3/28/2024 0 Comments Long island medium daughter diesWhile the family is convulsed in tears, the Long Island Medium maintains her composure. Their daughter, Brooke, 4, and her grandmother, Maria Karpinski, 68, died in a New Hyde Park house fire on Dec. It's easy to imagine what critics would have to say about the reading Caputo conducts with the Schillizzi family of Massapequa Park in the 14th season-opener. In a brutal takedown of TV psychics and mediums, including Caputo, on "Last Week Tonight" in February - which was based on a Pew Research Poll that found 40 percent of Americans believe in them - host John Oliver said "at best, it’s reckless for people to take a stab at ventriloquizing the dead." He then added, "when psychic abilities are presented as authentic, it emboldens a vast underworld of unscrupulous vultures more than happy to make money." MEET THE MEDIUM Critics have long charged mediums like Caputo with fakery - using tricks like "cold reads" (picking up obvious clues) and "hot reads" (doing research) on their subjects. Then, there's that controversy and Spirit has to shoulder some of the blame there as well. She's also been turned into a near-classic Kate McKinnon impression on "Saturday Night Live," and there have been many others. Spirit is also the cash cow because without Spirit, there is no show, no books, no jewelry line, no national tour, no renown and certainly no controversy.įourteen seasons and nearly 10 years in, Caputo is easily Long Island's most famous television personality, and Long Island's TV ambassador to the world, albeit a complicated one. She's a natural-born performer full of charm and warmth, with an accent that could come from only one place on earth (hometown Hicksville). Had Spirit, in other words, exacted revenge?Īs readers of her three bestselling books and viewers of her long-running series well know, Spirit is Caputo's self-described "gift," and her self-described direct link to the dead. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.
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