Born in Poland in 1874, Wolf Messing claimed to be a psychic and a telepath. When he got a job at the circus, he blew his audiences away and even got the attention of Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein. Messing also told a prophecy about Hitler that severely angered him; Messing had to go into hiding in Russia because of it. There, he caught the attention of Stalin, who greatly feared Messing’s abilities. He remained a mysterious and bizarre figure up until his death.