‘I’m more afraid of living than dying’ The pitfalls of being a psychic

Growing up in Boston, trips to nearby Salem inspired Sabrina Kennedy from an early age (Pictures: Isla Mathieson)

Sabrina Kennedy was three years old when she saw her first spirit. Sitting in the bath, she asked her mother, Linda: ‘Who is that man behind you?’

Linda brushed the question off, but later, when Sabrina saw a framed picture of her great grandfather on the wall, she pointed to him and said: ‘That’s him.’

Linda, who had adopted Sabrina when she was a baby, told her daughter that the man is in heaven...