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Quick note before we dive in, what you are about to hear is the conclusion of an investigation.

We're examining claims, reviewing recordings, and sharing what we found.

But I want to be clear, this episode is not proof of anything.

As always, feel free to come up with your own conclusion.

But for now, let's get on with the show.

Previously on Pretend,

six skeptics went undercover in a sting called Operation Banana Cream Pie.

They were strangers, playing siblings, grieving a sister who never existed.

And why were they doing this?

To catch a psychic medium, doing a hot read. using publicly available information to fake a connection to the dead.

The sting which was orchestrated by skeptic Susan Gerbik took months of planning.

Fake obituaries, fake backstories, fake backstories, fake photographs, a whole fictional

family built from scratch scattered across a Facebook profile, like little tiny breadcrumbs.

If Suzanne Wilson, the medium, references any of this bogus material, it would strongly suggest that she's not just channeling spirits.

She's channeling Facebook.

Susan Gerbik believes that the psychic medium is going to take the bait.

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