And Americans are pushing that button by the millions. The Psychic Friends Network alone receives some 10,000 calls a day. And thanks to television infomercials hosted by celebrities, psychics have become downright respectable. People in trouble. Women call to ask if they're pregnant.
Men call from jail, asking for legal advice.
One woman called to ask if her husband would continuing beating her, ironically enough, for running up a huge phone bill calling psychics. For some, the calls become an addiction. In other words, people are calling to get some sense of control and predictability in their lives of insecurity and heartache. Anyone with some spare time and a phone line in their home. And not everyone who called Kenworthy wanted psychic advice.