Bob Nygaard, Part 1 - Investigating Psychic Fraud

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Episode 58: The notorious private investigator and psychic tracker Bob Nygaard joins Lola & Meagan to talk about his early career as a cop, getting started in confidence crimes and psychic fraud, how psychics groom their victims, and the kinds of people who seek out psychic advice (HINT: They're smarter than you think!). If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group, or if you've had an experience with manipulation or abuse of power you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number at 513-900-2955.
0:11.0	Or shoot us an email at TrustMePod at gmail.com.
0:15.0	Trust me. Do you trust me?
0:18.0	Trust me. I'm like a smart person. I've never lied to you. I've never had lied to you.
0:24.0	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:28.0	Welcome to TrustMe. The podcast about cult, extreme belief, and the abuse of power from two definitely real psychics who've actually experienced it.
0:36.0	I am Lola Blanc, and I am Megan Elizabeth.
0:38.0	Was that my psychic voice? I don't know what that was. It's something kind of sad. Welcome to TrustMe.
0:44.0	The psychic inside of you is like depressed, I think.
0:48.0	Welcome. Yeah, I honestly all the things inside me are depressed.
0:53.0	Okay, cool.
0:54.0	Today our guest is Bob Nygarde, he's a private investigator who specializes in psychic fraud.
1:00.0	In part one today we're going to discuss the connection between these so-called self-proclaimed psychics and cult leaders.
1:07.0	Bob's history is starting out as a cop and learning about what's called confidence crime and eventually becoming the psychic hunter,
1:13.0	but he'll tell us why he doesn't love that term.
1:15.0	We'll also talk about getting some of these fraudsters behind bars and getting victims their money back.
1:20.0	How psychics groom their victims and the kinds of people who go to psychics? They're smarter than you think.
1:25.0	Like me.
1:26.0	I was going to say 70% of my group of friends, so yeah.
1:30.0	They're very smart people.
1:32.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:33.0	Listen, I love psychics casually for funzees.
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