Paranormal

Ghosts, ghouls, UFOs and skeptical investigations; psychics, supernatural beliefs and folklore.

Alternative Medicine

If pseudoscience actually worked, scientists would be first in line to profit

Slava Amanatski -
Scientists don't reject pseudoscience because there is no profit in it - scientists would thrive on having novel fields to explore
Paranormal

The BBC’s NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV

Hayley Stevens -
West Country comedy siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's Nightwatch shows how mundane ghost-hunting actually is, when you're not faking it for ratings
Paranormal

A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast

Madeleine Goodall -
Writing in the late 1800s, Irish atheist William M. Knox took aim at the emerging trend of spiritualism, séances, and communicating with the dead
Paranormal

Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 2: The plot thickens

Chris French -
Lucid dreaming is a much-tested paranormal claim, never reliably showing positive results - so why did this new experiment seem to bear fruit?
Paranormal

The Grim Rea-purr? The cats claimed to be able to predict death

Brian Eggo -
Two feline care home residents have been claimed to be able to tell when elderly patients will die – so, are cats actually psychic?
Paranormal

Halloween for Skeptics: ‘Monsters on the Couch’ by Brian Sharpless

Deborah Hyde -
Horror stories, as well as being entertaining, give us clues about the human experience, as ‘Monsters on the Couch’ from Brian Sharpless explores
Archive

From the archives: The medium is not the message – fighting crime with psychics

Terry Sanderson -
From the archives in 1992, The Freethinker's Terry Sanderson examines claims that psychics were used to solve crimes.
UFOs

UFO claims take centre stage at National Congress of Brazil hearing

João Lucas da Silva -
The UFO hearing at Brazil's National Congress didn't reveal proof that aliens exist, but it did illustrate that the public interest in UFOs runs deep.
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