Skeptophilia

It seems like every day I'm forced to face the unfortunate fact that I don't seem to understand my fellow humans very well. All I ha...

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...

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 link...

One of the more horrifying stories from my home state of Louisiana is the more-or-less true tale of Madame Delphine Macarty LaLaurie . I qua...

I sometimes get grief from readers because of my tendency to dismiss claims of the paranormal. In my own defense, I am convincible.  It jus...

I'm always interested in looking into where tales of the paranormal get started.  We've seen a number of examples here at Skeptophil...

To continue with the seasonally-appropriate spookiness that's occupied us all week, today we're going to look at one of the more cur...

One of the questions I get asked the most often, in the context of skepticism and critical thinking, is, "What would it take to change ...

It seems like every day I'm forced to face the unfortunate fact that I don't seem to understand my fellow humans very well. All I ha...