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Sean Slater

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Sean Slater is the Vice-chair of Edinburgh Skeptics and has been involved in organising several Skeptics on the Fringe runs. He has given talks for various groups on Mobile phones and 5G fears and has worked in the mobile industry for over 25 years.
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The Satanic Panic and the McMartin pre-school trial

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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
History

The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

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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
Health

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

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

The strange tale of Bridey Murphy and Virginia Tighe

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

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

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

What really happened in the case of the Philadelphia Experiment?

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

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

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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?
Alternative Medicine

The Nuremberg salt test: how homeopathy failed one of the earliest ever scientific trials

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One of the earliest ever randomised control trials took place in 1835, when skeptical physicians put the new-fangled homeopathy to the test
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