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A skeptical perspective on the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference 2023

Earlier this year, Glasgow hosted the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference, with speakers spreading all manner of baseless and unevidenced paranormal speculation.

The Satanic Panic and the McMartin pre-school trial

In 1983, lurid and extreme tales of abuse emerged from a pre-school in California; the allegations were false, as was the rest of the Satanic Panic

The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

Gef the talking mongoose - supernatural resident of an Isle of Man farmhouse - is legendary in skeptical lore... even if he was merely the invention of a 13 year old girl

A brief history of radio-phobia: new technology is always met with fear and uncertainty

We might think of anti-5G fears as a new phenomenon, but cutting edge technology has always been met with irrational concerns

The strange tale of Bridey Murphy and Virginia Tighe

Hypnotists and Hollywood were amazed when Virginia Tighe recalled her past life as Bridey Murphy - an impressive feat... but Murphy never existed

The real story behind those crystal skulls Indiana Jones went looking for

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may have disappointed, but the crystal skulls are real, and their history is fascinating

What really happened in the case of the Philadelphia Experiment?

According to legend, in 1943 the USS Eldridge disappeared, victim of an experiment gone wrong - but the reality was much more mundane

What really happened in the case of the Great Seattle Windshield Mystery of 1954?

When residents of a small town near Seattle began to notice mysterious dents in their car windscreens, a full-scale panic was born - but was it real?

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