Sylvia Browne
publication date: Monday, November 16, 2015 (part of Fall 2015)
category: Hoaxes
clue: This self-described psychic, now two years deceased, had critics seeing red (and brown) when her claims in several missing-persons cases turned out to be false.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk
trivia: This goo originally appeared in GooCon: Siesta Key in 2008 with a different clue.
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