The Amazing Criswell

On ''[[Jack Paar#Prime time|The Jack Paar Program]]'' in March 1963, he predicted US President [[John F. Kennedy]] would not run for reelection in 1964 because [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|something]] was going to happen to him in November 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://c-e-n-t-e-r.com/ed_interview.html |title = C-E-N-T-E-R Art Project interview with Criswell biographer Edwin L. Canfield |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007094538/http://c-e-n-t-e-r.com/ed_interview.html |archive-date=7 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On ''[[Jack Paar#Prime time|The Jack Paar Program]]'' in March 1963, he predicted US President [[John F. Kennedy]] would not run for reelection in 1964 because [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|something]] was going to happen to him in November 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://c-e-n-t-e-r.com/ed_interview.html |title = C-E-N-T-E-R Art Project interview with Criswell biographer Edwin L. Canfield |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007094538/http://c-e-n-t-e-r.com/ed_interview.html |archive-date=7 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sources say that Criswell never claimed to be a real psychic; however, those who knew him, including actress and fellow ''Plan 9'' alumna [[Maila Nurmi]] ("Vampira"), believed he was. According to writer [[Charles A. Coulombe]], whose family rented an apartment from him, Criswell told Coulombe's father {{nowrap|"[I]}} had the gift, but [I] lost it when I started taking money for it."{{cn|date=June 2023}}

Sources{{who?|date=July 2025}} say that Criswell never claimed to be a real psychic; however, those who knew him, including actress and fellow ''Plan 9'' alumna [[Maila Nurmi]] ("Vampira"), believed he was. According to writer [[Charles A. Coulombe]], whose family rented an apartment from him, Criswell told Coulombe's father {{nowrap|"[I]}} had the gift, but [I] lost it when I started taking money for it."{{cn|date=June 2023}}

==Private life==

==Private life==