Theresa Caputo, billed as the “Long Island Medium”, tells The Bossticks she experiences physical sensations she interprets as communication from the dead, including “heaviness” in her forehead and, in some cases, tasting blood as a symbol of what she describes as a violent or untimely death. She says she does not “predict anything” and frames her work as delivering messages intended to provide “faith, hope, and peace” rather than removing grief.
Caputo discusses how she says she validates messages with details she considers unique to the bereaved person, and she recounts several examples from live shows, including a case in which she says she conveyed remorse from a deceased person who had killed someone. She also addresses suicide, asserting that some deaths appear impulsive and attributing some child suicides to bullying, while emphasising the complexity of mental illness.
The episode includes an extended on-air reading of two members of the show’s team, involving detailed recollections of family deaths and signs the speakers associate with their relatives; these are presented as personal accounts rather than independently verifiable facts. Caputo also says she is a practising Catholic who “put [her] gift in God’s hands” after a spiritual experience around 9/11.
Separately, she warns that impostors are using fraudulent sites and messages to pose as her, saying she has hired a company to take them down and that she does not charge podcast guests for readings.
US television medium Theresa Caputo tells The Bossticks she has hired a company to take down websites she says are impersonating her in order to solicit money for readings. Caputo says she does not charge people who appear on her show or podcast for readings, and warns listeners that messages claiming to be from her are not genuine.
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