Peter Popoff

Who is Peter Popoff?

Peter Popoff is a German American televangelist, and self-proclaimed prophet and faith healer. He conducts revival meetings and has a national television program. He initially rose to prominence in the 1980s. In 1986, skeptics James Randi and Alexander Jason exposed his method of receiving information about revival attendees from his wife via an in-ear receiver. Popoff declared bankruptcy in 1987. At the time, Popoff’s attorney, William Simon, “attributed the collapse of his ministry to financial mismanagement more than to disclosures about Popoff.” According to Fred M. Frohock, "the case of Peter Popoff is one of many egregious instances of fake healing".