Bryan Greene
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Through countless uncovered scams, zero positive scientific evidence,
and no leading authority or organization to point to for legitimacy, the psychic craze continued into the advent of radio and eventually television.
Our insatiable need for answers unknown continued unabated, and the late-night infomercial explosion was about to turn the faucet of cash into a waterfall of riches.
Miss Cleo really is the face of the psychic craze.
Her name wasn't Miss Cleo at all.
It was Uri Del Harris, and she wasn't Jamaican.
She grew up in Los Angeles, went to an arts high school, and was a playwright before she became a fake TV psychic.
Totally made up, though bad Jamaican accents were not unique to Miss Cleo.
I will submit into evidence, Your Honor, the song Informa by Snow, the Canadian rapper, circa 1993, four long years before Ms.
Cleo ever hit the television airwaves.
Don't take the law into your own hands.
You take them to court.
When she moved to Florida in the late 1990s, she got involved with the Psychic Readers Network, a company run by Stephen Federer and Peter Stokes.
Not mystics, not psychics, not hippy-dippy types.
Oh yeah, infomercial guys.
I mean, I know the average one lasts 30 to 60 seconds, but these guys go the full 30 minutes.