Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

The investigative report Pure Fraud should be required reading by all paranormal enthusiasts, and especially anyone who is considering paying for a ghost clearing. Here is a snippet:

The house, set back off a private country road in Davie and ensconced in old palms and high-reaching tropical vegetation, has a Sunset Boulevard feel to it. Its dual chimneys seem as if they come from another time and place. The water in the junior Olympic-sized swimming pool is stagnant and green. There's a stillness in the air that suggests abandonment.

Inside, though, lives a once-wealthy blond widow, and she talks of how much she loves living there "almost like a hermit." Teresa Carlo, who describes herself as a spiritual person, loves the privacy of the place, which allows her to sunbathe au naturel and live life precisely as she pleases.

But during the past two years, the bulk of her fortune has been lost, and the 4,200-square-foot home has fallen into foreclosure. Carlo expects to lose the house and the 2.5 acres it sits on, just as she has lost about $850,000 in cash, half a million dollars worth of jewelry, and a new $76,000 special-edition Lexus convertible coupe.

All of it — the "mother lode," as she calls her lost nest egg — went to author and con artist Regina Milbourne, whose book Miami Psychic was released last year by publishing diva Judith Regan when she was at HarperCollins.

Full article here

The article goes on to list other people who were also allegedly swindled by phoney psychics, and con artists. Believe me this is not just a US problem, but several similar scammers operate right here in Canada as well. The reason they can continue on is that people once taken are too ashamed to publicly admit they were swindled because they were afraid of ghosts or believed they were cursed.

I give a lot of credit to the people who came forward in the above report if only because they may just prevent someone else from being conned.

For further reading on what to do if you believe your house needs to be cleared of ghosts, and free real alternatives to potential scam artists click on the link.