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My house is, to put not too fine a point on it, kind of a disaster area. A friend described it as "looking like a museum run by lunatic...

Because it's always a losing bet to say the state of things in the United States couldn't get any weirder, today we have: a priest ...

I think my problem is that I really don't understand religion. I understand, or at least think I do, religious people .  I have a lot ...

As you undoubtedly know, there are people who take the whole exorcism thing with the utmost seriousness. And given the current chaos in th...

Looking for a job with excitement and travel opportunities?  Do I have news for you! Of course, there are a couple of downsides.  These in...

If you live in Japan, own a dog, and have more money than sense, I've got good news for you: you can pay ¥ 31,000 (about US $297) to hav...

The one thing you should never say is "Now I've heard it all." Especially if, like me, you are an aficionado of woo-woo. If ...

Buoyed by the success last month of Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, who conducted an exorcism of the ent...

There's no doubt that Mexico has become a pretty rough place to live, in the past couple of decades. The crime rate is astronomical.  ...

In the latest from the Bizarre Religious News department, we have word that Catholic exorcists in Italy are being told to take it easy by t...

A few days ago, I posted about a fellow named Bob Larson who claims to be able to exorcise demons from the possessed via Skype .  My general...

Some of my regular readers may remember that a few months ago, I posted about a trio of young and extremely Christian ladies who were invad...

In previous posts I've described a lot of examples of Poe's Law -- a rule that states that it is impossible to tell the difference b...

Well, it's Saturday, the beginning of the weekend, and here at Skeptophilia we're hard at work following three stories for your fac...

Here at Worldwide Wacko Watch we're keeping a close eye on a story out of Romania.  It's got all of the necessary elements -- some r...