Unpacking the Con Man Medium's Backstory Further

• 38:38Tim identifies the Ponzi scheme as a cry for help from abuse.
• 38:54The medium has demonstrated success at fraud and is adept at being fraudulent.
• 39:23People have spent the last decade exposing cold readers and fake mediums.
• 39:36Teresa Caputo has never been found out, though she bombs frequently with general statements.
• 39:51Cold reading is a trained art form people have practiced for hundreds of years with established techniques.
• 40:16Tim argues the only people who are legitimately psychic may be those involved in financial fraud.
• 40:31A major book company with a vetting department got cold feet when the Ponzi scheme came out.
• 41:10Tim on grifters and cons: a grifter is a grifter and a con is a con.
• 41:25She tells breakfast stories without realizing she's conning people, rolling them out perfectly.
• 41:52The subject casually mentions her mark ran a successful Ponzi scheme in his early 20s and beat people over the head.

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