Gullible Woman Duped out of $62,000 by Psychics Who "Cleanse Cash" of Evil Spirits

type='html'>Chicago police are looking for a mother-daughter psychic team accused of duping a woman out of $62,000 under the pretense that they would cleanse her cash of evil spirits.

When she saw the "for rent" sign in the Far Northwest Side home, a Park Ridge woman realized the mother-daughter team of self-described psychic healers had not taken her money to cleanse it of evil spirits — they stole it.

Laura Santini, 61, and her daughter, Rosann, 35, were indicted this week in Cook County on felony theft charges for allegedly scamming the woman of $62,000. The two haven't been seen in more than a year, authorities said. Read more

Woman Killed Psychic over Failed Love Spell

type='html'>An Orange County, CA, jury has found a woman guilty of murdering a Westminster fortune teller and her daughter because a love spell didn't work.

A woman in the US is facing the death penalty for allegedly travelling across the country with a hitman to kill a fortune teller after a love spell failed to work.

Tanya Nelson, from North Carolina, and her alleged accomplice Phillipe Zamora are accused of stabbing the psychic Jade Smith, 57, and her daughter Anita Vo, 23, to death in April 2005, US media report.

It is alleged Miss Nelson, 45, became angry with her fortune teller friend after she was unable to use her magical powers to get Miss Nelson's ex-lover to return to her. Read more