mentalist

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He then bills himself as a mentalist and begins performing séances for wealthy clients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

“When I’m tuned in, it’s all about deep intuition and reading emotions and picking up feelings,” said the renowned mentalist known by his stage name, the Amazing Kreskin.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023

Bob was smitten by magic at an early age, and when he was 12 he and his brother, Walter, performed a mentalist act in the Catskill Mountains, “The Boy With the Radio Mind.”

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Created and performed by theater artist and mentalist Vinny DePonto, ‘Mindplay’ probes the unreliable narrators of our minds in a Geffen Playhouse world premiere.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022

She gave the year as 1917, called the doctor "a mentalist," and the stenographer "a tapper," or "a mental tapper."

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)