Fraudster or seer? The controversial story of Gene Dixon (6 photos)
This woman - Lydia Emma Pinkert became famous as soothsayer and went down in history under the name Jean Dixon. Was she really opening a veil over the future, or was she just skillful manipulator and charlatan? 
The girl was born in 1904 in the city of Medford (Wisconsin) and young years showed a craving for various inexplicable things. Lydia said that in her youth she met a gypsy who gave her a magical ball and said that she would become a great seer. Perhaps none there was no gypsy. And if there was, then her usual chatter launched a certain mechanism for the development of special sensitivity.
The beginning of the way 
There is a curious moment in the biography of the fortune teller. While still at the tender age of three and long before meeting a gypsy who prophesied a great future for her, the girl constantly told her mother about the envelope with the black border. The conversations were repeated repeatedly. And in the end, the woman received a letter informing her about her father's death. The leaf did indeed have a black border.
Very little Lydia prophesied and excellent sports future to his brother, emphasizing that he should not give up football. That really achieved a good level in sports.
Extrasensory perception as a lifestyle 
During her studies, the girl also developed extrasensory capabilities. And she saved two friends: she persuaded one to return a ticket for the plane that crashed, and the second dissuaded from a date with a guy who was arrested a couple of weeks later for rape.
Lydia felt that she was in her native element, took a pseudonym for herself Jean (Dixon is the surname of her husband with whom she lived all her life) and became write a column in the reputable edition of Parade Magazine, where she published forecasts, horoscopes, answered letters from readers, gave advice.
There were also mistakes, but in general, at that time, Dixon earned a certain authority in their field. But he became transcendent when an astrologer predicted that she would win the 1960 election democrat who would later be assassinated. 
Kennedy's limousine after his assassination
And so it happened: in 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated. And Dixon became make more and more predictions that later came true: death of Senator Robert Kennedy, early death of Marilyn Monroe, death of Martin Luther King.
Dixon's services were used by many prominent politicians of his time. There were serious mistakes in a series of predictions. seer was mistaken in predicting the beginning of the Third World War in 1958, landing on the moon, etc. 
On shows that Jin often guested on, she said that the source of its strength is only God and no one else. Woman died in 1997 year at the age of 93 from a heart attack.
The name Dixon resurfaced in our century. In records the soothsayer found a mention of a certain “Armageddon War”, which will bring loss and pain to humanity. Opinions are divided: one considered the prediction empty, while others saw a reference to the pandemic coronavirus, which really seriously hit the planet.
Another curious forecast is a war between Russia and China, which may occur between 2025 and 2037. 
Jean Dixon has become a prominent figure of the past century. But here who she really was - crazy, charlatan, good an analyst or really possessed the gift of foresight? This question is and remained unanswered.
