Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When a French psychic does business with a Canadian entrepreneur, the result is one of the largest mail-order scams in history.
#Scam #Psychic #Documentary
It's the 1990s and French psychic Maria Duval seems to have it all—fame, wealth, and adoration. She gains international recognition for helping find more than a dozen missing people, predicting lottery numbers, and advising politicians and celebrities. Her insatiable desire for more riches leads her to a fateful business partnership with Canadian entrepreneur and copywriter Patrice Runner who had long heard about Duval’s reputation and sought to profit off of it.
It was a perfect match as Runner, like Duval, desired to live a lifestyle full of luxury and excitement. Conning The Cosmos is a gripping documentary that unravels the intricate mail-order psychic scam masterminded by Runner and how he duped millions of people worldwide over 20 years through the power of persuasive writing.
Through meticulous investigations, exclusive archive and intimate interviews, the film exposes how this exploitation of human hopes and fears resulted in one of the largest psychic scams in history, culminating in a global manhunt for Runner and a high-profile criminal trial that delves into the nature of belief itself. At its core, this scam is fueled by millions of people’s relentless pursuit for more, preying on the universal vulnerability of believing in promises too good to be true.
Title: The Psychic Swindle (2025)
Director(s): Sarah Gibson
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When a French psychic does business with a Canadian entrepreneur, the result is one of the largest mail-order scams in history.
#Scam #Psychic #Documentary
It's the 1990s and French psychic Maria Duval seems to have it all—fame, wealth, and adoration. She gains international recognition for helping find more than a dozen missing people, predicting lottery numbers, and advising politicians and celebrities. Her insatiable desire for more riches leads her to a fateful business partnership with Canadian entrepreneur and copywriter Patrice Runner who had long heard about Duval’s reputation and sought to profit off of it.
It was a perfect match as Runner, like Duval, desired to live a lifestyle full of luxury and excitement. Conning The Cosmos is a gripping documentary that unravels the intricate mail-order psychic scam masterminded by Runner and how he duped millions of people worldwide over 20 years through the power of persuasive writing.
Through meticulous investigations, exclusive archive and intimate interviews, the film exposes how this exploitation of human hopes and fears resulted in one of the largest psychic scams in history, culminating in a global manhunt for Runner and a high-profile criminal trial that delves into the nature of belief itself. At its core, this scam is fueled by millions of people’s relentless pursuit for more, preying on the universal vulnerability of believing in promises too good to be true.
Title: The Psychic Swindle (2025)
Director(s): Sarah Gibson
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