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Skeptoid #399: The Moving Coffins of Barbados
28 januari 2014 · 13 min
An old tale tells of coffins that jumbled themselves up in a crypt in Barbados. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #398: Solving the Lead Masks of Vintem Hill
21 januari 2014 · 13 min
Two dead bodies were found in Brazil in 1966 with mysterious masks made of lead. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #397: Fukushima vs Chernobyl vs Three Mile Island
14 januari 2014 · 14 min
Years after the disaster, some claim that Fukushima radiation is still going to cause widespread death. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #396: The Biggest, the Oldest, and the Baddest
7 januari 2014 · 14 min
A tour of the Earth's biggest, oldest, and most lethal living creatures. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #395: Student Questions: Food Woo, Food Woo, and More Food Woo
31 december 2013 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students, all of them this week pertaining to popular food pseudoscience. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #394: Finding Butch and Sundance
24 december 2013 · 12 min
Stories that outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid might have made it back from South America don't hold up. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #393: The Hair of Samson
17 december 2013 · 12 min
Hold onto your hats: Growing your hair long will not confer super strength or vitality upon you. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #392: Listener Feedback: Consumer Ripoffs
10 december 2013 · 14 min
Skeptoid responds to comments sent in by listeners who don't accept that they've been ripped off. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #391: 8 Secret Bases: Real or Fictional?
3 december 2013 · 14 min
Guess which of these secret military bases around the world are real. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #390: The Red Haired Giants of Lovelock Cave
26 november 2013 · 12 min
Some say that an early Native American tribe were giant cannibals. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #389: The JFK Assassination
19 november 2013 · 14 min
After so many decades, the number of incompatible conspiracy theories about the death of JFK continues to grow. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #388: 6 Problems with Wind Turbine Syndrome
12 november 2013 · 14 min
Despite activist claims, wind turbines are not making anybody sick. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #387: Who Discovered the New World?
5 november 2013 · 13 min
Of all the many claims of Europeans being first to the New World, only one is true. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #386: Tracking the Tasmanian Tiger
29 oktober 2013 · 14 min
Some say this extinct Tasmanian marsupial may still roam the forests. The evidence is against them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #385: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich
22 oktober 2013 · 13 min
A young pilot who disappeared in 1978 might have been having a little fun, Spielberg style. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #384: Asking the Socratic Questions
15 oktober 2013 · 13 min
A line of reasoning named for Socrates helps us help believers in the strange re-examine their beliefs. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #383: 5 False Arguments for Raw Milk
8 oktober 2013 · 14 min
Some people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #382: Into the Maelstrom (or Not)
1 oktober 2013 · 12 min
A look into the plausibility and historicity of the ferocious maelstrom of legend. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #381: An Enthusiast's Primer on Study Types
24 september 2013 · 13 min
A quick look at many of the most common scientific study types. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #380: The Riddle of the L-8 Blimp
17 september 2013 · 12 min
The crew of a blimp mysteriously vanished in 1942, but their blimp came back OK... without them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #379: I Think, Therefore I Err
10 september 2013 · 13 min
Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #378: Legendary Places: Real or Fictional?
3 september 2013 · 14 min
We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #377: Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics
27 augustus 2013 · 12 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #376: Salt Therapies
20 augustus 2013 · 13 min
A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #375: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
13 augustus 2013 · 14 min
The true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #374: Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine
6 augustus 2013 · 14 min
Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #373: The Secrets of MKULTRA
30 juli 2013 · 14 min
The urban legend that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments has a grain of truth. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #372: Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich
23 juli 2013 · 12 min
If you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #371: The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake
16 juli 2013 · 14 min
The legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #370: The Science of Muzak
9 juli 2013 · 13 min
Background music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #369: Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig
2 juli 2013 · 14 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #368: Legislating Pseudoscience
25 juni 2013 · 13 min
Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #367: Who Is the Grinning Man?
18 juni 2013 · 14 min
A mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #366: The Sedona Energy Vortex
11 juni 2013 · 13 min
Vortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #365: The Black Knight Satellite
4 juni 2013 · 15 min
An object claimed to be 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth is just a piece of an old space shuttle. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #364: Listener Feedback: Conspiracies
28 mei 2013 · 14 min
Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #363: All About Graphology
21 mei 2013 · 14 min
In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #362: Polybius: Video Game of Death
14 mei 2013 · 12 min
The infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #361: The 16 Personalities of Sybil
7 mei 2013 · 13 min
The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #360: Lincoln Kennedy Myths
30 april 2013 · 12 min
An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #359: Cupping for the Cure
23 april 2013 · 11 min
Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #358: Listener Feedback: Aliens and UFOs
16 april 2013 · 11 min
Skeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #357: The Aquatic Ape Theory
9 april 2013 · 11 min
There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #356: John Titor, Time Traveler
2 april 2013 · 11 min
An Internet legend claims that a man named John Titor is a visitor from the year 2036. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #355: The Airplane That Wasn't There
26 maart 2013 · 14 min
A B-25 bomber ditched in a Pennsylvania river in broad daylight 1956 and, seemingly impossibly, was never found. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #354: The Pentagon and the Missile
19 maart 2013 · 14 min
Some say that it wasn't an airliner that struck the Pentagon on 9/11, but a missile. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #353: Pope Joan
12 maart 2013 · 13 min
This apocryphal Middle Ages pope said to be a woman in disguise probably never existed. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #352: Facts and Fiction of the Schumann Resonance
5 maart 2013 · 14 min
The Schumann Resonance, 7.83Hz, is one natural radio band in our atmosphere, but holds no mystical powers. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #351: Men in Black
26 februari 2013 · 15 min
A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #350: Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra
19 februari 2013 · 7 min
Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience. Lees meer
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