Do you remember Miss Cleo? She was a “psychic” that advertised extensively on television.
You could call an 800 number and get a reading. I never did it but saw the ads all the time.
You might be shocked to learn that it was big business… and did not involve much clairvoyance!
(I love reading this type of behind the scenes stuff)
For Three Weeks, I Was a Phone Psychic for Miss Cleo [Electric Lit] – “Miss Cleo was a phone psychic so popular that the man said his company, the Network, hired a stable of assistants to take her calls. He skipped over the question of my own psychic ability—implied was that I would pretend—and hired me immediately, said it was great if my roommates were interested too. The only training he ever provided was a list of the names of tarot cards.”
It stinks she only did it for three weeks and never got paid.