For years our Grandmother was sending money to a televangelist. When she didn’t send Money for one particular project, they said in a letter that something bad would happen to her! She was in her late eighties, had a stroke and was crying because she thought if she would of given them a donation this wouldn’t have happened! What wretched deceiving beings! I refuse to call them human!
The Joy Of Insanity The Joy Of Insanity And how is ‘your culture’ fairing these days, struggling, or believing you are doing better than everyone else off the back of environmental destruction and exploitation? You are probably correct in your criticism of what i imagine is the ‘west’ or the USA but is your culture truly immune or doing any better?
When my husband was dying from cancer, I would have given every dime we had for a chance at a cure for him. No matter how far fetched the 'cure' seemed I wanted to believe something would work. Luckily a combination of family and friends kept me reined in & I didn't mortgage our home for someone like Peter Popoff but I can see how that would happen. It's not always stupidity that drives people to support these evil clowns. Sometimes it's desperation. There's a special place in hell for people who prey on the sick and desperate.
I know that living with a loved one with chronic or terminal illness can lead to so much desperation and wild thoughts. So sorry for what you had to go through. I also had to be talked off many ledges through the years. It is easy to mock the victims, but we must remember that they were indeed victims.
It's horrible that people like Popov exploit sick, dying and desperate people. This happened to my husband's family when his dad was dying of cancer. But with new age scammers, who aren't that different to the prosperity grifters.💔
I've watched his bs early in the morning dye to me not sleeping. He's disgusting and immoral. I don't understand how he was allowed to spew his lies and bs. People paying for his miracle spring water and being gullible was awful to watch. I'd tell at the TV. Things like this are beyond disgusting.
"He got people to throw their prescription medications onto the stage" ....presumably so he could sort through them backstage and grab the good stuff 🤔
I knew that he made a comeback but I had no idea that he came back stronger and actually made more money than before. Taking advantage of desperate ill people is really despicable.
People need hope. It is why they do things like this, buy various objects, or try questionable medical treatments. Therefore, hope is what gets preyed on by anyone who cons people. As a freely willing to admit I'm a flawed, imperfect Christian, I don't subscribe to these types of 'ministries', much less support them. They give the rest of us a black eye.
@@travisn346 My cynical summary of human nature is as follows; a short list of simple answers no matter how ridiculous will always outsell a ling list of complicated questions.
there's one skunk called Rod Parsley. I remember about 10 years ago he was asking his audience to send in their whole week's paycheck. he still shows up on TV sometimes. whenever I see him I call him paycheck parsley.
There are actual missionaries who attach Korean Bibles, with pictures of the Dear Leader on each page so they can't be destroyed, to balloons and they do float over the North Korean border.
I saw him on television one Sunday morning. I was absolutely amazed that he would tell people to stop taking their meds. That seems like it should be really illegal 🤨
Easy the television channel he's on makes money by putting his stuff on air while they're selling commercials and they don't even care about the people who are being hurt and destroyed.
@@hotsauce1646 yeah I have no social life by choice as well, too many people show very dysfunctional traits esp where I am from there is very little privilege and a lot of poverty
@@CBrown86 Last ten years I’ve had almost no outside interaction due to chronic illness. Aside from the guilt it’s been wonderful! With pretty much all in life the maxim of quality over quantity holds true. Stay happy guys xx
Thanks for making videos every day. Your daily videos are part of my routine which helps me feel okay each day. Listening to you talk about things makes me feel calm and grounded, thank you for working so hard Dr. Grande!
If you want to make your own “miracle” water you can just make moon water by putting a water bottle on your windowsill during a full moon and then drink it the next morning. The miracle is that you’re hydrated.
I once worked for a TV evangelist, and I see a lot of similarities between him and Peter Popoff. In fact, I think all TV evangelists share these traits and practices to some degree. My guy had the healing, prayer cards (which are critical to finding new donors), the endless stream of requests for donations, the prosperity theology (only touched on), and the grand schemes - which never seem to come out as described. Regarding the money: These organizations really do need a constant stream of donations whether or not they are extravagant. They need to pay the rent on the building, the employees, their production facilities, and a myriad of miscellaneous things. It does have to be run like a business. However, they do make sure they themselves are comfortable. From a “business” point of view, it is important to look materially successful - it draws the people in, including people with money. For the most part, I thought the money properly accounted, but there were a couple of things that gave me pause. I would not recommend giving to places like this, no matter how faithful you are. There are truly deserving religious charities that actually help people while spreading the Gospel, but you have to spend time looking for them. I think TV evangelists do start, at least, from a genuine belief in God and calling to spread the Word of Christ. But the money and status are very strong temptations, and even the most sincere can be drawn from the straight and narrow. And those who aren’t sincere will take a shortcut to the bank.
He cant, as that is just the point! The "Lake of fire" is were The Lord will (future tense) cast him into, (Revelation 20:10)! As, He (the devil) is here on this Earth now, not in hell.
I had a friend who would contact TV evangelists and get on their mailing lists -- sometimes donating one dollar. Subsequently, they would send SO MUCH MAIL, which clearly cost more than that one dollar to send. It was her method of a small bit of justice.
Jerry Falwell Sr.'s ministry used to get used condoms and human excrement in their postage-paid return envelopes. Dr. Grande did do a show on Jerry Jr.
Hate to say it, but it didn't do thing. These people get bulk mail rates. If you send between x and x, it's a flat rate. All you're doing is filling your mailbox.
@@moonstruck562 Welll, I was going to send out cookies, but if you really want the water, OK. Poland Spring water, I mean magik money spring water, it is! 😁
“He should have told people he was burning the money in their pockets.”😂😂😂 That’s unreal, it reminds me of a Brazilian spiritual healer named John of God, he used to perform these invisible and visible “surgeries”, that were done without anesthesia and in the most unsanitary conditions, just awful. The worst is that even Oprah went to Brazil to meet him.🙄 Thanks for the video Dr. Grande, interesting and entertaining.❤️ Unrelated to the video - the cacti display is so cute, as if they are children listening to instructions from a teacher (the wooden cacti).😉😁🌵
@@JiveDadson I think she is an emotionally smart woman with some huge blind spots that make her gullible. I am most dismayed by her apparent belief in the Law of Attraction. It is positive thinking on steroids with some abracadabra on the side. She may believe she "manifests" her success but I believe it is a combination of her on camera demeanor, high ratings and ad dollars.
Speculation time makes my day! Dr. Grande, you always have some superb insight on so many fascinating cases! Your videos definitely inspire some interesting dialogue when I get to discussing them with friends who follow your channel as well!
I ordered that "miracle spring water" for kicks and giggles. Stuff was yellow and smelled like mildew. Also got a "prayer cloth" from him that was made of paper.
Dr. G, you have taught me so much & helped me grow as a person. I so appreciate your work! Can’t believe I have never heard about so many of the cases you cover. I admire that you don’t cover stories simply to entertain an audience, but to educate us and teach us to think critically in all things. Thank you!
I’m too weak right now lololol I had to pause the video, I lost it at “debt cancelling miracle spring water” 😂😂😂 omg, I know all about these types of “pay me prayers”, & did a couple of them when I was heavily in the church. Even though I thought it was odd, that “taking two cooked cabbage leaves, put $7 in between them, sew ( yes sew) the leaves together with thread, & put it in a drawer underneath clothes & in $7 days we will receive a financial blessing I kid you not!!! Of course we had to first give a “love offering” to the pastor. They really do have you going, I see why ppl will believe it. I’m so thankful for not only growth but getting away from those types of churches/doctrine. Listening to Dr. Grande say these church rituals without falling out the chair laughing makes this even more funnier lolol! You live & you learn
As a teenaged clown, I sent Peter Popoff an envelope full of Monopoly money. I received a very respectful reply with a letter full of prayer for my soul. Thank you Peter.
Thank you for talking about him. My family and I have been watching his “infomercials” for ever. It’s so sad that some are so desperate for belonging, help/guidance, that they will send people like this all the money they have. It seems like a lot of the leaders, of the Prosperity Gospel, are the only ones who seem to prosper. Smh.
My dad was drunk one night and Perter Popoff came on, it was super early nothing better was going to be on but we were recovering from Rockband and it was summer so no one was tired. We jokingly called in and gave the guy a fake name but our legit mail. Then we forgot and like a month later our big ol' envelope came in. It was filled with an oil pack, instructions, green leaf things, a request for "donations" so that he could pray and make what we wrote on the leaves come true, some examples were to heal a sick person, get money etc. Also came with some gold string. It got forgotten until my dad got drunk again, yes again he was an alcoholic :/, and we jokingly went through the ritual it was like tying the gold string around a finger and writing on the leaves then put the oil on in like a cross formation if I recall. My dad was just drunk enough to actually fill everything out and put a $5 bill in, which wasn't even close to the required donation amount. Then he told us to put it in the mail in the morning. Being people pleasers and never knowing when not to listen to him and when to listen to him to avoid yelling, me and my brother put the envelope in the mail. Ironically that got us yelling because why give money to a con artist? Anyway, a week later my parents got a lotto ticket and actually won like $300??? And not that it was a good thing, but around the same time we found out we would be getting some of my grandpa's insurance money from his passing. Now obviously this isn't because of some religious hack but spooky none the less and I figured I would share my experience with this guy cause no one ever talks about him.
Wow I forgot about this guy. I remember that balloon thing. I was just finishing high school. My mom and I would just laugh at this guy. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Great analysis too Dr.
@@venusxxblue No one hates Trump more than I do...but its clear the election was stolen from him. Left wing liberals dont care about truth though, they only care about winning.
Deborah... are you of European descent? If you are, just know that the Bible is the holy book of small Middle Eastern patriarchal tribes that had NOTHING to do with you! Abraham is NOT your ancestor!!! In Europe we had Nature loving religions. Christianity is just not your religion. Let that sink in.
During the 80's and early 90's I lived less than a block from Popoff's offices. I knew a woman who cleaned house for the Popoffs. His office was in a building at the very back of the complex. The office complex was not on a major street. He seemed to make his offices very difficult to find. His home and office were in a suburb 40 miles due east of Los Angeles. The suburb was one very few people have ever heard of. He seemed to keep him and his family hidden as much as possible. He behaved like he had everything to hide.
"Wouldn't you think that fire would be the one thing the Devil would be immune to, given his living conditions and all...." Pick me up off the floor! 🤣🤣You've outdone yourself on this one Doctor!
Dr Grande I am absolutely parched after that analysis!😂😂How you even talk about some of these topics with a straight face amazes me. I love it doc! Don't ever change.💚💚
😳I forgot all about this freak show! First time I saw it, I thought it was fake. I recall he may have been spoofed in a scene from Fletch with Chevy Chase. Dr. Grande, this is why I love your channel!
As a person with severe medical issues, chronic illness, and chronic pain, I find people who try to "dupe" really sick people (who are struggling with a very poor quality of health, lack of financing, and the overall mental health (which is stolen from chronically ill) believe in this garbage. It's always a hoax, whether the person thinks he's doing it due to religion or those who know it's just about taking money. I've never heard of this guy, as his work was underway long before I was born. But these type of people will always disgust me. However, I have to thank you so very much, Dr. Grande. These videos are so incredible because they expose me to people & situations that I otherwise wouldn't know about. Thank you so very much 💛
@@skullslace2426 Actually, religiosity and intellect are inversely correlated. People with HIGHER intellect are far less likely to contribute to these types of scams. The vast majority of his contributors are most certainly consisting of people in the lower IQ spectrum.
@@brucesmith9092 I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually true. Still, if people are desperate enough, they'll try anything. Unfortunately, that also goes for what one would call smarter people. Otherwise you wouldn't have cults having members of all kinds of background, learning and standing.
@@skullslace2426 There are exceptions, but as I stated previously, the likelihood of actually believing in ancient superstition decreases dramatically as intellect increases. This isn't speculation or conjecture, this is a fact and has been scientifically proven. A small portion of his contributors may be in the higher IQ spectrum but the vast majority will be those on the left end of the bell curve. *I 100% GUARANTEE* that you won't find a plethora of mental giants at any Popoff gathering.
@@jayman7752, Other than attracting the attention of the federal government by stockpiling automatic weapons and explosives for the sake of his own self-fulfilling doomsday prophecy and getting other people to go along with it, leading them to their deaths rather than just surrendering to the authorities? Other than those things he was no worse than any other self-appointed messiah.
@@sarah2.017 True, but I am mildly encouraged by the fact that research is being done on treatments/cures for Alzheimers. Given the number of aging people, it should be profitable for the drug companies.
I used to prank call that guy... All the time. Used to get his little gift packages in the mail... Stuff like holy sand and water... The guy is a snake oil salesmen... Robert Tilton was more fun to make fun of...
@@johnhall4427 he was another one I would make prank phone calls too... And sometimes in the name of... "Hello, this is Joval with success in life robert Tilton ministries. Would like to give a vow of faith of a 100$"? Bahahaha
Hi Dr. Grande, I find it easy to see why your channel is growing at such a phenomenal rate. Your content is not only informative and insightful but at times hilarious. I would like to speak specifically about the topic of this video. As a Christian, I feel it is vital that people understand something. Those of us who are driven by a desire to follow the tenants of true Christianity find the behavior of this clown and any other like him, (mostly found on, but not confined to, television so called ministries) as repugnant as do others. I, and I suspect the vast majority of true believers, are more offended by this type of charlatanism than the public at large. The actions you describe here are entirely contrary to the tenets of true Christianity. Romans 13:8-10 'Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law'
Your precious dear leader (Jesus) also said to forsake your family and all possessions and job to evangelize. And he taught children that they are born evil and need to be fixed or else deserve to be burned (psychological child abuse). ...So you're quite the cherry picker.
Sooooo waiting for the analysis of David Miscavige and the whole stientology manipulations. The tactics are so similar. Hoping to hear your opinion doctor!
I recently received mail from him, it had “miracle water” and about 4 pages of what my life could possibly be like if I donated money to his organization…God can heal us from anything if it’s His will, and he has saved me from many things, but He has never asked me to give him anything except my heart. So idk what PP thinks he’s doing🤦♀️
Dr. Grande knows interesting Germans who are not even mentioned in the German media or Germany itself. Thanks for the input. And I love it that you warn with your precious videos nice people not to fall for narcissistic and scamming people. Ich liebe es, dankeschön, Dr. Grande❣
Always look forward to the new upload :) I think it would be super interesting if Dr. Grande did an analysis of what is happening to June this season on the Handmaid’s Tale. Obviously, she’s experienced a lot of trauma, but I think she is dealing with it in very interesting ways this season.
So relevant, especially with the measures taken during the past year. You try to expose the fraudulent nature of things but people don't want to believe it.
I remember back in the 80s this clown was on TV. We actually received a letter that looked handwritten but was photocopied. My mother liked to watch religious programs on TV and she sent money to a few organizations. But even she, who had only a 5th grade education, knew Popoff was a fraud and wouldn't send him any money. I can't believe anyone would send him any money as he has been exposed as a fraud for over 30 years.
You never disappoint Dr Grande. I would love it if you analysed Kat Kerr some time. She's the "prophetess" with pink hair who regularly visits heaven and hangs out with Jesus.😁
For years our Grandmother was sending money to a televangelist. When she didn’t send Money for one particular project, they said in a letter that something bad would happen to her! She was in her late eighties, had a stroke and was crying because she thought if she would of given them a donation this wouldn’t have happened! What wretched deceiving beings! I refuse to call them human!
Unfortunately they are all too human.
@@DR-nh6oo And too many of them!
The Joy Of Insanity The Joy Of Insanity And how is ‘your culture’ fairing these days, struggling, or believing you are doing better than everyone else off the back of environmental destruction and exploitation?
You are probably correct in your criticism of what i imagine is the ‘west’ or the USA but is your culture truly immune or doing any better?
Rory Wright of us? Lol
That is disgraceful!
When my husband was dying from cancer, I would have given every dime we had for a chance at a cure for him. No matter how far fetched the 'cure' seemed I wanted to believe something would work. Luckily a combination of family and friends kept me reined in & I didn't mortgage our home for someone like Peter Popoff but I can see how that would happen. It's not always stupidity that drives people to support these evil clowns. Sometimes it's desperation. There's a special place in hell for people who prey on the sick and desperate.
One important thing to remember.. Always look to your GOD not man. Amen
I know that living with a loved one with chronic or terminal illness can lead to so much desperation and wild thoughts. So sorry for what you had to go through. I also had to be talked off many ledges through the years. It is easy to mock the victims, but we must remember that they were indeed victims.
It's horrible that people like Popov exploit sick, dying and desperate people. This happened to my husband's family when his dad was dying of cancer. But with new age scammers, who aren't that different to the prosperity grifters.💔
I’m pretty sure he charged like twenty bucks to see his show and try to get cured, I don’t think anyone mortgaged their house to see him.
@@Blondie2.0 Looking to god is the problem. Common sense is what people should look to.
Bartender I'll have a non diagnosing speculative dry humour martini, shaken not stirred, it's called a Todd Grande.
@Luka I Agreed.
Make mine a double, in a case like this!!
10/10 comment! Would read again!
@Roy Ross That's epic!
I lovvvve it!! 👍😊
This needs to exist!
This guy actually makes me sick. And the desperate people who followed and believed him make me feel sad
Unfortunately there are so many idiots in this world.
yes. I joke a lot about people who fall for this, but it truly is sad and those who profit from these desperate people should have to PAY!!
I've watched his bs early in the morning dye to me not sleeping. He's disgusting and immoral. I don't understand how he was allowed to spew his lies and bs. People paying for his miracle spring water and being gullible was awful to watch. I'd tell at the TV. Things like this are beyond disgusting.
It's horrible
Many of them weren't "desperate", they were just stupid.
"He got people to throw their prescription medications onto the stage"
....presumably so he could sort through them backstage and grab the good stuff 🤔
Also: the bottles probably had their contact information, for future grifts.
Ha, that was where my mind went too 😂 Popoff no doubt got his flunkies to sell them to whoever buys prescription drugs off a flunky.
I thought the exact same thing.
Petey Pill Popper
Why wasn’t he done by the FDA for that?
I knew that he made a comeback but I had no idea that he came back stronger and actually made more money than before. Taking advantage of desperate ill people is really despicable.
I'm back and better than ever, baby!! 👨🍼🙌
Jimmy Swaggart was busted for hiring prostitutes many years ago, and now he has his own cable channel.
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I see a pattern there!
A little shenanigans goes a long way!
Dont take that advice young people, I'm a kidder from way back! 🤣🤩🤑
A strong delusion that they would believe a lie. And they having ears would heap up teachers after their own liking.
just like donnie dump
The well of human gullibility is deep indeed.
People need hope. It is why they do things like this, buy various objects, or try questionable medical treatments. Therefore, hope is what gets preyed on by anyone who cons people. As a freely willing to admit I'm a flawed, imperfect Christian, I don't subscribe to these types of 'ministries', much less support them. They give the rest of us a black eye.
The idea of becoming superhuman is alluring. Convince someone of inadequacy and the Brinks truck backs up to your door.
@@travisn346 My cynical summary of human nature is as follows; a short list of simple answers no matter how ridiculous will always outsell a ling list of complicated questions.
there's one skunk called Rod Parsley. I remember about 10 years ago he was asking his audience to send in their whole week's paycheck. he still shows up on TV sometimes. whenever I see him I call him paycheck parsley.
@@amyrussell860 Believing in fantasy does not deliver hope only the delusion of it……..
Dr Grandes bell rings!! my heart sings!! an angel gets its wings!! and then...............I sit back and watch.
Beautiful.
Gay
Lol....hello Maureen how’re you?
Burglars are well known for targeting lucrative bible and balloon collections. That stuff sells quickly and people don't ask questions.
[guy in dark pawn shop, pressing hidden button under the counter]: "yeah... I think we got what yer lookin' for right here..."
There are actual missionaries who attach Korean Bibles, with pictures of the Dear Leader on each page so they can't be destroyed, to balloons and they do float over the North Korean border.
😂😂😂😂
Balloons, helium, string and Bibles is where the money is at.
One word: Killer Clowns.
Jesse Duplantis: "God told me to have that $56 million plane" - crowd claps.
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Outrageous claims red flag beware and avoid.
"Did he really think that devil can't handle fire" Dr. Grande you are amazing 💙
I saw him on television one Sunday morning. I was absolutely amazed that he would tell people to stop taking their meds. That seems like it should be really illegal 🤨
Yeah
Hello dear how’re you?
My daily enemas of Peter Popoff's 'Miracle Spring Water' granted me the blessed power to poop pure gold nuggets.
Oh, so that is how I am supposed to use it.
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@@henkbarnard1553 unless you’re afraid of the needle ✋(ツ)_/¯💉
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Even Evian didn't claim miracles and they had flying babies in the ad
I just saw a commercial where he's selling his 'miracle water'. It baffles me how that commercial is allowed to be aired.
Easy the television channel he's on makes money by putting his stuff on air while they're selling commercials and they don't even care about the people who are being hurt and destroyed.
Hi Dr G! Thanks for all of your hard work, it means a lot to those like me with no social life!
Absolutely, C, as well as those of us celebs who are forced to traips down the red carpet, night after night...I'm guessing!😄
No social life ? I have the same thing i just have 2 real friends and thats it . But i am happy . Nobody who claims me . The good life.
@@hotsauce1646 yeah I have no social life by choice as well, too many people show very dysfunctional traits esp where I am from there is very little privilege and a lot of poverty
@@CBrown86 Last ten years I’ve had almost no outside interaction due to chronic illness. Aside from the guilt it’s been wonderful! With pretty much all in life the maxim of quality over quantity holds true. Stay happy guys xx
@@penelopehughes-jones5265 you can count me in “no social life” club 🙋🏻♀️
Popoff is the lowest of the low, preying on sick people's fear. Despicable.
I think Robert Tilton is real close in ranking.
Benny Hin is right up there too.
Kenneth Copeland Paula white Todd white Benny hinn Todd Bentley oral Roberts and a slew of others are all thieves!! They couldn’t make a dog heel.
Thanks for making videos every day. Your daily videos are part of my routine which helps me feel okay each day. Listening to you talk about things makes me feel calm and grounded, thank you for working so hard Dr. Grande!
Couldn’t have said it better. 💯♥️🙏
@@moonstruck562 🥰
There HAS to be out takes reels where Dr. Grande just loses it. 🤣😂
If you want to make your own “miracle” water you can just make moon water by putting a water bottle on your windowsill during a full moon and then drink it the next morning. The miracle is that you’re hydrated.
Moon water is great for spells
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I remember hearing the exposure on johnny carson show. His wife could be heard saying, "hello Petey. Can you hear me? If you can't were in trouble"
I once worked for a TV evangelist, and I see a lot of similarities between him and Peter Popoff. In fact, I think all TV evangelists share these traits and practices to some degree. My guy had the healing, prayer cards (which are critical to finding new donors), the endless stream of requests for donations, the prosperity theology (only touched on), and the grand schemes - which never seem to come out as described.
Regarding the money: These organizations really do need a constant stream of donations whether or not they are extravagant. They need to pay the rent on the building, the employees, their production facilities, and a myriad of miscellaneous things. It does have to be run like a business. However, they do make sure they themselves are comfortable. From a “business” point of view, it is important to look materially successful - it draws the people in, including people with money.
For the most part, I thought the money properly accounted, but there were a couple of things that gave me pause. I would not recommend giving to places like this, no matter how faithful you are. There are truly deserving religious charities that actually help people while spreading the Gospel, but you have to spend time looking for them.
I think TV evangelists do start, at least, from a genuine belief in God and calling to spread the Word of Christ. But the money and status are very strong temptations, and even the most sincere can be drawn from the straight and narrow. And those who aren’t sincere will take a shortcut to the bank.
“Did he really think that the Devil can’t handle fire”😩👹😈👹😂
I almost peed my pants on that one
He cant, as that is just the point! The "Lake of fire" is were The Lord will (future tense) cast him into, (Revelation 20:10)! As, He (the devil) is here on this Earth now, not in hell.
I had a friend who would contact TV evangelists and get on their mailing lists -- sometimes donating one dollar. Subsequently, they would send SO MUCH MAIL, which clearly cost more than that one dollar to send. It was her method of a small bit of justice.
Jerry Falwell Sr.'s ministry used to get used condoms and human excrement in their postage-paid return envelopes.
Dr. Grande did do a show on Jerry Jr.
@@sarah2.017 and chunks of slate (expensive postage) from me
Hate to say it, but it didn't do thing. These people get bulk mail rates. If you send between x and x, it's a flat rate. All you're doing is filling your mailbox.
@@rbilleaud Yes, and who wants more junk mail?
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Oh yeah, that was one of James Randi's greatest hits, taking him down for a while. What an interesting person.
Thanks, now I have to go on a binge.
Yes
How’re you though Amanda?
@@lucasjackson2022 Got bad news yesterday. My psychiatrist died and I just found out. I'd seen her for years and I was very fond, so it's a big blow.
@@amandafranklin1914 oh sorry to hear that
I knew she was sick, but not how badly. I tend not to ask personal questions so I just let it go. Wish I had now.
I threw my walking stick up on stage 5 times, but the sixth time I managed to hit him. 😂😂😂
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$150k !!! I thought the $20 I found in the desk last night was pretty miraculous. My standards must be to low.
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I get excited when I find a dollar
@@moonstruck562 Hey! I lost a dollar yesterday. You give it back! 😆
@@LDiamondz hahaha no problem but I'm gonna need you to send me some miracle spring water first, you know to guarantee I'll get more $$ in return 😃
@@moonstruck562 Welll, I was going to send out cookies, but if you really want the water, OK. Poland Spring water, I mean magik money spring water, it is! 😁
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Excellent. I need to see if Kenneth Copeland or Jack Hyles has been covered.
Copland has and its terrific!
I was just gonna say Copland next...
Copeland is hideous. At one time he flew around in his multi million dollar private jet.
James Randi was a legend for exposing charlatans like Popoff and Geller. Sadly missed.
PS. I like your cacti.
Giggity
Geller and his stupid spoon bending lol
Too Right he was
@@demonwaterdemonwater4993 Then you could get $1,000,000. If you're psychic. If.
@@demonwaterdemonwater4993 Your degree must not have been in English writing skills!!
“Peter Popoff” is now stuck in my head.
Peter Popoff picked a pepper
Isn't that the name of the Pillsbury doughboy's brother? Peter Popoff Fresh? 🤔
Sounds like a soundcloud rapper or something
Lol...Hello Sandy how’re you?
“He should have told people he was burning the money in their pockets.”😂😂😂
That’s unreal, it reminds me of a Brazilian spiritual healer named John of God, he used to perform these invisible and visible “surgeries”, that were done without anesthesia and in the most unsanitary conditions, just awful. The worst is that even Oprah went to Brazil to meet him.🙄
Thanks for the video Dr. Grande, interesting and entertaining.❤️
Unrelated to the video - the cacti display is so cute, as if they are children listening to instructions from a teacher (the wooden cacti).😉😁🌵
Oprah is a piece of work too.
I was thinking of John of God as well. Again, amazing how many people believed in him.
Oh no. Not another Oprah underling! She gave us Dr.Phil and Oz and so many other scammers. This one, I never heard of. He sounds like a quack.
@@JiveDadson I think she is an emotionally smart woman with some huge blind spots that make her gullible. I am most dismayed by her apparent belief in the Law of Attraction. It is positive thinking on steroids with some abracadabra on the side. She may believe she "manifests" her success but I believe it is a combination of her on camera demeanor, high ratings and ad dollars.
Speculation time makes my day! Dr. Grande, you always have some superb insight on so many fascinating cases! Your videos definitely inspire some interesting dialogue when I get to discussing them with friends who follow your channel as well!
Hello Amber how’re you?
Dr todd grande it's ok to crack up when describing this dude's scams. I'm just laughing my ass off.
Lol..how’re you Wanda?
I'm sorry but that devil joke was incredible
He's on fire 🔥😅
😂😂😂
He has disrespect for others and he picked a peck of pickled peppers
I can't say that three times fast, that's for sure!
I ordered that "miracle spring water" for kicks and giggles. Stuff was yellow and smelled like mildew. Also got a "prayer cloth" from him that was made of paper.
Dr. G, you have taught me so much & helped me grow as a person. I so appreciate your work! Can’t believe I have never heard about so many of the cases you cover. I admire that you don’t cover stories simply to entertain an audience, but to educate us and teach us to think critically in all things. Thank you!
Years ago, I received the miracle water packet...with no water...pretty discouraged at that point...it wasn't for me I guess🤷♀️.
@Alpha Omega 😆
Nah, you just didn't send enough cash! 😊
Talk about gettin Gyped!
I heard about a TV preacher who would send donors a piece of a fishnet, because Jesus was a fisher of men. It was just a piece of string.
@@sarah2.017 🤣
I’m too weak right now lololol I had to pause the video, I lost it at “debt cancelling miracle spring water” 😂😂😂 omg, I know all about these types of “pay me prayers”, & did a couple of them when I was heavily in the church. Even though I thought it was odd, that “taking two cooked cabbage leaves, put $7 in between them, sew ( yes sew) the leaves together with thread, & put it in a drawer underneath clothes & in $7 days we will receive a financial blessing I kid you not!!! Of course we had to first give a “love offering” to the pastor. They really do have you going, I see why ppl will believe it. I’m so thankful for not only growth but getting away from those types of churches/doctrine. Listening to Dr. Grande say these church rituals without falling out the chair laughing makes this even more funnier lolol! You live & you learn
As a teenaged clown, I sent Peter Popoff an envelope full of Monopoly money. I received a very respectful reply with a letter full of prayer for my soul. Thank you Peter.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Drinketh thau of this miraculous vine and ye shall catches a fish with coins in it's mouth"
-The drifters guide to the galaxy 😝
I believe the word is grifter, rather than drifter.
Thank you for talking about him. My family and I have been watching his “infomercials” for ever. It’s so sad that some are so desperate for belonging, help/guidance, that they will send people like this all the money they have. It seems like a lot of the leaders, of the Prosperity Gospel, are the only ones who seem to prosper. Smh.
I find that when I put my faith in whiskey, and I drink that, it gets me snaggletooth drunk every time.
My dad was drunk one night and Perter Popoff came on, it was super early nothing better was going to be on but we were recovering from Rockband and it was summer so no one was tired. We jokingly called in and gave the guy a fake name but our legit mail. Then we forgot and like a month later our big ol' envelope came in. It was filled with an oil pack, instructions, green leaf things, a request for "donations" so that he could pray and make what we wrote on the leaves come true, some examples were to heal a sick person, get money etc. Also came with some gold string. It got forgotten until my dad got drunk again, yes again he was an alcoholic :/, and we jokingly went through the ritual it was like tying the gold string around a finger and writing on the leaves then put the oil on in like a cross formation if I recall. My dad was just drunk enough to actually fill everything out and put a $5 bill in, which wasn't even close to the required donation amount. Then he told us to put it in the mail in the morning. Being people pleasers and never knowing when not to listen to him and when to listen to him to avoid yelling, me and my brother put the envelope in the mail. Ironically that got us yelling because why give money to a con artist? Anyway, a week later my parents got a lotto ticket and actually won like $300??? And not that it was a good thing, but around the same time we found out we would be getting some of my grandpa's insurance money from his passing. Now obviously this isn't because of some religious hack but spooky none the less and I figured I would share my experience with this guy cause no one ever talks about him.
Wow I forgot about this guy.
I remember that balloon thing. I was just finishing high school. My mom and I would just laugh at this guy.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Great analysis too Dr.
Yes the balloon thing talk about pollution!
His supporters remind me of a certain orange dude's supporters... 🤔
Exactly
@enlightened centrist Actually I'm far more "fixated" on his cult-like followers which is exactly what I said to begin with.
@Martha Brown Sure. Have fun with your delusions. 💁♀️
@@venusxxblue No one hates Trump more than I do...but its clear the election was stolen from him. Left wing liberals dont care about truth though, they only care about winning.
I'm just stuck on the name, Popoff, sounds like a mate of spungebob.
Brilliant!Thank You Dr. Grande! 🤍
This is one of the many reasons i dont mess with religion!!!
Same
Brilliant as always. Thank ya for that. Joel Osteen is another guy I don't like. Profile that guy.
Osteen is one nutty grifter.
He's big in Texas.
So blatantly non-charitable when he did NOT OPEN his church as a shelter to ppl during bad flood several years ago EVEN WHEN ASKED.... 🤬😡🥺😢
Eeeeew right?! Slimey as they come! 🤮
@@ArtU4All I heard about that too.
Scripture says, "In the last days men will come teaching gain as Godliness"
No one intelligent cares what scripture says
@@Haliotro "reps for Jesus" -- our holy prophet dom mazetti
Deborah... are you of European descent? If you are, just know that the Bible is the holy book of small Middle Eastern patriarchal tribes that had NOTHING to do with you!
Abraham is NOT your ancestor!!!
In Europe we had Nature loving religions.
Christianity is just not your religion.
Let that sink in.
Hello Deborah how’re you?
Agree with the description, only since always. Not just some date unknown future Apocalypse
This heretic gives true Christianity a bad name. He should be stopped. I am amazed that people fall for these LIES!! God help us.
Do you by any chance give money to a church or other religious organization? One person's indignation is another person's irony.
What's a "true Christian"? Please put the definition in your next comment.
God help us Gayle...how’re you though?
@@jeanettecook1088 Lol.....how’re you Jeanette?
@@lucasjackson2022 If only "religious" people would remember the warnings in their Bible. By their acts you will know them is a favorite of mine.
Benny Hinn did this in the 70's. Mostly the healing from what I recall.
Like burning a hole in your pocket! hehe.
You crack me up Dr G.
Yeah that’s true
Hello Debbie how’re you?
Please give the "Dr Grande treatment" to Mary Baker Eddy, whom Mark Twain called, "the queen of all frauds".
Yet another reason for me to love Mark Twain.
During the 80's and early 90's I lived less than a block from Popoff's offices. I knew a woman who cleaned house for the Popoffs. His office was in a building at the very back of the complex. The office complex was not on a major street. He seemed to make his offices very difficult to find.
His home and office were in a suburb 40 miles due east of Los Angeles. The suburb was one very few people have ever heard of.
He seemed to keep him and his family hidden as much as possible. He behaved like he had everything to hide.
"Wouldn't you think that fire would be the one thing the Devil would be immune to, given his living conditions and all...." Pick me up off the floor! 🤣🤣You've outdone yourself on this one Doctor!
Dr Grande I am absolutely parched after that analysis!😂😂How you even talk about some of these topics with a straight face amazes me. I love it doc! Don't ever change.💚💚
I have never even heard of this man. Wowww! Thanks Dr. Grande For poppin’ off on Peter Popoff!
😳I forgot all about this freak show! First time I saw it, I thought it was fake. I recall he may have been spoofed in a scene from Fletch with Chevy Chase. Dr. Grande, this is why I love your channel!
As a person with severe medical issues, chronic illness, and chronic pain, I find people who try to "dupe" really sick people (who are struggling with a very poor quality of health, lack of financing, and the overall mental health (which is stolen from chronically ill) believe in this garbage. It's always a hoax, whether the person thinks he's doing it due to religion or those who know it's just about taking money.
I've never heard of this guy, as his work was underway long before I was born.
But these type of people will always disgust me.
However, I have to thank you so very much, Dr. Grande. These videos are so incredible because they expose me to people & situations that I otherwise wouldn't know about.
Thank you so very much 💛
The simple answer is that people are dumb, and they have short memories. That's the secret to Poppoff's success.
Undeniable!
I'd argue that people are desperate and thus will try anything. And are probably too trusting or naive, but not necessarily dumb.
@@skullslace2426 Actually, religiosity and intellect are inversely correlated. People with HIGHER intellect are far less likely to contribute to these types of scams. The vast majority of his contributors are most certainly consisting of people in the lower IQ spectrum.
@@brucesmith9092 I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually true. Still, if people are desperate enough, they'll try anything. Unfortunately, that also goes for what one would call smarter people. Otherwise you wouldn't have cults having members of all kinds of background, learning and standing.
@@skullslace2426 There are exceptions, but as I stated previously, the likelihood of actually believing in ancient superstition decreases dramatically as intellect increases. This isn't speculation or conjecture, this is a fact and has been scientifically proven. A small portion of his contributors may be in the higher IQ spectrum but the vast majority will be those on the left end of the bell curve. *I 100% GUARANTEE* that you won't find a plethora of mental giants at any Popoff gathering.
Was his Dad called Papa Popoff?
🤣
Excellent! Now I need to find some Peter Popoff videos. It's amazing to me just how gullible people can be.
I have a feeling if I make a pun on his surname I'll find myself on yet another watchlist, so let's just pretend I did.
Lol
Isn't he the Pillsbury Doughboy's brother? Popoff Fresh?
I never could take Popoff seriously. I saw late night commercials of him back in the early 2000s. Seemed like a Benny Hinn type. Guess I was right.
Yes you’re
Hello Natalie how’re you?
Yup
@@lucasjackson2022 Stop trying to hook up with all the girls you pervert!
These prosperity preachers make David Koresh seem respectable.
Was Koresh that bad?
I’d say it’s a lateral move
@@jayman7752, Other than attracting the attention of the federal government by stockpiling automatic weapons and explosives for the sake of his own self-fulfilling doomsday prophecy and getting other people to go along with it, leading them to their deaths rather than just surrendering to the authorities?
Other than those things he was no worse than any other self-appointed messiah.
@@hanselmansell7555, that too.
Idk about all that!
“Magic money falling from the sky.” That’s gonna drive inflation up. Lol
😂👍😂
If they even find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, these thieves would be out of business.
@Justin Case And there's a lot of controversy as to whether it even works, and it's only for use in people with mild symptoms.
@@sarah2.017 True, but I am mildly encouraged by the fact that research is being done on treatments/cures for Alzheimers. Given the number of aging people, it should be profitable for the drug companies.
I used to prank call that guy... All the time. Used to get his little gift packages in the mail... Stuff like holy sand and water... The guy is a snake oil salesmen... Robert Tilton was more fun to make fun of...
Holy sand?
Holy shit ?
@@leonieromanes7265 I kid you not... It was a sealed packeage with some sand in it .. said it was holy sand from jerusalem or something bahahaha
Tilton is right.
Tilton like a Pinball machine
@@johnhall4427 he was another one I would make prank phone calls too... And sometimes in the name of...
"Hello, this is Joval with success in life robert Tilton ministries. Would like to give a vow of faith of a 100$"?
Bahahaha
Hi Dr. Grande, I find it easy to see why your channel is growing at such a phenomenal rate. Your content is not only informative and insightful but at times hilarious. I would like to speak specifically about the topic of this video. As a Christian, I feel it is vital that people understand something. Those of us who are driven by a desire to follow the tenants of true Christianity find the behavior of this clown and any other like him, (mostly found on, but not confined to, television so called ministries) as repugnant as do others. I, and I suspect the vast majority of true believers, are more offended by this type of charlatanism than the public at large. The actions you describe here are entirely contrary to the tenets of true Christianity.
Romans 13:8-10
'Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law
For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law'
You mean 'tenets'?
Your precious dear leader (Jesus) also said to forsake your family and all possessions and job to evangelize. And he taught children that they are born evil and need to be fixed or else deserve to be burned (psychological child abuse). ...So you're quite the cherry picker.
@@roseaduke8835 Yes, thank you Rose.
I think its fair to say Dr. G is 99th percentile in contentiousness. Never fails to post a video, everyday
Conscientiousness. Normally I'm not a spelling nazi, but Dr. G really is not a contentious (argumentative) person. (Knew what you meant, though.)
@@kesmarn lol, I misspelled conscientiousness, my mistake...
Sooooo waiting for the analysis of David Miscavige and the whole stientology manipulations. The tactics are so similar. Hoping to hear your opinion doctor!
I love how these scammers are like ‘I can heal you... but only if you send me money’
There is a sucker born every minute and two to take them in. Quote from a famous criminal.
I recently received mail from him, it had “miracle water” and about 4 pages of what my life could possibly be like if I donated money to his organization…God can heal us from anything if it’s His will, and he has saved me from many things, but He has never asked me to give him anything except my heart. So idk what PP thinks he’s doing🤦♀️
Used to get the same kind of thing...
Try an enema. The fastest way to a miracle.
Problem is- it's never His will, or thousands of children wouldn't die every week
@@crackerdan8010maybe death is a positive act because he just wants more people in heaven ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@JoJoJoker HAHAHAHAHA! You serious?
Dr. Grande knows interesting Germans who are not even mentioned in the German media or Germany itself. Thanks for the input. And I love it that you warn with your precious videos nice people not to fall for narcissistic and scamming people. Ich liebe es, dankeschön, Dr. Grande❣
Very similar to a famous brazilian preacher that sold bottles of water as covid cure. He was taken to intensive care yesterday with covid 19
Shouldn't have given him any care. He can just ask god for help, right?
Bollocks did that happen.
R R Soares?
@@rejaneoliveira5019 yep
Stupid, needy, greedy people were his best customers.
I think they were just gullible, not unlike most religious people
Lol...
Hello Maureen how’re you?
@@lucasjackson2022 Hi....I"m fine ty.
@@maureeningleston1501 you’re welcome
@@maureeningleston1501 where are you from?
Too many funnies to list on this one! What a charlatan😈😯🙄🔥Thanks for all the laughs Dr G😊💜💜
When you are broke you can be persuaded to do some stupid things... I kept buying lottery tickets for example.
Comment section really poppin off!
Love the shirt doctor. That particular blue is one of my favorites. Could you do an analysis of Al Sharpton? That would be amazing.
Yes please
Thank you for exposing this fraud. As a Christian this really makes me angry. He targets the poor and desperate.
Brilliant analysis. Every video you upload is a teachable moment for me. Thank you Dr Grande., you are the best.
Always look forward to the new upload :) I think it would be super interesting if Dr. Grande did an analysis of what is happening to June this season on the Handmaid’s Tale. Obviously, she’s experienced a lot of trauma, but I think she is dealing with it in very interesting ways this season.
Yes
How’re you my dear?
You’re a champion Dr Grande! Thank you for exposing these creeps with a sense of humor 😘
Yeah thank you
Hello Carolyn how’re you?
@@thelocalmaladroit8873 ok
Where are you from?
@@thelocalmaladroit8873 okay
I live in Mobile,Al....nice to meet you here
@@thelocalmaladroit8873 thank you
Can we be friends or are you happily married?
@@thelocalmaladroit8873 no am a widower
I saw "Peter Popoff" and haven't clicked this fast since your video on Jeremy Dewitte, the first one of tour analyses I ever tuned into.
Dr Grande, congratulations on passing the 738k subscriber milestone.
RIP James Randi. He was an intelligent, caring, and hilarious man. His dedication to science and the scientific method was admirable beyond words.
Nooo the joke about the devil being immune to fire 😂😂😂
So relevant, especially with the measures taken during the past year. You try to expose the fraudulent nature of things but people don't want to believe it.
I remember back in the 80s this clown was on TV. We actually received a letter that looked handwritten but was photocopied. My mother liked to watch religious programs on TV and she sent money to a few organizations. But even she, who had only a 5th grade education, knew Popoff was a fraud and wouldn't send him any money. I can't believe anyone would send him any money as he has been exposed as a fraud for over 30 years.
I'm an independent Christian and I just still find it strange people buy this.
Peter not asking for donations to buy a jet? You know, to spread God's Word.
Imagine you're a doctor, and one of your patients comes in and tells you they're healed of their ailments by Peter Popoff. 😆
Healed with the power of sewage water
You never disappoint Dr Grande. I would love it if you analysed Kat Kerr some time. She's the "prophetess" with pink hair who regularly visits heaven and hangs out with Jesus.😁
Day 444 of no Sammy the Bull video. Dr. Grande is dodging Sammy like he owes him a gambling debt.
444 is a sign of Angels nearby!
@@erikparent8176 Then, I guess no Sammy The Bull today, then. He's no angel, that's for sure! 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
I would love to hear the jokes u would make about flat eathers
Good morning Dr Grande thank you again for another video 🌞
As always, your calm, considered observations are interesting to me, an MSW, former expert witness and therapist. Thank you
Needless to say when someone is cured in such a situation it is divinely prompted. No person can claim to heal.