| Rosemary Altea | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1946 Leicester, England |
| Occupation | Medium and Healer |
| Spouse | Divorced |
| Children | One daughter (b 1970) |
| Website | |
| www.rosemaryaltea.com | |
Rosemary Altea (born in England in 1946) is a New York Times best - selling author and self proclaimed psychic medium. She has appeared on various televisions shows, including Larry King Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show "20/20," "Unsolved mysteries", "Prime Time, with Diane Sawyer," "Politically Incorrect," "Leeza," "The View," and Fox and friends. She has written many international best selling books and runs a registered charity (a spiritual healing organization) called the RAHEF.
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Altea was born in Leicester, England to Lilian and William Edwards, and has two brothers and three sisters.[1] Her formal education ended at the age of 16 when she left school and then got married when she was 19.[1] Altea is divorced and has one daughter, Samantha Altea, born in 1970.[1]
In 2009 Altea discovered that her personal assistant, Denise M. Hall, had stolen well over the recorded amount of $200,000 from her. Hall did this using four credit cards to obtain cash advances, forged cheques and gave herself unauthorized electronic paychecks all under Altea's name.[2][3] Altea always spoke about the notion that she was unable to "get insights" into her own life, or her daughter's life because it was too close to her—it seems that her assistant took advantage of this fact.
Investigator Joe Nickell believes modern day self-proclaimed mediums like John Edward, Sylvia Browne, Rosemary Altea and James Van Praagh are avoiding the Victorian tradition of dark rooms, spirit handwriting and flying tambourines as these methods risk exposure. They instead use “mental mediumship” tactics like cold reading or gleaning information from sitters before hand (hot reading). Group readings also improve hits by making general statements with conviction, which will fit at least one person in the audience. Shows are carefully edited before airing to show only what appears to be hits and removing anything that does not reflect well on the medium. [4]
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