Paranormal

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

UFOs

Exploring the Archives for the Unexplained

Mark Horne -
For anyone with an interest in UFO history – whether believer or skeptic – the Archive of the Unexplained is a fascinating dive into the woo of a bygone era.
Paranormal

Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 3: The value of adversarial collaborations

Chris French -
Two small trials failed to prove lucid dreaming was real – so why, when analysing their results together, did a significant result emerge?
Psychics

How did psychics fare with their predictions for 2025?

Michael Marshall -
Every new year, the media features predictions for psychics for the year ahead - and every year, those predictions underwhelm of fail.
Cryptozoology

Why I don’t believe in… Bigfoot

Blake Smith -
Bigfoot may be the most enduring pop culture cryptid, but its appeal owes more to folklore, hoaxes and the will to believe than any reliable evidence
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?
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