Theresa Caputo (born June 10, 1967) is an American
psychic medium
Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or spir ...
, best known for her
TLC reality television series ''
Long Island Medium''.
Early life
Caputo, the daughter of Nicholas and Veronica Brigandi,
was born and raised in
Hicksville, New York, on
Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
. 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
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
series ''
Long Island Medium'' from 2011 to 2019.
She is also the author of two books and tours under "Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience".
Criticism
Several people have raised doubts about her powers, including ''
Inside Edition''
and ''
Jezebel''.
called on Caputo to prove her abilities,
and
James Randi said her claims were not true.
In April 2012, the
James Randi Educational Foundation awarded Caputo its
Pigasus Award, a tongue-in-cheek award that seeks to expose
parapsychological
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near ...
,
paranormal or
psychic frauds. The James Randi Education Foundation has been critical of Caputo's work.
A newspaper review of Caputo's performances at the
NYCB Theatre at Westbury in late 2017 concluded, "For me, this unbelievable experience was simply that: not to be believed. In my humble opinion, Caputo is a damn good performer, and she's got undeniably likable sass and charisma. I just don't think she speaks with the dead. Or she didn't the night that I saw her. But my father probably could have told you that."
Paranormal investigator
Massimo Polidoro calls Caputo a "performer" and reports on an investigation done by ''
Inside Edition'' and mentalist
Mark Edward who attended one of her live shows in 2012. In 2013, illusionist
Criss Angel offered Caputo $1 million to prove her claims.
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.
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Living people
American psychics
Participants in American reality television series
People from Hicksville, New York
American spiritual mediums
1967 births