A FALSE tip from a psychic prompted Texas authorities to swarm a rural home searching for a non-existent mass grave and up to 30 bodies, including those of dismembered children.

Authorities in Texas have admitted that a tip-off about a mass grave containing dozens of bodies east of Houston has turned out to be a hoax.

Federal agents and local authorities in Texas are searching a house in the south-east of the state following an anonymous tip that multiple dismembered bodies are buried there.