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Sylvia Browne
Born (1936-10-19) October 19, 1936 (age 88)
Kansas City, Missouri
Occupation(s)self described psychic and medium
ChildrenChristopher Dufresne, Paul Dufresne
Websitehttp://www.sylvia.org/

Sylvia Browne (born October 19 1936) is a bestselling American author on the subject of spirituality who is known as a psychic and medium. She is a weekly guest on The Montel Williams Show and hosts her own hour-long show on Hay House Radio, discussing paranormal issues and giving callers advice in her role as a psychic.

Critics such as James Randi have argued that Browne uses mentalist techniques to produce the illusion of mind reading and clairvoyance. Reports about her false predictions and claims have appeared in several newspapers.

Personal life

Born Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., she is the elder of two daughters of Bill and Celeste Shoemaker. Her father had many jobs including mail delivery and jewelry salesman, and was vice president of a major freight line.

He was Jewish and her mother Episcopalian, and her maternal grandmother Ada Coil was a devout Lutheran. To establish stability, the family decided to convert to Roman Catholicism and they were all baptised together when Browne was a young girl, but Browne said in 2001 that she was Jewish

Browne claimed that visions started appearing when she was three years old and that her grandmother Ada Coil, who she said was a psychic medium, helped her understand why she had them. Browne also asserts that her great-uncle also claimed to be a psychic medium and was “rabid about UFOs”.

Browne began giving psychic readings in 1974 and has attracted followings of supporters and detractors. She has given thousands of one on one readings and with a wide variety of groups and individuals; as of 2007, she charges $750 for a 20-30 minute telephone reading. Browne claims to have provided information to police departments and the FBI.

Marriage and children

She was married to Gary Dufresne from April 1959 until 1972, and is divorced from Kenzil Dalzell Brown. Sylvia acquired the surname Brown during the third of her four marriages, and enhanced it with a final e for her professional name. In September 2002 she and Larry Lee Beck ended their marriage.

Sylvia says her son Christopher is psychic, and attributes this to a genetic predisposition. Her website says "If Sylvia is the best psychic around - then Chris is the second best."

Sylvia Browne likes to claim that she lives a modest life, but a public search of property shows that she owns several properties, houses, condos, and apartments in California alone worth in excess of $15,000,000.00.

Paranormal claims

Browne says she knows what it is like in Heaven. In her book Life on the Other Side, she says the temperature is a constant 78°F (25.6°C), that there are no insects (unless one wants there to be), that pets go to Heaven, and that one can build one's house wherever one wants unless it obscures the view of a river or some trees, in which case one needs permission. She asserts that the "other side" exists approximately three feet above ground level and at a "higher vibrational level" and so is difficult for humans to perceive. However, like other psychics, she claims to have been born able to perceive a wider range of "vibrational frequencies".

Browne declares that she can see angels and that they look similar to depictions in paintings, but have different traits depending on their "phylum". Her granddaughter, who is purportedly psychic, claims to have witnessed the angels that Browne states come around humans.

Browne professes the ability to speak with her spirit guide, "Francine," and has given details of fifty-four of her own former lives as divined by her. Browne identified herself as having abilities beyond communication with spirits. During a Larry King Live discussion which included James Randi on 3 September, 2001 she claimed to have "...helped child (sic) with seizures, that I cured a child with seizures. That I worked with 350 doctors. I mean, you don't know anything about this."

Television and radio

Browne is a frequent guest on US television and radio programs. She has appeared numerous times on Larry King Live as well as the Montel Williams Show and Coast to Coast AM. In 2005 Browne told Newsweek Larry King, a believer in the paranormal, asked her to do private psychic readings. During these appearances she usually discusses her abilities with the host and then performs readings of audience members or callers.

On some occasions other guests at her appearances have included skeptics, with James Randi being one of the more frequent. These shows often feature verbal sparring between the two, with both trying to convince the audience that the other is wrong. In March 2004, their feud escalated on the popular St. Louis radio program, The Paul Harris Show, when Randi came out and called Browne a liar.

Browne has also appeared on the television soap opera The Young and the Restless as herself in December 2006.

Books, business, and church

Browne has written a number of books.

She is the head of the Sylvia Browne Corporation, Sylvia Browne Enterprises, and the founder of a church in 1986 in Campbell, California, known as the Society of Novus Spiritus.

According to its website, the church employs forty ministers, though only a small number are actually paid employees, and those who are paid also work for Sylvia Browne Corporation and Sylvia Browne Enterprises, and are members of the Board of Directors of Novus Spiritus.

Novus Spiritus refers to itself as "Gnostic Christian." It states that it follows the same traditions and teachings which Jesus himself followed, yet does not exclude Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, or Hinduism. The society teaches the Biblical works of Jesus Christ while also incorporating the Gnostic Gospels (ex: Gospel of Mary Magdalene), and says that while the Bible is a "marvelous book" and should be used as a teaching tool, it is not the "unaltered word of God".

Novus Spiritus Study Groups and Churches are not allowed to teach anything other than what Sylvia Browne has written, thus excluding any other religious or spiritual texts.

The tenets of the church have expanded, as discussed in her 2006 book "Exploring the Levels of Creation", including the idea a "Mother God" and "Father God". She further elaborated about this during a segment on the Montel Williams show while promoting the book.

Though Sylvia Browne claims publicly to support her forty ministers and churches, neither her or Novus Spiritus has financially supported any of the satellite churches that were formed. These churches rely solely on the minister starting it to fund it, and they are required to send money to Novus Spiritus headquarters in Campbell, California. These churches are also required to purchase all of their material (Study Group Books, Sylvia Browne Books, etc...) from Novus, and are only allowed to cover and teach Sylvia Browne's written work.

Legal issues and criminal conviction

In 1992, Browne and her estranged husband were indicted on several charges of investment fraud and grand theft. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, found that Browne and her husband sold securities in a gold-mining venture under false pretenses. In at least one instance, they told a couple their US $20,000 investment was to be used for immediate operating costs. Instead, the money was transferred to an account for their Nirvana Foundation for Psychic Research. Browne pled no contest to securities fraud and was indicted on grand larceny in Santa Clara County, California on May 26 1992.

Sylvia and her estranged husband Kenzil Dalzell Brown pleaded no contest to a felony charge of "sale of security without permit," made restitution, and received one year probation each. Dalzell's disposition included "County Jail 4 months with credit for time served of 21 days," while Sylvia's included 200 hours of community service.

Criticism and controversy

Although Browne has made many public predictions, according to James Randi her accuracy rate has been no better than educated guessing. Among her predictions, that Bill Clinton was falsely accused in the Lewinsky scandal (proved incorrect), that George H. W. Bush would defeat Bill Clinton in the 1992 U.S. presidential election (Bush lost), that Bill Bradley would win the 2000 U.S. presidential election with the Reform Party coming in second, the "hiding in caves" of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein (found in a spider hole in the ground), the death of bin Laden (later reported by the Central Intelligence Agency as incorrect), a verdict of "guilty" in the 2005 child molestation trial of Michael Jackson, and the cure and prevention of breast cancer by the end of 1999, . Browne appeared on CNN's Larry King Live eight days before the September 11, 2001 attacks and failed to predict the event, but after the fact claimed she had disturbing dreams involving a lot of fire in the week preceding the attack. She also stated on The Montel Williams Show's New Years Predictions that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston would have a baby that year.

Of her predictions that might be considered accurate, many look like "no-brainers" (examples from the list of predictions for the 21st century cited above: "Elizabeth Taylor ends up back at the Betty Ford Center"; "Neither Warren Beatty nor Donald Trump has any success in politics"; "Air travel reaches an all-time high, but because of overbookings and poor service, the airlines will need to revamp their scheduling practices.").

Psychic detective

Browne has often spoken of working with the police and FBI as a psychic detective. The Skeptics Dictionary offers a rebuttal to this claim, quoting an article which appeared in the media watchdog magazine, Brill's Content, which examined Browne's work as a psychic detective over a span of 35 cases.

In 21, the details were too vague to be verified. Of the remaining 14, law-enforcement officials or family members involved in the investigations say that Browne had played no useful role.

— Brill's Content

Sago Mine controversy

An incident involving Browne on January 3, 2006, on the U.S. radio program Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, is seen as evidence of her deception and fraud. The incident, which was broadcast live, involved Browne making her predictions for 2006. Browne and Noory were discussing the nature of her psychic premonitions, when Noory brought up the topic of the then unfolding 2006 Sago Mine disaster.

At the time it was believed, due to erroneous news reports, that 12 of the 13 trapped miners had been found alive. When Noory asked Browne if she had had any psychic premonitions regarding the men, she stated that she had known they would be found. Later in the program it was revealed that the earlier news reports has been incorrect, and only 1 of the men was now believed to have survived. At this point Browne contradicted her earlier statement, stating that "I don't really think there's anybody alive".

Browne later claimed that she never specifically stated that the miners would be found alive, only that they would be found, and insisted that she was referring to the bodies of the dead miners being found.

Critics, however, did not buy this argument and were scathing in their attacks on Browne, with FOX News reporter, Roger Friedman, reporting the story in a highly critical piece entitled, "TV Psychic Misses mark on Miners". Skeptic James Randi wrote on his website "For anyone not familiar with the methods of these charlatans, this would appear to be a calamitous failure, a blow-out, a total screw-up - but not to anyone familiar with the callous lies of Sylvia Browne".

Criticism by James Randi

James Randi has been a frequent critic of Browne. On September 3, 2001, Browne stated on Larry King Live that she would accept the James Randi Educational Foundation's $1,000,000 challenge to demonstrate supernatural abilities in a controlled scientific test. However, as of 2007, Browne has failed to contact the Foundation or respond to Randi's enquiries.

Over subsequent years Browne has claimed several reasons for not taking part in the challenge:

  • She was unable to contact Randi.
  • She does not need or want the money.
  • Neither Randi nor the JREF has $1,000,000.
  • Randi would not put the money in escrow.

In support of her final claim, Browne often quotes Randi as saying that he'll never have to pay the money because "I always have an out." Randi, in turn, responds that this quote is taken out of context and his actual words were "I always have an out—I'm right," referring to his belief that no one can win the challenge because no one possesses any kind of paranormal ability.

Some have questioned the logical inconsistency of her statements that she is not interested in the money, yet at the same time requires proof of its existence. In addition, Randi demonstrates that the money is held by an independent investment firm, Goldman Sachs, and that proof of its existence can be obtained by requesting a copy of the most recent account statement from the JREF, by telephone, fax, letter, or e-mail. Though a few persons have requested and received copies of the documentation, no request has ever come from Browne.

Browne retorts that the JREF refuses to put the money into escrow with the implication that this is because it doesn't exist. Randi originally defended the decision, highlighting the fact that the challenge rules clearly state the money will not be placed in escrow. However, as of November 2003, Randi decided to make an exception for Browne, and declared that the money will be placed in escrow, proposing either Larry King or Montel Williams, both supporters of Browne, as suitable escrow agents. Though formal letters were mailed to both King and Williams notifying them of their nomination as possible escrow agents, neither person ever answered. And Browne never accepted nor acknowledged Randi's exception concerning the escrow matter.

After making this announcement, Randi stated on his website, "We have now met each and every objection made by Sylvia Browne, except that she does not like me."

Browne's responses to Randi

Browne's website posted a message sometime after August 1, 2005, which appeared to be directed at Randi. It claimed that Browne has never seen confirmation of the existence of the million dollars (which Randi said he sent by certified mail), suggesting it may be due to Randi sending the package to a previous business address. However, Randi's May 30, 2003, weekly newsletter indicates the documents were mailed over two years before the date Browne said she relocated. Randi said he has a certified mail receipt from the U.S. Postal Service (Certified Mail item #7003 0500 0002 3034 8133) to confirm the package was refused by Browne at 12:08 p.m. on May 22, 2003.

The Montel Williams Show controversies

Browne has been a weekly guest on The Montel Williams Show for many years. In the episodes she appears in, known as "Sylvia Wednesdays," she takes questions from audience members asking for advice about health, love, and finance, as well as information she may have about deceased or missing loved ones. Recently her predictions have come under tremendous scrutiny after the high profile missing person's case of Shawn Hornbeck made headlines and revealed that Browne had given a reading to Hornbeck's mother and step-father four years prior on the show where she told them their son was dead, knew where he was buried and the person who had abducted him had murdered him, which turned out to be all wrong. Since then other readings by Browne have been proven incorrect and are documented below.

Missing persons

Holly Krewson

23-year-old Holly Krewson was reported missing in April 1995 by her family. In 2002, Gwendolyn Krewson, Holly's mother, appeared on an episode of The Montel Williams Show featuring Sylvia Browne for information that might lead to the whereabouts of her daughter. Sylvia Browne told Krewson her daughter was living in Hollywood, California and working as an exotic dancer in a nightclub. Following the reading, Holly's family went to Hollywood and canvassed a number of nightclubs but yielded no results. A body found in 1996 by the San Diego police went unidentified for 10 years, but a break in the case came in February 2006 when dental records were used to positively identify the body to that of Holly Krewson.

Opal Jo Jennings

Six-year-old Opal Jo Jennings was abducted in March 1999 from her grandparents' front yard in Tarrant County, Texas, USA. Jennings' grandmother, Audrey Sanderford, appeared on the Montel show to ask Browne for information in the episode first broadcast on April 29th, 1999. Browne told Sanderford her granddaughter was not dead but that she had been forced into prostitution and taken to Japan, in a town called either "Kukouro" or "Kukoura." No such town exists. In August of that same year, convicted child molester Richard Lee Franks was arrested and charged with Jennings' abduction and murder. He was convicted of the crimes in September 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.

In December 2003 the skeletal remains of a small child were found 13 miles away from Jennings' home. DNA determined it was the remains of Opal Jo Jennings and an autopsy showed she had been killed due to trauma to the head within hours after being abducted.

Lynda McClelland

44-year-old Lynda McClelland was reported missing from her home in Forrest Hills, Pennsylvania on July 27, 2000 but subsequent searches turned up nothing. On March 13, 2002 McClelland's two daughters and son-in-law appeared on The Montel Williams Show seeking information regarding McClelland.

Browne told McClelland's daughters, Marci and Amanda, that their mother was alive and was abducted by a man with the initials "MJ" and taken to Orlando, Florida. McClelland's body was found buried less than two miles from her home in Pennsylvania. The man charged and convicted for the murder, David Repasky, McClelland's son-in-law, does not have the initials "MJ."

Shawn Hornbeck

11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck was reported missing from his Missouri home on October 6, 2002. On February 6, 2003, Browne appeared on The Montel Williams Show with the boy's parents during which Browne told Pam and Craig Akers their son "is no longer with us" but she had the impression his body was in a wooded area about 20 miles southwest of Richwoods. She said it would be near two large, jagged boulders that seem out of place in that area. She also described the man as being very tall, having long black dreadlocks, and being not "black, more like Hispanic" as well as describing his vehicle as an older model blue sedan with fins. Her claims led to a refocusing of search efforts of numerous people calling in with tips regarding possible spottings of the rock formations Browne had mentioned.

In January 2006 Anderson Cooper reported on Browne's 2003 claims and interviewed the Hornbeck parents, James Randi, and Robert Lancaster (Browne declined to be interviewed). The Hornbeck parents reported that Browne offered to "tell them more" if they booked a private meeting at $700 for 20 minutes. Browne denied having ever asked such a thing of grieving parents.

Hornbeck was found alive four years later, having been abducted by a white man with short brown hair who drove a small white Toyota pickup. Browne told the Daily News, "I'm terribly sorry that this happened, but I think my body of work stands by itself. I've broken case after case." She was scheduled to be a guest on the Larry King show to further address the issue. However, she was replaced at the last minute by fellow psychic Rosemary Altea and skeptic James Randi. King, a long-time supporter and promoter of Browne's work, was somewhat critical of the absent Browne, but he also remarked that Browne had described Devlin "pretty well". Randi disputed this, comparing her description (that mentioned dreadlocks on a Hispanic man) with an arrest photograph of Devlin (a white man, average height, with no dreadlocks).

On January 30, 2007 Browne's business manager for 35 years, Linda Rossi, appeared with Randi on CNN's Anderson Cooper. In a 15-minute interview, Randi proposed that Browne undergo a test consisting of doing "...readings for ten people, ten people that would be chosen because they believe Sylvia Browne and they believe she has powers, and they believe in psychic powers of that sort. ... We would then shuffle those ten readings and give them all to the people who had the readings done for them and ask them to sort them out, which one is your reading? It should be pretty evident that you could take the reading that was made for you, and you could single that out." Rossi replied "Absolutely not" with Randi noting Browne previously agreed to undergo a test.

Failed private session predictions

Janet McDonald, an author of books for young adults contacted Browne and paid $700 for a reading via phone. She later wrote an article describing her disappointment in the results. Though readers had only McDonald's word that the session was a failure when the article was published, she did relate Browne's prediction that McDonald would live a long life. She died April 11, 2007 of cancer.

Inaccurate answers

When Browne speaks there is often a drawing of names which determines who will get to ask questions. During a 2007 appearance on a cruise, journalist Jon Ronson talked to some of the people who had a chance to ask Sylvia a question. He describes a woman being told her husband committed suicide because he was simply bipolar, despite the fact that her husband had actually had an excruciating disease of the legs.

Books authored by Sylvia Browne

  • Browne, Sylvia; & Antoinette May (1990). Adventures of a Psychic Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 0-7394-0178-5
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison Lindsay (1999). The Other Side and Back: A Psychic's Guide to Our World and Beyond New York, NY: Signet. ISBN 0-451-19863-8
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison Lindsay (2000). Life on the Other Side: A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife Dutton Adult. ISBN 0-525-94539-3
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2000). God, Creation, and Tools for Life Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-722-8
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2000). Astrology Through A Psychic's Eyes Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-720-1
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2000). Meditations Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-719-8
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison, Lindsay (2000). Blessings From the Other Side New York, NY: New American Library. ISBN 0-525-94574-1
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2000). Souls Perfection Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-723-6
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison, Lindsay (2001). Past Lives, Future Healing New York, NY: New American Library. ISBN 0-451-20597-9
  • Browne, Sylvia (2001). The Nature of Good and Evil Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-724-4
  • Browne, Sylvia (2002). Prayers Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-902-6
  • Browne, Sylvia (2002). Conversations With the Other Side Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-718-X
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison, Lindsay (2003). Visits form the Afterlife New York, NY: New American Library. ISBN 0-525-94756-6
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison, Lindsay (2003). Book of Dreams New York, NY: Signet. ISBN 0-451-20828-5
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2003). Book of Angels Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0193-X
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2004). Mother God: The Feminine Principle to Our Creator Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0309-6
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2004). Lessons For Life Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0087-9
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison Lindsay (2004). Prophecy: What the Future Holds for You New York, NY: Dutton. ISBN 0-525-94822-8
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2005). Contacting Your Spirit Guide Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0532-3
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2005). Secrets & Mysteries of the World Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0458-0
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2005). Phenomenon: Everything You Need to Know About the Paranormal New York, NY: Dutton. ISBN 0-525-94911-9
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Dufresne, Chris (2005). Animals on the Other Side Cincinnati, OH: Angel Bea Publishing. ISBN 0-9717843-4-5
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2006). If You Could see What I See: The Tenets of Novus Spiritus Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0648-6
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2006). Exploring the Levels of Creation Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-4019-0891-8
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2006). Insight: Case Files from the Psychic World New York, NY: Dutton. ISBN 0-525-94955-0
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2006). The Mystical Life of Jesus New York, NY: Dutton. ISBN 0-5259-5001-X
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2006). Light A Candle Angel Bea Publishing. ISBN 0-9717843-6-1
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Dufresne, Chris (2006). Christmas in Heaven Angel Bea Publishing. ISBN 0-9777790-0-9
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2007). Father God Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4019-0533-0
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2007). Spiritual Connections Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4019-0881-2
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Harrison, Lindsay (2007). Psychic Children New York, NY: Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-95013-4
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2007). Secret Societies Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4019-1675-6
  • Browne, Sylvia; & Dufresne, Chris (2007). Spirit of Animals Angel Bea Publishing. ISBN 0-9777790-1-7
  • Browne, Sylvia; (2007). The Two Marys New York, NY: Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-95043-1

See also

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