professional readings or coming out with this quote unquote gift until well into adulthood.

Teresa says that in her 20s, she started having severe anxiety.

The doctors couldn't explain it, because of course, the doctors can never explain it.

God forbid we get science involved.

It's time for Mr. Science.

Until one day, when a spiritual healer told her that what she was experiencing wasn't anxiety at all, but spirit energy trying to come through.

And if you hear the word spirit one time during a Teresa Caputo appearance...

You're gonna hear it 700 times.

It is literally her favorite word.

Like, literally is literally my favorite word.

Between the ages of 20 and 23, she started working with a spiritual teacher named Pat Longo.

Pat was also from Long Island.

So that's Pat Longo from Long Island, just in case you're keeping track.

Longo taught her that meditation and visualization exercises will help her channel and deliver the messages, rather than just feeling overwhelmed.