Real psychics have to overcome the damage that charlatans and scammers leave in their wake.
In late 1997 as a spotty Northern teenager I bought the CD single ' Tellin ' Stories ' by The Charlatans.
B-side ' MIA ' is classic The Charlatans as well, but in the ' weirdo ' keyboard wizardry sense of the term.
However, there are holistic charlatans out there too, and you should be able to verify the credentials of any "expert" whose advice you are considering.
Skeptics believe that ectoplasm is nothing more than a prop used in scams perpetrated by charlatans who portrayed themselves as mediums during the Victorian era up until the late 1930s.