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popular media: crooks or fake paranormal activity

By augustin - Posted on March 14th, 2010
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In many movies or other popular media, crooks with fake psychic powers are a major or minor plot element. What is originally presented as a genuine paranormal activity is later revealed to be either a completely natural, explainable phenomenon or an act of deceit by some crook.

List such movies.

#1
Submitted by augustin on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 05:16.

Ghost starts with Whoopy Goolberg being a complete crook, but she later turns out to be able to communicate with the deceased.

#2
Submitted by augustin on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 05:18.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thousand_Eyes_of_Dr._Mabuse
An old 1960 movie by Fritz Lang. In it, the evil Dr Mabuse starts to posture as a psychic, clairvoyant blind person with extraordinary powers of prediction....

#3
Submitted by augustin on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 05:21.
Related pages:+32: In the popular media

wiki.

#4
Submitted by augustin on Sun, 04/18/2010 - 12:11.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_mentalist