Cleveland abductions: fans lash out at Sylvia Browne over false prediction
Source: Guardian
'Psychic' incorrectly predicted the death of Amanda Berry in 2004 – not the first time she's been wrong about a missing person
Katie Rogers in New York
Tuesday May 7 2013 15.29 BST
One of the world's most recognizable self-proclaimed psychics was wrong yet again about the fate of a missing child, and her followers on social media are taking her to task.
Browne's prediction about Amanda Berry's fate was not the first child whose fate she attempted to explain, but her fans on social media are waiting for acknowledgment from the self-proclaimed spiritual leader.
On Facebook and Twitter, Browne sends inspirational messages to hundreds of thousands of fans, often advertising her latest appearances or one of 45 books she's published over the years (most recently Afterlives of the Rich and Famous). She reached a high level of visibility after years appearing as a regular guest on Montel Williams' television show, a long-running daytime talk program that subsisted on paternity test results, cheating spouses and half-baked psychic predictions before it finally stopped production in 2008.
"I remember you on Montel Williams telling the family of Amanda Berry she was dead," wrote one commenter on Browne's Facebook page. "What do you have to say for yourself? What a horrible horrible thing to say to a family holding on to nothing but hope and faith."
"Can you admit that you're a hack now?" asked another.
"I hope todays events seal it for you and everyone else who take advantage of those in mourning," wrote another.
Not likely.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/07/sylvia-browne-amanda-berry-cleveland
Related OP in GD: Amanda's mom died in 2006 of a broken heart. "The visit with the psychic was the breaking point"
Jon Ronson's exposé: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/27/usa.jonronson
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Predict this. 
Kicking so I can read the Job Ronson link later 
