she was known for showing up on television shows while being 'used by the lady ' as she put it , and even though many people shot her rather ridiculous claims down with logic , she seemed to stay popular with those desperate to talk to their dead until the year before , when her ex-partner had announced to the world that jenny was a fraud and a liar who had been born in the mountains of north carolina and that she had left a husband and a warrant for her arrest behind , as well as a past marked by mental illness and drug use , when she moved to the city .