For years our Grandmother was sending money to a televangelist. When she didn’t send Money for one particular project, they said in a letter that something bad would happen to her! She was in her late eighties, had a stroke and was crying because she thought if she would of given them a donation this wouldn’t have happened! What wretched deceiving beings! I refuse to call them human!

When my husband was dying from cancer, I would have given every dime we had for a chance at a cure for him. No matter how far fetched the 'cure' seemed I wanted to believe something would work. Luckily a combination of family and friends kept me reined in & I didn't mortgage our home for someone like Peter Popoff but I can see how that would happen. It's not always stupidity that drives people to support these evil clowns. Sometimes it's desperation. There's a special place in hell for people who prey on the sick and desperate.

Bartender I'll have a non diagnosing speculative dry humour martini, shaken not stirred, it's called a Todd Grande.

"He got people to throw their prescription medications onto the stage" ....presumably so he could sort through them backstage and grab the good stuff 🤔

This guy actually makes me sick. And the desperate people who followed and believed him make me feel sad

I knew that he made a comeback but I had no idea that he came back stronger and actually made more money than before. Taking advantage of desperate ill people is really despicable.

The well of human gullibility is deep indeed.

Burglars are well known for targeting lucrative bible and balloon collections. That stuff sells quickly and people don't ask questions.

I just saw a commercial where he's selling his 'miracle water'. It baffles me how that commercial is allowed to be aired.

My daily enemas of Peter Popoff's 'Miracle Spring Water' granted me the blessed power to poop pure gold nuggets.

Dr Grandes bell rings!! my heart sings!! an angel gets its wings!! and then...............I sit back and watch.

I saw him on television one Sunday morning. I was absolutely amazed that he would tell people to stop taking their meds. That seems like it should be really illegal 🤨

I remember hearing the exposure on johnny carson show. His wife could be heard saying, "hello Petey. Can you hear me? If you can't were in trouble"

Jesse Duplantis: "God told me to have that $56 million plane" - crowd claps.

There HAS to be out takes reels where Dr. Grande just loses it. 🤣😂

"Did he really think that devil can't handle fire" Dr. Grande you are amazing 💙

Popoff is the lowest of the low, preying on sick people's fear. Despicable.

Hi Dr G! Thanks for all of your hard work, it means a lot to those like me with no social life!

Oh yeah, that was one of James Randi's greatest hits, taking him down for a while. What an interesting person.

I had a friend who would contact TV evangelists and get on their mailing lists -- sometimes donating one dollar. Subsequently, they would send SO MUCH MAIL, which clearly cost more than that one dollar to send. It was her method of a small bit of justice.

Excellent. I need to see if Kenneth Copeland or Jack Hyles has been covered.

“Did he really think that the Devil can’t handle fire”😩👹😈👹😂

$150k !!! I thought the $20 I found in the desk last night was pretty miraculous. My standards must be to low.

I threw my walking stick up on stage 5 times, but the sixth time I managed to hit him. 😂😂😂

If you want to make your own “miracle” water you can just make moon water by putting a water bottle on your windowsill during a full moon and then drink it the next morning. The miracle is that you’re hydrated.

Thanks for making videos every day. Your daily videos are part of my routine which helps me feel okay each day. Listening to you talk about things makes me feel calm and grounded, thank you for working so hard Dr. Grande!

“Peter Popoff” is now stuck in my head.

Dr todd grande it's ok to crack up when describing this dude's scams. I'm just laughing my ass off.

“He should have told people he was burning the money in their pockets.”😂😂😂 That’s unreal, it reminds me of a Brazilian spiritual healer named John of God, he used to perform these invisible and visible “surgeries”, that were done without anesthesia and in the most unsanitary conditions, just awful. The worst is that even Oprah went to Brazil to meet him.🙄 Thanks for the video Dr. Grande, interesting and entertaining.❤️ Unrelated to the video - the cacti display is so cute, as if they are children listening to instructions from a teacher (the wooden cacti).😉😁🌵

I'm sorry but that devil joke was incredible

He has disrespect for others and he picked a peck of pickled peppers

Years ago, I received the miracle water packet...with no water...pretty discouraged at that point...it wasn't for me I guess🤷‍♀️.

James Randi was a legend for exposing charlatans like Popoff and Geller. Sadly missed. PS. I like your cacti.

I ordered that "miracle spring water" for kicks and giggles. Stuff was yellow and smelled like mildew. Also got a "prayer cloth" from him that was made of paper.

Speculation time makes my day! Dr. Grande, you always have some superb insight on so many fascinating cases! Your videos definitely inspire some interesting dialogue when I get to discussing them with friends who follow your channel as well!

I’m too weak right now lololol I had to pause the video, I lost it at “debt cancelling miracle spring water” 😂😂😂 omg, I know all about these types of “pay me prayers”, & did a couple of them when I was heavily in the church. Even though I thought it was odd, that “taking two cooked cabbage leaves, put $7 in between them, sew ( yes sew) the leaves together with thread, & put it in a drawer underneath clothes & in $7 days we will receive a financial blessing I kid you not!!! Of course we had to first give a “love offering” to the pastor. They really do have you going, I see why ppl will believe it. I’m so thankful for not only growth but getting away from those types of churches/doctrine. Listening to Dr. Grande say these church rituals without falling out the chair laughing makes this even more funnier lolol! You live & you learn

"Drinketh thau of this miraculous vine and ye shall catches a fish with coins in it's mouth" -The drifters guide to the galaxy 😝

I find that when I put my faith in whiskey, and I drink that, it gets me snaggletooth drunk every time.

I once worked for a TV evangelist, and I see a lot of similarities between him and Peter Popoff. In fact, I think all TV evangelists share these traits and practices to some degree. My guy had the healing, prayer cards (which are critical to finding new donors), the endless stream of requests for donations, the prosperity theology (only touched on), and the grand schemes - which never seem to come out as described. Regarding the money: These organizations really do need a constant stream of donations whether or not they are extravagant. They need to pay the rent on the building, the employees, their production facilities, and a myriad of miscellaneous things. It does have to be run like a business. However, they do make sure they themselves are comfortable. From a “business” point of view, it is important to look materially successful - it draws the people in, including people with money. For the most part, I thought the money properly accounted, but there were a couple of things that gave me pause. I would not recommend giving to places like this, no matter how faithful you are. There are truly deserving religious charities that actually help people while spreading the Gospel, but you have to spend time looking for them. I think TV evangelists do start, at least, from a genuine belief in God and calling to spread the Word of Christ. But the money and status are very strong temptations, and even the most sincere can be drawn from the straight and narrow. And those who aren’t sincere will take a shortcut to the bank.

I'm just stuck on the name, Popoff, sounds like a mate of spungebob.

Benny Hinn did this in the 70's. Mostly the healing from what I recall. Like burning a hole in your pocket! hehe. You crack me up Dr G.

Wow I forgot about this guy. I remember that balloon thing. I was just finishing high school. My mom and I would just laugh at this guy. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Great analysis too Dr.

Brilliant!Thank You Dr. Grande! 🤍

I used to prank call that guy... All the time. Used to get his little gift packages in the mail... Stuff like holy sand and water... The guy is a snake oil salesmen... Robert Tilton was more fun to make fun of...

"Wouldn't you think that fire would be the one thing the Devil would be immune to, given his living conditions and all...." Pick me up off the floor! 🤣🤣You've outdone yourself on this one Doctor!

During the 80's and early 90's I lived less than a block from Popoff's offices. I knew a woman who cleaned house for the Popoffs. His office was in a building at the very back of the complex. The office complex was not on a major street. He seemed to make his offices very difficult to find. His home and office were in a suburb 40 miles due east of Los Angeles. The suburb was one very few people have ever heard of. He seemed to keep him and his family hidden as much as possible. He behaved like he had everything to hide.

Dr. G, you have taught me so much & helped me grow as a person. I so appreciate your work! Can’t believe I have never heard about so many of the cases you cover. I admire that you don’t cover stories simply to entertain an audience, but to educate us and teach us to think critically in all things. Thank you!

I have a feeling if I make a pun on his surname I'll find myself on yet another watchlist, so let's just pretend I did.

As a teenaged clown, I sent Peter Popoff an envelope full of Monopoly money. I received a very respectful reply with a letter full of prayer for my soul. Thank you Peter.

My dad was drunk one night and Perter Popoff came on, it was super early nothing better was going to be on but we were recovering from Rockband and it was summer so no one was tired. We jokingly called in and gave the guy a fake name but our legit mail. Then we forgot and like a month later our big ol' envelope came in. It was filled with an oil pack, instructions, green leaf things, a request for "donations" so that he could pray and make what we wrote on the leaves come true, some examples were to heal a sick person, get money etc. Also came with some gold string. It got forgotten until my dad got drunk again, yes again he was an alcoholic :/, and we jokingly went through the ritual it was like tying the gold string around a finger and writing on the leaves then put the oil on in like a cross formation if I recall. My dad was just drunk enough to actually fill everything out and put a $5 bill in, which wasn't even close to the required donation amount. Then he told us to put it in the mail in the morning. Being people pleasers and never knowing when not to listen to him and when to listen to him to avoid yelling, me and my brother put the envelope in the mail. Ironically that got us yelling because why give money to a con artist? Anyway, a week later my parents got a lotto ticket and actually won like $300??? And not that it was a good thing, but around the same time we found out we would be getting some of my grandpa's insurance money from his passing. Now obviously this isn't because of some religious hack but spooky none the less and I figured I would share my experience with this guy cause no one ever talks about him.

I never could take Popoff seriously. I saw late night commercials of him back in the early 2000s. Seemed like a Benny Hinn type. Guess I was right.

I love how these scammers are like ‘I can heal you... but only if you send me money’

Very similar to a famous brazilian preacher that sold bottles of water as covid cure. He was taken to intensive care yesterday with covid 19

Please give the "Dr Grande treatment" to Mary Baker Eddy, whom Mark Twain called, "the queen of all frauds".

Sooooo waiting for the analysis of David Miscavige and the whole stientology manipulations. The tactics are so similar. Hoping to hear your opinion doctor!

Excellent! Now I need to find some Peter Popoff videos. It's amazing to me just how gullible people can be.

😳I forgot all about this freak show! First time I saw it, I thought it was fake. I recall he may have been spoofed in a scene from Fletch with Chevy Chase. Dr. Grande, this is why I love your channel!

There is a sucker born every minute and two to take them in. Quote from a famous criminal.

The simple answer is that people are dumb, and they have short memories. That's the secret to Poppoff's success.

Thank you for talking about him. My family and I have been watching his “infomercials” for ever. It’s so sad that some are so desperate for belonging, help/guidance, that they will send people like this all the money they have. It seems like a lot of the leaders, of the Prosperity Gospel, are the only ones who seem to prosper. Smh.

“Magic money falling from the sky.” That’s gonna drive inflation up. Lol

I have never even heard of this man. Wowww! Thanks Dr. Grande For poppin’ off on Peter Popoff!

Was his Dad called Papa Popoff?

When you are broke you can be persuaded to do some stupid things... I kept buying lottery tickets for example.

This is one of the many reasons i dont mess with religion!!!

Stupid, needy, greedy people were his best customers.

Dr Grande I am absolutely parched after that analysis!😂😂How you even talk about some of these topics with a straight face amazes me. I love it doc! Don't ever change.💚💚

His supporters remind me of a certain orange dude's supporters... 🤔

Dr. Grande knows interesting Germans who are not even mentioned in the German media or Germany itself. Thanks for the input. And I love it that you warn with your precious videos nice people not to fall for narcissistic and scamming people. Ich liebe es, dankeschön, Dr. Grande❣

As a person with severe medical issues, chronic illness, and chronic pain, I find people who try to "dupe" really sick people (who are struggling with a very poor quality of health, lack of financing, and the overall mental health (which is stolen from chronically ill) believe in this garbage. It's always a hoax, whether the person thinks he's doing it due to religion or those who know it's just about taking money. I've never heard of this guy, as his work was underway long before I was born. But these type of people will always disgust me. However, I have to thank you so very much, Dr. Grande. These videos are so incredible because they expose me to people & situations that I otherwise wouldn't know about. Thank you so very much 💛

If they even find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, these thieves would be out of business.

Too many funnies to list on this one! What a charlatan😈😯🙄🔥Thanks for all the laughs Dr G😊💜💜

Hi Dr. Grande, I find it easy to see why your channel is growing at such a phenomenal rate. Your content is not only informative and insightful but at times hilarious. I would like to speak specifically about the topic of this video. As a Christian, I feel it is vital that people understand something. Those of us who are driven by a desire to follow the tenants of true Christianity find the behavior of this clown and any other like him, (mostly found on, but not confined to, television so called ministries) as repugnant as do others. I, and I suspect the vast majority of true believers, are more offended by this type of charlatanism than the public at large. The actions you describe here are entirely contrary to the tenets of true Christianity. Romans 13:8-10 'Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law'

Love the shirt doctor. That particular blue is one of my favorites. Could you do an analysis of Al Sharpton? That would be amazing.

Brilliant analysis. Every video you upload is a teachable moment for me. Thank you Dr Grande., you are the best.

I think its fair to say Dr. G is 99th percentile in contentiousness. Never fails to post a video, everyday

Nooo the joke about the devil being immune to fire 😂😂😂

Dr Grande, congratulations on passing the 738k subscriber milestone.

I remember back in the 80s this clown was on TV. We actually received a letter that looked handwritten but was photocopied. My mother liked to watch religious programs on TV and she sent money to a few organizations. But even she, who had only a 5th grade education, knew Popoff was a fraud and wouldn't send him any money. I can't believe anyone would send him any money as he has been exposed as a fraud for over 30 years.

RIP James Randi. He was an intelligent, caring, and hilarious man. His dedication to science and the scientific method was admirable beyond words.

This heretic gives true Christianity a bad name. He should be stopped. I am amazed that people fall for these LIES!! God help us.

Good morning Dr Grande thank you again for another video 🌞

Imagine you're a doctor, and one of your patients comes in and tells you they're healed of their ailments by Peter Popoff. 😆

Scripture says, "In the last days men will come teaching gain as Godliness"

These prosperity preachers make David Koresh seem respectable.

I saw "Peter Popoff" and haven't clicked this fast since your video on Jeremy Dewitte, the first one of tour analyses I ever tuned into.

As Bono of U2 said in the song Bullet the Blue Sky: "The god I believe in isn't short of cash, Mister."

12:30 had me rolling 😂😂

Always look forward to the new upload :) I think it would be super interesting if Dr. Grande did an analysis of what is happening to June this season on the Handmaid’s Tale. Obviously, she’s experienced a lot of trauma, but I think she is dealing with it in very interesting ways this season.

So relevant, especially with the measures taken during the past year. You try to expose the fraudulent nature of things but people don't want to believe it.

As always, your calm, considered observations are interesting to me, an MSW, former expert witness and therapist. Thank you

For those who want to see what a letter from this backbirth looks like, look up An Exciting Supernatural Opportunity on KZfaq. It's a video of someone reading such a letter and taking the piss out of it.

I would love to hear the jokes u would make about flat eathers

Thank you for exposing this fraud. As a Christian this really makes me angry. He targets the poor and desperate.

You never disappoint Dr Grande. I would love it if you analysed Kat Kerr some time. She's the "prophetess" with pink hair who regularly visits heaven and hangs out with Jesus.😁

I like the order of the plants :)

Do Mulder and Scully from the X Files sometime??

Congrats on the podcast, Dr. Grande!

Great and best informative commentary again, thank you!!

Day 444 of no Sammy the Bull video. Dr. Grande is dodging Sammy like he owes him a gambling debt.