July 14, 2025

EP. 303 — Charmed & Robbed by The Shadiest of Shamans w/ Jennifer Welch

This week, Laci welcomes Jennifer Welch (I’ve Had It Podcast) to explore Juliette D’Souza, an ordinary British woman who masqueraded as a healer with a secret connection to a source of power deep in the Amazon rainforest. For over 10 years, she convinced 11 victims to hand over $1 million, nailing their cash fortunes to a tree deep in the South American jungle. Stay schemin’!

 

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Research by Kathryn Doyle

 

SOURCES

https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/spiritual-healer-who-lived-high-life-faces-hoax-charges

https://www.culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/27367-juliette-d-souza-found-guilty-of-1million-shaman-faith-healing-fraud.html

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20140531/281900181259831?srsltid=AfmBOorLG–7SCKmnB67nhm76KbUtoOJ93kTfNwWaRdcOx_RsU7mkMkl

https://www.ft.com/content/58dbd5cc-a7c4-49e0-b259-e3a7349888a9

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/30/fraudulent-faith-healer-jailed-10-years

https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/sunday-times-reporter-followed-shaman-to-south-america-1m-fraud-trial-told/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-witch-doctor-of-hampsteads-sad-trail-of-destruction/

https://news.sky.com/story/fake-shaman-juliette-dsouza-gets-10-years-10403049

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2657553/How-people-duped-Britains-preposterous-woman-Handed-millions-promised-Amazonian-witch-doctor-offer-cures.html

 

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