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From the archives: A hole in the head – Creationists and APEmen in Lowestoft

Jean N Dorricott -
From the archives in 1990, Jean N Dorricott investigates the Creation Science Movement and their belief in Creationism
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From the archives: Urban legends – a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend

Toby Howard -
From the archives in 1990, Toby Howard takes a look at urban legends, and how untrue stories pass around as tales from a friend of a friend
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From the archives: The Moses Barrier – the paranormal takes over where religion left off

Lewis Jones -
From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones looks at where religion ends and where pseudoscience and the paranormal take over
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From the archives: The many traditions of Christmas that are now lost to history

Toby Howard -
From the archives in 1989, Toby Howard reminds us of long-forgotten Christmas traditions - like burning the Yule log, wearing animal disguises, and "The Devil's Knell".
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From the archives: Hear our prayers – the Northern Irish prayer efficacy study

Wendy M. Grossman -
From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman tracks down Francis Galton's 1872 study on the supposed power of prayer in Northern Ireland
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From the archive: Explaining the Turin Shroud – the creation of a religious hoax

Steve Donnelly -
From the archives in 1988, Steve Donnelly interviews Joe Nickel on the Turin Shroud and how the hoax was created
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From the archives: Heaven and Earth – Is the ‘curse of Tutankhamen’ a curse at all?

Mike Hutchinson -
From the archives in 1988, Mike Hutchinson examines the evidence for and against the supposed curse of Tutankhamen
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From the archives: Jacques Benoit’s (failed) experiments with telepathic snails

Toby Howard -
From the archives in 1988, Toby Howard recounts the 19th Century attempts to create a 'snail telegraph' - based on the notion that snails were telepathic
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