Skeptophilia

When I was a kid, I was big fan of books with names like Strange True Tales of the Supernatural and World of the Weird .  These books often...

This is a piece I wrote a few years ago, based on something that happened to a friend of mine (and scared the absolute bejeezus out of her)....

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...

New from the "Not Poe's Law" Department, we have: some evangelical Christians who are concerned that demons are now "lega...

You would think that after this many years of writing Skeptophilia , I'd be completely inured to weird ideas, that nothing would shock m...

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...

So once again, a member of the extreme evangelical fringe of Christianity has launched a campaign against our taking pleasure in something w...

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 ...

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.  ...

Ouija boards are back in the news again, perhaps because of the recent release of the movie Ouija, which has people stirred up despite getti...

Spurred by my post a couple of weeks ago debunking claims that microwave ovens are unsafe, a loyal reader of Skeptophilia sent me an email ...

Ouija boards have been around for a long time -- since 1890, in fact -- but they've only really hit an upswing in popularity (and a com...

Apparently, it's easier than I thought to give your soul to Satan. You don't have to attend a Black Mass, or hold a séance, or e...