Shut Eye's Jeffrey Donovan Explains How to Run a Psychic Scam

Have you ever looked at one of those neon sign-bedazzled fortune telling parlors in an upscale neighborhood and wondered "how does that place pay its rent?" Well, Shut Eye creator Les Bohem has wondered that, too, and he made a show about it, which premieres on Hulu Wednesday, Dec. 7.

According to Shut Eye, the answer is "crime."

While the organized crime element of Shut Eye is fictional, the techniques the psychics use to get clients' money are very real.

"When people are trying to take money from you, and telling you that 'I can see your future,' it doesn't get any more simple than fraud," says Donovan.

Much of the transaction is in charm -- which Donovan has in spades -- but he also learned a little bit of how to read the cards; more importantly, he learned about how to read people.