Help! The Raelians stole my brain
• Psychics & Other Frauds
But the equipment was state-of-the-art. It had been purchased by a grieving father named Mark Hunt, whose 10-month-old son had died of heart disease. The Raelians had told him they could clone the dead baby.
Mr. Hunt, who is a lawyer, proved once again that a fancy education is no cure for gullibility. He and his wife forked over hundreds of thousands of dollars before coming to the conclusion that they'd been cynically duped.
For a minimal investment of $3,000, it got us media coverage worth more than $15-million