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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.

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15:09

Skeptoid #860: Illuminating the Hornet Spooklight

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2022/11/29

Legend has it this ghost light has been spooking people in Missouri for hundreds of years.

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13:58

Skeptoid #859: How to Spot Fake News

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2022/11/22

A roundup of easy techniques anyone can employ to better discern accurate news reports from false ones.

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14:36

Skeptoid #858: Resignation Syndrome

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2022/11/15

In this bizarre psychiatric condition, healthy children lapse into a coma that may last for years.

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14:07

Skeptoid #857: On the Health Benefits of Drinking...

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2022/11/08

Some say that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol actually has certain health benefits.

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15:32

Skeptoid #856: A Cavalcade of Corrections

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2022/11/01

Skeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes.

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15:31

Skeptoid #855: Sniffing for Human Sex Pheromones

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2022/10/25

Do humans use pheromones to turn each other on? The science so far says... uhh, we have no idea.

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14:56

Skeptoid #854: The Day Science Was Overthrown

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2022/10/18

A look at six times when there was a major paradigm shift in science.

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14:21

Skeptoid #853: Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO

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2022/10/11

This story of alien visitation in Brazil from 1996 claims to be the most convincing proof we have.

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14:39

Skeptoid #852: Electric Cars and the Power Grid

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2022/10/04

Opponents of electric cars claim that the power grid can't keep up with the growing demand for electricity.

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14:37

Skeptoid #851: How Your Smartphone Is Listening to You

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2022/09/27

Is your smartphone eavesdropping on your conversation?

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06:34

Skeptoid #850: Ode to the Nightcrawler

Skeptoid ·

2022/09/20

Beware of this creepy cryptid, or you might just fall in love with it.

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15:43

Skeptoid #849: Who Really Killed the Electric Car?

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2022/09/13

Pop culture tells us that a conspiracy is what killed GM's EV1 in 2002. But is an exotic explanation really needed?

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12:56

Skeptoid #848: On the Trail of Papillon

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2022/09/06

How much truth was there to the prison escape story of Henri Charrière?

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13:32

Skeptoid #847: The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 2

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2022/08/30

Some more of the episodes where I went in with one idea, and came out with another.

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Skeptoid #846: The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 1

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2022/08/23

Some of the episodes where I went in expecting one thing, but found something different.

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14:39

Skeptoid #845: Seeking the Soviet Battle Mole

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2022/08/16

The story goes that the Soviet Union had nuclear-powered underground vehicles for waging a whole new kind of war.

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15:28

Skeptoid #844: What They're Saying About Electric...

Skeptoid ·

2022/08/09

The arguments made by electric car haters no longer hold up. Time to upgrade.

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16:47

Skeptoid #843: Pop Quiz: Religious Symbolism

Skeptoid ·

2022/08/02

How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on questions drawn from episodes about world religions.

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15:36

Skeptoid #842: The Day the UFO Deactivated the Nukes

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2022/07/26

It's said that in 1967, a UFO once deactivated an entire flight of US nuclear missiles in their silos.

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13:41

Skeptoid #841: Feeling Out the Hairy Hands of Dartmoor

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2022/07/19

The story goes that in England in 1921, driving a particular stretch of road meant an encounter with a terrifying foe.

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