Theresa Caputo (birth name Theresa Brigandi) was born in Hicksville (New York) and was gifted with the ability to communicate with spirits. She said in an interview, “I can remember at four-years old connecting with spirit. I would wake up and speak to people standing at the edge of my bed. Or I would talk to my grandmother who had died. I thought it was normal. But when I got older, my friends said, “Theresa, that’s not normal” and I cried to my mother that I just didn’t feel right. I didn’t feel like I belonged. She did her best to reassure me and even took me to doctors, but they couldn’t find anything wrong with me.” She went on to star in TLC network’s a reality TV series Long Island Medium and in it she conducts private and group readings with both believers and skeptics. The show premiered in 2011 and became a commercial success. Currently in its 8th season, its popularity has led to Theresa writing 2 books (There's More to Life Than This: Healing Messages, Remarkable Stories, and Insight About the Other Side from the Long Island Medium and You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life Changing Lessons from Heaven) and launching a jewlery line.