When conventional medicine fails, reservations about alternative healing methods disappear. This factor led to the young Armenian-Persian faith healer Avak Hakobian being invited to the USA in 1947. His mission: to heal a paralyzed Californian millionaire`s son. Then as now, charismatic healers benefit from the assumption that they have access to a mystical source or transcendent energy. Not a few people entrust such supposed healers with their physical as well as their spiritual well-being. "Avak Hakobian - From Fame to Failure" is the previously untold story of one such healer who for a time made headline news.

The author Roy Weremchuk is 39 years old, of German-Canadian origin, and acquired his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology during his police academy training. He is currently Deputy Head of an investigation unit at Rheinpfalz Police Headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Previous publications: "William M. Branham (1909-1965) - Life and Teaching", Deutscher Wissenschafts-Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2019. "Branham's Middle Name", researchgate.net, 2020.