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Sometimes, with folk tales, you can pinpoint exactly when a legend entered the public awareness.  Someone writes and publishes a story in on...

Sometimes, with folk tales, you can pinpoint exactly when a legend entered the public awareness.  Someone writes and publishes a story in on...

A couple of days ago, I was sent a link by a loyal reader of Skeptophilia  with the message, "Thought you'd be interested... what d...

Because we skeptics don't already have enough to make us twitch, now we have: A company in Kentucky that will provide "untraceabl...

Have you ever heard of the New York Supreme Court Case, Stambovsky v. Ackley ? I hadn't, until yesterday. This came up because of a ...

On her mom's side, my wife is descended from English nobility, a fact of which she reminds me periodically when I get uppity.  Her great...

There's a reason skeptics have a problem with anecdotal evidence and eyewitness testimony. It's not that that it's impossible ...

Sometimes, with folk tales, you can pinpoint exactly when a legend entered the public awareness.  Someone writes and publishes a story in on...

I've always wanted to spend a night in an (allegedly) haunted house. Not alone, preferably.  It'd be nice to have someone's sl...

My wife and I just got back from a trip to Boston -- my first visit to that fascinating and historical city.  And as part of our visit, we g...

I think one of the hardest things for me to understand about the woo-woo mindset is how quickly they're willing to jump to a supernatura...