Fake Psychic (Part 2)
Vicky Baker investigates the story of Lamar Keene, a successful psychic who confessed to being a member of an underground network that conspired to defraud the unsuspecting public.
Written and reported by Vicky Baker
Drama by Nick Perry
If you wanted to speak with the dead in 1960s America, there was one man who was ready to help. For more than a decade, Lamar Keene was at the top of his game, becoming known as the Prince of Spiritualists. Then, quite suddenly, he turned his back on it all.
Lamar Keene went public and revealed his whole operation had been one big con. He not only implicated himself but claimed that he had been part of an underground network, which had conspired to defraud the unsuspecting public. He called it the “psychic mafia”, and said that his confession made him a marked man.
In a series that mixes documentary with drama, Vicky Baker (Fake Heiress) takes a deep dive into Lamar Keene’s stranger-than-fiction life story.
Lamar . . . . . Edward Hogg
Raoul . . . . . Tom Mothersdale
Mable . . . . . Susan Brown
Florence . . . . . Barbara Barnes
Joe . . . . . Nathan Osgood
Jeff . . . . . Shaun Mason
Don . . . . . Michael Begley
George . . . . . Neil McCaul
Lona . . . . . Jasmine Hyde
Ruthie . . . . . Tillie Murray
Betty . . . . . Christine Kavanagh
Sound: Peter Ringrose
Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko
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