All posts tagged "skeptic"
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The Successful Séance: Houdini May Have Spoken From Beyond the Grave, But No One Bothered to Listen
The Houdini Séances are an American tradition dating back to 1926. Every Halloween, the anniversary of the magician’s death, groups around the country gather together...
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Found Him! Watch in Horror as Bigfoot Hunters Pass Off a Human Corpse as a Sasquatch Body
Now listen, I’m the kind of guy who, when given a fair choice, wants to believe the paranormal answer to a question over the logical...
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Crowd-Sourcing Paranormal Investigation: The Case of the Spooky “Burlington Boogeyman” Trail Camera Photograph
One of the best things about taking the Traveling Museum of the Paranormal to events across the country is that it gives us an opportunity...
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Fort Report: Roswell Time Travel, The Real Story Behind “The Conjuring”, and The Making of Lucifer Rising
Greetings, Earthlings! I’ve scoured the ‘net for some of the weirdest links from everywhere else and compiled them right here. Here’s what I’ve rounded up...
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Manchester, Magnets, and Mass Transit: Solving the Mystery of the Spinning Egyptian Statue
A couple weeks ago, the media went wild after a story about a mysterious spinning statue was printed in the Manchester Evening News. What made...
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Woman Captures Photo of “Ghost” Stalking Her Baby, and it’s Stumping Internet Detectives and Freaking Us Out
An eerie photograph of a baby-stalking ghost is sending chills down Redditors’ spines, and even the most seasoned armchair detectives are having a hard time...
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No Hoax: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript has “Genuine Message” Says Theoretical Physicist
In a piece of news that will no doubt have skeptics balking, a theoretical physicist from the UK says that the oft-studied, oft-declared-hoax, and completely...
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Fort Report: Rectangles in Space, Rising Occult Crime, Sea-Monsters, and Monster Hunting Hillbillies
Greetings, Oddnauts! As you might have noticed, we disappeared for about a week and came back looking quite a bit different. How do you like...
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Unidentified Faux Objects: News Station Fooled by UFO Phone App
Ohio news station WMFD NewsWatch had a mild embarrassment on their hands this week, after they were informed that their story on an apparent UFO...
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Info-Spats: Conspiracy Theorists Are Sick of Alex Jones
Hath Frankenstein’s monster begun killing its creator? Alex Jones, the boisterous voice of a cult of conspiracy that questions, quite literally, everything from the legitimacy...
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The Black Knight Returns: Is the Mysterious Foreign Satellite Space Junk or Alien Eavesdropper?
Astronomers across the world make a game of spotting secret government spy satellites, tracking them, and sometimes sharing the information with plausible deniability. Not everything...
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Fort Report: Kid Ghosts, Flying Sharks, and Dream Incubators
Greetings, weirdos! Welcome back to another edition of the Fort Report, even if it is a week late (I’ll get to that). To make up...
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Fort Report: Alien Abduction, Pets on Steroids, and a Haunted House Boom
Hello, Forteans! Welcome back to another edition of the Fort Report, chock full of yesterday’s strangest fringe news stories. Today we’ve got tales of alien...
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Fort Report: Lizard People, Tin Foil Hats, and Broomstick Parking
It’s Friday, Forteans! To help you slog through the last day of the work week, we’ve got a jam-packed edition of the Fort Report today....
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Fort Report: Murderous Voodoo, Glowing Bugs, and the Truth About Faeries
Welcome back, Forteans! In today’s edition of The Fort Report, I’ve got a barrel of links that are sure to remind you that the world...
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Book Review: “Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend”
This book could be called “A History of Bigfoot Hoaxes.” Unfortunately there is no shortage of material. Joshua Blu Buhs has done...
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Fort Report: Witchcraft, Heretics, Confused Animals, and UFOs
Well forteans, the weekend is over, and to help you cope, I’ve compiled a list of the weirdest links this side of the internet. Today...
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Ghost Hunters Capture Eerie Image of a Floating Torso in Ohio “Dungeon”
Two paranormal investigation teams are convinced that they’ve made contact with the other side after a handful of stakeouts in “the dungeon”, a basement jail...
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Letter to the Editor: Strawmen, James Randi, and the Skeptic Religion
Editor’s Note: this post was sent “letter to the editor” style to WF by one of our favorite regular contributors. The letter comes in response...
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Skeptic Ghost Hunting Group Share Prized Evidence: The “Ghost Girl” Photograph
A group of self-proclaimed skeptics and paranormal investigators in Calgary, Alberta are beaming over the opportunity to share their greatest piece of photographic evidence with...
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Extraordinary Occurrences: The Time James Randi Said “Yes”
Today marks the 84th birthday of the one and only James Randi, the man loved (some might say worshipped) by skeptics the world round and...
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A Practical Guide to a Magical Consciousness: Part 1 – Theory
Have you ever wanted to delve into the mysterious and often misunderstood world of the occult, but found yourself too intimidated by the sheer amount of...
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Can Dealing With Evil Spirits Kill You? How Battling Demons is Putting Ghost Hunters in the Grave
Every career choice comes with physical risks, some more than others. Police place themselves in harm’s way day in and day out in order to...
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Science Explains How Moses Could Have Actually Parted The Red Sea
Yes, this story is one of miracles and what many believers would consider to be proof of divine intervention. But what if science could...
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Clairvoyant Women Perform “Psychic Credit Checks” For Wary New York Landlords
Two enterprising ladies from New York, NY want to handle your tenant management duties… with their psychic powers. Joan Baker, a 33 year old freelance...
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Faking Bigfoot: Recreating The Laziest Bigfoot Hoax Of The Year
If you’ve got an internet connection and a pulse, you’ve probably heard a lot about a certain video uploaded to YouTube last weekend that involved...
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Phenomenacon: Attend the World’s First Online Paranormal Conference, Featuring Your Favorite Paranormal TV Stars
With the onset of a global pandemic causing the shutdown of fan conventions all over the world, it was only a matter of time before the cancellations hit the...
Groundbreaking Paranormal Documentary Series “Hellier” Returns with Ten Haunting Episodes of Appalachian Mystery
There’s something strange moving through Kentucky like a virus, twisting through the Mammoth Cave system and hovering in the skies above the Appalachian Mountains. While might catch glimpses of...
Travel Channel’s “Haunted Salem: Live” Features the “Paranormal Dream-Team” in Live, Four-Hour Ghost Hunt
Travel Channel is kicking off Halloween season on October 4th with a very special live event that brings together more of the network’s top paranormal stars than you can...
Meet Devin Person, a Real-Life Wizard Who Grants Wishes on the New York City Subway
For most of us, ignoring the strange people on the subway is second nature, but if you ever find yourself in the tunnels below New York City and you...
GREG & DANA: INVESTIGATING THE UNEXPLAINED
