Allen Spraggett

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Allen Spraggett
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Allen Frederick Spraggett

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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Allen Frederick Spraggett (26 March 1932 – 19 July 2022) was a Canadian writer and broadcaster, known for his works concerning the paranormal.

Biography

During the 1950s, Spraggett was a minister of the Open Door Evangelical Church. He transferred to the United Church of Canada to become a minister there, then worked as the religion editor of Toronto Star.[1] In the 1970s, he wrote The Unexplained, a syndicated newspaper column concerning the paranormal.[2]

In 1975, Spraggett hosted a Canadian television show called E.S.P. [3] In 1976, M. Lamar Keene co-authored a self-expose of fraudulent mediumship, The Psychic Mafia "as told to" Allen Spraggett.[4]

Spraggett was host of the CBC television quiz show Beyond Reason from 1977 to 1980. He also hosted the radio shows Sun Spots and The Unexplained on CFRB in Toronto.[5]

In 1979, he was charged with two counts of gross indecency, based on allegations by youths from Winnipeg. Spraggett was acquitted of these charges in April 1980. However, he had difficulty in resuming his broadcasting and writing career after that trial.[5]

During the early 1980s Spraggett provided the daily horoscope forecasts for the Pete and Geets morning drive show on CFNY FM in Toronto.

Spraggett was a believer in faith healing and wrote a biography of Kathryn Kuhlman. He described Kuhlman as the "greatest faith healer since Biblical times."[6]

He died in Newmarket, Ontario on 19 July 2022.[7]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hicks, Wessely (June 1977). "Strange Things Will Happen". The Gazette. Montreal. p. TV Times 8. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Lawrence (15 July 1972). "A lot of people think Kreskin's some kind of mind reader". Canadian Magazine. p. 10. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ The Montreal Gazette - Jan 10, 1975
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  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dunlop, Marilyn (15 May 1980). "Tangle with law shakes broadcaster's faith in system". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 26. Retrieved 18 June 2015. Article originated from the Toronto Star.
  6. ^ Onofrio, Jan. (1999). Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary. Somerset Publishers. p. 667. Template:ISBN
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Allen Spraggett obituary". legacy.com. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

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