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Psychic Arrested for Scaring Girl Into Stealing From Parents

It's happened again, folks, this time in Palmdale, California. A woman claiming to be a psychic has been arrested for allegedly preying on a 12-year-old girl by scaring her into stealing $10,000 in valuables from her family. The 'psychic' held seances in her garage -- which sounds like it was decorated like a Halloween haunted house -- and she's accused of threatening the girl with horrible things that would happen to her if she didn't pay a fee to lift a curse.

Now, so-called psychics trick grown people out of their money every day, but there's something especially shameful about trying to swindle thousands from a youngster who's still getting money from the Tooth Fairy...

James Randi is the Founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.