The Resume

(March 18, 1877-January 3, 1945)
Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Diagnosed illnesses of patients he never met while in a trance
Also made pronouncements on reincarnation, Atlantis and similar subjects

Why he might be annoying:

His record of alleged successes is entirely anecdotal.
On several occasions, he diagnosed patients without realizing they had died while their letters were in the mail. (You would think psychic powers could detect something as basic as alive vs. dead.)
He said pure tobacco cigarettes were not harmful to one's health.
He predicted that scientists would find an Atlantean death ray in 1958.
He predicted Atlantis would start rising from the sea in 1968 or 1969.
He said free will influenced what will happen and that even something predestined can be postponed or altered. (Nice out, there!)

Why he might not be annoying:

As a child, he suffered several strange mishaps, including a nail in the head, a baseball striking his spine and a stick piercing his testicle.
In April, 1929, he told a stock broker to sell everything he owned.
He did not charge for readings (although he gladly accepted 'voluntary donations').

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 06]
• I am a Kentuckian
• I Did Not Graduate High School [C-E]
• I Died in 1945 (Ranked: 67)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Outlived My Child
• I Predicted the End of the World/The Second Coming (Ranked: 2000)
• Profiles 21001-21250 (Ranked: 21218)
• Psychics
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19450103)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 95.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 46 Votes: 80.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 62 Votes: 53.23% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 70.69% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 77.55% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 77.19% Annoying