Skeptophilia

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

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...

I was asked a curious question by a loyal reader of Skeptophilia , one that intrigued me enough I thought it was worth devoting an entire po...

In the terrifying Doctor Who  episode "Listen," the Twelfth Doctor and his companion, Clara Oswald, go as far into the future as p...

I'm going to make a dual plea to all y'all: Before you accept a paranormal or supernatural explanation for something, make sure you...

I was asked a couple of days ago by a loyal reader of Skeptophilia  if I'd ever heard of  The Backrooms  -- and if so, if I thought ther...

Sometimes my mental processes are like a giant exercise in free association. I've always been this way.  My personal motto could be, ...

I know there are a lot of reasons why people believe weird shit.  It's tempting to settle on the self-congratulatory solution of "B...

I was giving some thought this morning to why I've turned into such a diehard doubter of paranormal occurrences.  And I think one of the...