Get ready for the goosebumps: ‘Long Island Medium’ Theresa Caputo hopes to help and heal in Atlantic City with two shows at Trop on Oct. 13.
Theresa Caputo, with her down-to-earth vibe, teased blonde hair and big laugh, has a special gift that has made her a hot commodity on the TLC network as star of the TV series Long Island Medium. The show is a nifty blend of Real Housewives-style situations with a hot side order of psychic insight.
Now in its third season since debuting in September 2011, Caputo has passionate devotees, many of whom will pack the Tropicana Showroom twice this Saturday, Oct. 13, for a chance at a reading.
Caputo doesn’t have a chip on her shoulder when it comes to skeptics. You either believe or you don’t. As she says, she didn’t ask for this gift and for many years she was filled with anxiety because she didn’t understand her abilities and seeing and talking to dead people was a burden for a small child, which is when her abilities first manifested themselves.
Now she just wants to be a normal wife and mother whose greatest joy is giving people who have lost someone the comfort of reconnecting with their loved ones. Healing and comfort are her favorite words when it comes to her gift. She doesn’t want any negative reactions to her readings.
In a phone interview, Caputo gave Atlantic City Weekly the inside scoop on life as the Long Island Medium.
How were you approached to do the series on TLC?
My manager, Courtney Mullin, asked me if I wanted to do a television show because I have this amazing gift and she just felt I could help a lot more people by doing a television show. I never thought in a million years that it would turn into — as TLC calls it — a phenomenon. I thought I would do a couple of shows and go on with my life.
How much has your life changed as a result of the spotlight the show has brought you and your family?
It’s very hard to just go out [since I’m recognized]. Of course, I’m busy taping the show, going to venues. I feel like my life is a blur — it just doesn’t seem real. I’m in this dream.
What will your presentation at the Tropicana be like?
People always ask: ‘what’ can they expect? I always say the only thing they can expect is me showing up with my hair and my nails done in a dress wearing fabulous shoes. Everything else — I don’t know what’s going to happen. I can guarantee that spirit [her term for communication with the dead] is going to communicate. I have no plan. I will walk out on stage at three o’clock and eight o’clock. Whatever happens thereafter is up to spirit. I usually give a quick speech, about 15 minutes. People like to know how I got to where I am; they want to know more about me. What’s it like for me to communicate with spirit. Then I go into channeling, at least for an hour and a half, giving as many healing messages as I possibly can. That’s what it’s all about, knowing there is more to life than is here in this physical world. If somebody has lost a loved one due to Alzheimer’s and that person couldn’t express [themselves], they show me how they used to be and how [much they appreciate] what their loved ones did for them when they were not able to communicate. They can validate that they are at peace.
In reading about you and your gift, it sounds like it has evolved, that when you were younger you saw spirits, now it sounds like you feel and hear them.
I didn’t just wake up one day seeing [dead] people. As far back as four, that’s as far back as I remember, I thought that was normal until about the age of 14. That people saw things when they went to bed at night. That they heard people call their name and there was nobody else in the room. I had a very open family and nobody said that I was crazy. I was very blessed to have a family that allowed me to be who I am.
Do you have any control over your gift? I imagine it can be tough in your everyday life, having to deal with normal family stuff and having this gift interfere.
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1. Jennifer C. Baca said... on Oct 11, 2012 at 03:50AM
“Would YOU help me??? You should know what it is about.... PLEASE...”
2. adriana stazzone said... on Oct 11, 2012 at 07:22PM
“Hi Theresa,Im a big fan of you I hope God gives me the opportunity to see you I loved to go watch you at the show at Tropicana but i couldnt afford it but im still going on friday to see if i can see you Im in need to comunicate with my loving husband that passed away last year we been married for 30 years and i miss him so much I hope God gives me the wish in seeing you God Bless you and your family”
3. cindy said... on Oct 12, 2012 at 12:10AM
“My parents passed away about three years ago.As we buried my mother my father died in this sleep. I am experiencing alot of pennies all over the place we want to know who is with us my mother or father or neither. I dont have any money for your services yet can you let me know if either is around me. I love them so much.”
4. cindy said... on Oct 12, 2012 at 12:14AM
“I have been experiencing alot of pennies at first I see the pennies tails up/.. My parents died a day apart from each other, I think this is my mom that has been doing this who do you think it is?”
5. Jennifer said... on Oct 12, 2012 at 11:47AM
“Hello Theresa, My name is Jennifer i'm not sure if you read these comments, but i wanted to take a chance. My mother is a huge fan as am i. She said she is going to write you, i don't think she has yet. If there is anyone that would need you to communicate with the deceased, its my mom. She has had a lot of hurt and pain in her life, She would be sooo happy to get a reading from you. As her daughter, i just want to see her at peace, and she hasn't been in a lot of years. Its so hard to watch, She is a strong woman, but there is a lot of pain. Please Theresa if you do read this, please I want to be able to do this for my mother. It would mean the world to her.”
6. lia said said... on Oct 14, 2012 at 05:20PM
“hey teresa do u do phone interviews i wanna communicate with my grandma and step dad can u help me.i also wanna know if my favorite artist michael jackson knows im a huge fan so plz get back at me”
7. leftbhind said... on Oct 14, 2012 at 08:13PM
“I asked someone deceased to go to you and send me a message. I have been plagued with death all around me since I was born. From the day I was born all I can remember is being taken to funerals constantly. I talk to my dead family and friends but I don't get no answer or I don't realize answers.”
8. Ellyn said... on Oct 14, 2012 at 08:23PM
“I am writing to you because like many our famly is addicted to your show but its because of my niece that really has us really interested in what you would have to say when meeting her. My niece has always talked about seeing spirits and feeling like someone is aroung. My sister has 4 girls and all are pretty much about a year apart. My sisters first chld had passed when she was only 3 days old. My niece Marissa her second child and the one that has this (what we think is the ability to feel spirits) use to say when she was small about playng with her sister that she has never met. One nght i heard her talking and what sounded like a one sided conversation through the baby monitor. I crept up the steps and peeked nto her room and she was sitting on her bed talking to someone. Marissa got tickets to your show on the 28th of this month. I just pray that you can give her some answers. I also believe that my mother that has passed is with her. We are waiting to hear from others !”
9. Connie K. said... on Oct 15, 2012 at 07:12PM
“" My mother passed away almost a year ago and my son just married a few weeks ago. When we were looking thru the wedding photographs we noticed a wispy cloud formation directly above the spire of our Church. In the cloud was a formation of a perfect horse with saddle and all. My mother loved horses. When I told my son what I saw he was'nt surprised. He said Mom "Grandma was with me and us all that day. I felt her presence." I hope to be at your show here in San Diego on Nov. 7th. You validate alot for me as I have had many pschic experiences but just don't know how to focus it. I also suffer anxiety or as my husband would say "Why are you such a nervous wreck!" You inspire me!”
10. Jenny S. said... on Oct 16, 2012 at 06:33PM
“Hi Thersa, My Grammy passed away when I was 15 years, when I had lots of problems, I would hear her call my name on the wind,. Do you think she is calling me and she is around me? I still talk to sometimes and/or say good night to her. Please let me know
Jenny S.”
11. Noel said... on Oct 16, 2012 at 08:11PM
“I would love to be able to speak with you. You're my last hope. Thank you so very much”
12. ed humburg said... on Oct 28, 2012 at 09:01PM
“Thanks for helping Joe and his daughter Elizabeth. They are my family back on the Island.
I wish you and your family well , keep up the good work, and I miss my bakeries and bagels!
Your husband is great guy. When we get back to the Island we'll take you out to the Milleridge Inn
Greensboro NC, Ed”
13. Roxanne (ROXIE) said... on Oct 29, 2012 at 03:06PM
“Hi Thersa, I watch your show and I just wish I could meet with you and ask a question that is just eating me a live. I wanted to come and see your show live in Milwaukee Nov. 3 but...my husband said NO. I think he is afraid what might be said. There is a question I want to ask you I want
to find out if my Mom and Dad are mad at me for what I did? They will now know. I was very young and stupid and I am sorry everyday for what I did.
Maybe they will somehow come to you and tell you.
I do not feel them around me and my husband and I are having a very hard life. I know we are being punished for what we did.
Please help me.
Thank you,
Rox
”
14. Mary Lou Wynkoop said... on Dec 24, 2012 at 11:22PM
“I just watched your show for the first time. Your personality is a lot like mine. I love your gift. Many of my friends think it's hokey. I have met a median and a tarrot card reader and they tell me things but you are amazing. I am going through a horrid divorce that I asked for. I am depressed, moody. I have suffered from this all my life and ruined my marriage. I really don't have anyone to reach on the other side but what you do is cool. Hoping to see you around Iowa sometime. :)”
15. Cynthia said... on Jan 22, 2013 at 04:25PM
“Hello ? I would like to know will I be successful in sueing my employer, still keep my job ,I would also like to know will I meet a man that I will marry and who is is my soul mate in 2013”
16. Geraldine Skipper said... on Apr 10, 2013 at 05:51PM
“Theresa if a Bill contacts you it is my husband . I told him to find you and bug you till you get in contact with me I will gladly pay to see you but have tried everything . Please help me if you can thanks Geraldine by the way you are so much like me crazy and all May God bless you”