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The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Three – A possible solution to the mystery?

Robert Bartholomew, Paul Chambers - 24th May 2022

From the archives, Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew round off their investigation into the ‘Phantom Sniper of Esher’

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The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Two

Robert Bartholomew, Paul Chambers - 17th May 2022

From the archives, Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew consider some theories as to the identity of the ‘sniper’s’ of Hellfire Pass

Paranormal

The return of a myth: Satanic ritual abuse and the sacred status of Argos

Pepijn van Erp, Peter Zegers - 16th May 2022

In June 2020, the Dutch radio program Argos brought false claims of satanic ritual abuse back into mainstream discourse.

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The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part One

Robert Bartholomew, Paul Chambers - 12th May 2022

From the archives, Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew investigate the Phantom Sniper of Esher, in their look at the Mystery of Hellfire Pass

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Searching for Cressie, the Crescent Lake Monster

Benjamin Radford - 29th March 2022

From the archives, Benjamin Radford recounts the story of his search for Cressie, a monster that never was

Health

Havana Syndrome: a primer for skeptics in an age of alternative facts

Robert Bartholomew, Robert W. Baloh - 21st January 2022

Are the symptoms of so-called Havana Syndrome really caused by secret sonic weapons and covert chemical attacks, or does the answer lie in psychology?

Media

Is there really a recent spike in cases of spiking by injection?

Chris French - 8th December 2021

Recent media reporting over the risk of being spiked by injection has caused a great deal of anxiety, without any real evidence that such an epidemic exists.

Science

Recovering memories: The truth is, the Satanic Panic never really went away

Chris French - 13th August 2021

The Satanic Panic never really ended in the 1980s - it continued to rumble along, waiting for a spark to reignite it back into full moral panic.

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The Mail Online declared arsenic a “miracle cure for cancer” – I’ll wait to see some evidence

Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you’re not actively trying to avoid the light

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

Chiropractic’s life-saving claims are just another flight of fancy

Regulators take action against dentist offering applied kinesiology and cranial osteopathy

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it

The right to an abortion isn’t just about extreme, horrific cases – it’s about our bodily autonomy

The Dangerous Dogs Act, with its emphasis on how a dog looks, is wholly unscientific

The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Elizabethan Skepticism: How “A Discoverie of Witchcraft” pushed back against a moral panic

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

When it comes to the paranormal, do ‘sheep’ and ‘goats’ think differently? It looks like they do

The return of a myth: Satanic ritual abuse and the sacred status of Argos

Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Del Bigtree’s Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Elizabethan Skepticism: How “A Discoverie of Witchcraft” pushed back against a moral panic

David Langford’s skeptical ‘Skrapbook’

Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

When it comes to the paranormal, do ‘sheep’ and ‘goats’ think differently? It looks like they do

Jordan Peterson, climate change, and the many definitions of a scientific model

Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain

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Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Nikola Tesla and the cult of the mysterious genius

The Mail Online declared arsenic a “miracle cure for cancer” – I’ll wait to see some evidence

Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you’re not actively trying to avoid the light

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