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Theresa Caputo
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Born |
Theresa Brigandi
June 10, 1967 Hicksville, New York, U.S.
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Other names | Long Island Medium |
Occupation | Television personality |
Years active | 2011–present |
Known for | Long Island Medium |
Spouse(s) |
Larry Caputo
(m. 1989; div. 2018) |
Children | Larry Caputo Jr., Victoria Caputo |
Theresa Caputo (born June 10, 1967) is an American psychic medium, best known for her TLC reality television series Long Island Medium.
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Early life
Caputo, the daughter of Nicholas and Veronica Brigandi, was born and raised in Hicksville, New York, on Long Island. She has a brother, Michael. Their father was a volunteer firefighter and worked for the Nassau County Department of Public Works until 1980 when he was elected county water commissioner.
Career
Caputo was on the TLC reality TV series Long Island Medium from 2011 to 2019. She is also the author of four books and tours under "Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience". On January 25, 2024 Theresa returned to TV with her new series, Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits on the Lifetime network.
Personal life
On December 3, 2017, Theresa and her husband Larry Caputo jointly announced they were separating after 28 years of marriage. They have two children, who have both appeared on the show: Larry Caputo Jr. and Victoria Caputo. On June 27, 2018, Larry Caputo, who moved to Los Angeles following the separation from Theresa, announced he and Theresa were moving from separation to divorce. In December 2018, Theresa Caputo announced the divorce had been finalized.
See also
- Ann O'Delia Diss Debar ("One of the most extraordinary fake mediums... the world has ever known" -Houdini)
- Char Margolis
- Flim-Flam! (Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and other Delusions)
- Fortune telling fraud
- Houdini's debunking of psychics and mediums
- James Van Praagh
- John Edward
- Mark Edward
- Matt Fraser (psychic)
- Monica the Medium
- Televangelist Peter Popoff exposed by James Randi
- Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium
- Psychic Friends Network, telephone psychic service
- Rose Mackenberg (Historic investigator of psychic mediums)
- Sylvia Browne
- Thomas John Flanagan
- Tyler Henry