A few centuries later, Jeanne Dixon became famous for her predictions. With the help of her crystal ball, she made predictions throughout the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s.
Dixon was known for predicting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. She did make many inaccurate predictions over the years, but people still look back on her with awe and intrigue.
The classic image of the turban-wearing fortune-teller hunched over a crystal ball came about due to the Roma or Romani people. They would sometimes set up fortune-telling booths during their travels.
A performer named Claude Alexander Conlin, who went by the stage name Alexander, the Man Who Knows, cemented the image into popular culture.
He used a crystal ball to make predictions about his audience members. He was also a marketing genius and made millions selling crystal balls and other merchandise. Since then, fortune tellers have been depicted in an Alexander-esque fashion in movies and media.
