Scams from the Great Beyond: How to Make Easy Money Off of ESP . . . [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Peter Huston (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Learn how the new breed of con artist fakes everything from ESP powers to UFO photos - then expose them as the thieves they are . . . or utilize their simple tricks to your own financial benefit!

About the Author
After several years involved with formal skepticism, Peter Huston still occasionally finds time to investigate and write about the paranormal, strange claims, and other bizarre behavior on the fringes of American culture. The former newspaper reporter, EMT, concert security guard, and general jack of all trades is the author of two other books. Besides writing science fiction, his interests include psychology, languages, Asian cooking and cultures, and the martial arts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press; 1st edition (July 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873649125
• ISBN-13: 978-0873649124
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,792,055 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good How - it's - Done Expose', March 18, 1999

By	Robert Cogan (Edinboro, Pa. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Huston's book is short, funny, illustrated and clearly explains the tricks to fool the gullible behind claims of telepathy, telekinesis, levitation and other New Age nonsense. Particularly good is his account of how simply UFO phots. can be faked.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical and informative, June 6, 1999

By A Customer

Huston does a fine job cutting through the mystical BS that New Age hucksters use to separate fools from their money. While acknowledging that there are some unexplainable things out there that, when investigated honestly, make life that much more interesting, Huston has no mercy on self-proclaimed channelers, astrologers, psychics, UFO travelers, and the like who use a combination of charisma and cultish intimidation to bring believers into their fold. Read this book if you're a skeptic with a heart. You will not be disappointed.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Enough For Government Work, October 8, 2000

By	"leucippus" (Taiwan) - See all my reviews

While it is true that there are much better explanitory/historical case studies books, and have been for generations now, for a layman it seems to me that this book is worthwhile. If one takes it in this way, even a person more experienced in flim flam scams will find it a good read. This book has spirit and the skeptical community has received it well it seems in book reviews I've read. That is good enough commendation IMO.