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'''Peter Popoff''' (born 1946) is a [[German]]-born U.S [[evangelist]] and con-artist who has spent most of his adult life pretending to treat physical ailments through the use of supposed [[faith healing]].  Reverend Popoff routinely and accurately stated the home addresses and specific illnesses of his audience members, a feat attributed to divine revelation and [[God]] given ability.  Reverend Popoff's shows have also featured audience members who were brought on stage in [[wheelchair]]s and who have subsequently risen dramatically to walk without support, though this was because Popoff used wheelchairs to seat people who were already able to walk .  
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'''Peter Popoff''' (born 1946) is a [[German]]-born U.S [[evangelist]] and con-artist who has spent most of his adult life pretending to treat physical ailments through the use of supposed [[faith healing]].  Reverend Popoff's shows have also featured audience members who were brought on stage in [[wheelchair]]s and who have subsequently risen dramatically to walk without support, though this was because Popoff used wheelchairs to seat people who were already able to walk .  
    
His ministry is based in Upland, [[California]], and is funded through donations. A widely popular minster in the 1980s, he was declared [[bankrupt]] in 1987 after [[James Randi]], for a segment on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, obtained proof that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was transmitting names and details of the lives of people in the audience to Popoff, proving to the world that he was a conman.  Popoff would then claim he received the names directly from The Holy Spirit.<ref>The Investigation of Peter Popoff http://www.bible.ca/tongues-popoff-39-17Mhz.htm</ref>
 
His ministry is based in Upland, [[California]], and is funded through donations. A widely popular minster in the 1980s, he was declared [[bankrupt]] in 1987 after [[James Randi]], for a segment on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, obtained proof that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was transmitting names and details of the lives of people in the audience to Popoff, proving to the world that he was a conman.  Popoff would then claim he received the names directly from The Holy Spirit.<ref>The Investigation of Peter Popoff http://www.bible.ca/tongues-popoff-39-17Mhz.htm</ref>
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