Episode Guide - Paranormal
| 2/26/13 | Men in Black (Skeptoid #351) - A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers. Read | Listen (13:46) | Discuss |
| 2/5/13 | Ganzfeld Experiments (Skeptoid #348) - The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities. Read | Listen (12:42) | Discuss |
| 11/20/12 | The Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea (Skeptoid #337) - Two regions of ocean are said to be mysteriously dangerous. What's the truth behind this popular belief? Read | Listen (13:37) | Discuss |
| 7/31/12 | Skinwalkers (Skeptoid #321) - Navajo witches are said to be able to shapeshift into animals. Is it just a tall tale, or is there some truth to it? Read | Listen (13:55) | Discuss |
| 5/1/12 | Picnic at Hanging Rock (Skeptoid #308) - Is this classic tale of the disappearance of a group of schoolgirls fact or fiction? Read | Listen (11:25) | Discuss |
| 2/7/12 | The Versailles Time Slip (Skeptoid #296) - Did two women visiting Versaille in 1901 time-travel back to the days of Marie Antoinette? Read | Listen (13:46) | Discuss |
| 1/10/12 | The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui (Skeptoid #292) - A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms. Read | Listen (12:26) | Discuss |
| 11/1/11 | The Jersey Devil (Skeptoid #282) - This creature has been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years. From whence did it come? Read | Listen (11:56) | Discuss |
| 9/20/11 | The Monster of Glamis (Skeptoid #276) - Did a living beast actually haunt Scotland's Glamis Castle for the better part of a century? Read | Listen (13:15) | Discuss |
| 8/9/11 | The Hessdalen Lights (Skeptoid #270) - Scientists seek a high-tech explanation for these ghost lights in Norway. But is the true cause much simpler? Read | Listen (12:51) | Discuss |
| 6/14/11 | The Haitian Zombies (Skeptoid #262) - Are Haiti's legendary zombies real, or just an imagination fiction? Read | Listen (13:08) | Discuss |
| 6/7/11 | Near Death Experiences (Skeptoid #261) - A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife. Read | Listen (12:19) | Discuss |
| 5/17/11 | Spontaneous Human Combustion (Skeptoid #258) - People can catch on fire... but can it really happen when there is no external source of ignition? Read | Listen (12:01) | Discuss |
| 3/22/11 | The History of Knowledge (Skeptoid #250) - A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music. Read | Listen (11:33) | Discuss |
| 3/8/11 | The Exorcism of Anneliese (Skeptoid #248) - Can exorcisms such as the one that killed Anneliese Michel truly help critically ill people? Read | Listen (13:08) | Discuss |
| 9/7/10 | Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth (Skeptoid #222) - The Curse of Macbeth should make Shakespeare's play too dangerous to perform. Is this the case? Read | Listen (11:31) | Discuss |
| 4/27/10 | Therapeutic Touch (Skeptoid #203) - Therapeutic touch is a healing method that presumes the existence of a huge magnetic field around the human body. Is there really such a field? Read | Listen (12:57) | Discuss |
| 2/16/10 | The Faces of Belmez (Skeptoid #193) - Faces appearing on the floor of a house in Spain were easily proven to have been faked - why does their story carry so much ongoing influence? Read | Listen (11:15) | Discuss |
| 1/19/10 | Martial Arts Magic (Skeptoid #189) - Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death. Read | Listen (11:57) | Discuss |
| 12/8/09 | The Naga Fireballs (Skeptoid #183) - What is the source of the glowing balls that rise from the Mekong river each October? Read | Listen (12:38) | Discuss |
| 11/10/09 | The Scole Experiment (Skeptoid #179) - Said to be the best evidence yet for the afterlife -- but how good is that evidence? Read | Listen (12:11) | Discuss |
| 10/13/09 | Shadow People (Skeptoid #175) - What are some likely explanations for these shadowy ghosts? Read | Listen (12:25) | Discuss |
| 9/29/09 | All About Astrology (Skeptoid #173) - Does astrology have any plausible foundations; and does it actually work? Read | Listen (15:23) | Discuss |
| 9/8/09 | It's Raining Frogs and Fish (Skeptoid #170) - What's the real explanation of frogs and fish raining from the sky? Hint: It's not waterspouts. Read | Listen (11:20) | Discuss |
| 6/23/09 | The Mothman Cometh (Skeptoid #159) - A skeptical look at the Mothman, an alleged prophet of disaster. Read | Listen (11:15) | Discuss |
| 6/2/09 | Falling into Mel's Hole (Skeptoid #156) - Mel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state. Read | Listen (11:03) | Discuss |
| 4/21/09 | Screwed! (Skeptoid #150) - A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati. Read | Listen (9:40) | Discuss |
| 4/14/09 | Coral Castle (Skeptoid #149) - Was one man able to move these huge coral blocks using some unknown technology? Read | Listen (11:41) | Discuss |
| 1/20/09 | The Angel of Mons (Skeptoid #137) - Did a mysterious heavenly host save a small group of British from a large German force in World War I? Read | Listen (10:29) | Discuss |
| 10/28/08 | Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #125) - A critical look at the antics of Oprah Winfrey, Jenny McCarthy, Prince Charles, Bill Maher, Larry King, Pamela Anderson, Ben Stein, Joe Rogan, Chuck Norris, and Montel Williams. Read | Listen (13:30) | Discuss |
| 9/9/08 | Demystifying the Bell Witch (Skeptoid #118) - An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch. Read | Listen (11:28) | Discuss |
| 6/24/08 | King Tut's Curse! (Skeptoid #106) - A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it. Read | Listen (10:43) | Discuss |
| 4/29/08 | The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern? (Skeptoid #98) - Is the crystal skull truly an ancient Mayan artifact with mysterious powers? Read | Listen (8:53) | Discuss |
| 4/15/08 | What's Wrong with The Secret (Skeptoid #96) - The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing. Read | Listen (10:26) | Discuss |
| 1/22/08 | Magic Jewelry (Skeptoid #84) - All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet. Read | Listen (11:10) | Discuss |
| 1/1/08 | Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade (Skeptoid #81) - Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid. Read | Listen (11:50) | Discuss |
| 11/20/07 | How to See Your Aura (Skeptoid #75) - Is aura photography actually possible, and does it tell us anything useful about the person? Read | Listen (10:33) | Discuss |
| 9/18/07 | The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus (Skeptoid #66) - How much of the pop-culture information about Nostradamus is true? Read | Listen (14:38) | Discuss |
| 9/4/07 | The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack (Skeptoid #64) - Spring Heeled Jack terrorized England in the early 1800's ... or did he? Read | Listen (9:06) | Discuss |
| 7/5/07 | Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House? (Skeptoid #53) - Were the events at Borley Rectory a real haunting, or the product of a hoaxster? Read | Listen (12:05) | Discuss |
| 6/10/07 | Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness (Skeptoid #49) - Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware. Read | Listen (11:56) | Discuss |
| 5/11/07 | The Truth About Remote Viewing (Skeptoid #44) - The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks. Read | Listen (11:05) | Discuss |
| 4/11/07 | The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery (Skeptoid #38) - What is the cause of the mysterious ghost lights outside Marfa, Texas? Read | Listen (8:25) | Discuss |
| 3/7/07 | The Devil Walked in Devon (Skeptoid #31) - Was the devil responsible for a set of 100-mile footprints in 1855? Read | Listen (6:51) | Discuss |
| 2/24/07 | Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera (Skeptoid #29) - Are orbs really ghosts, or a common artifact of photography? Read | Listen (8:08) | Discuss |
| 1/15/07 | Living Stones of Death Valley (Skeptoid #21) - An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor. Read | Listen (3:46) | Discuss |
| 1/11/07 | The Real Amityville Horror (Skeptoid #20) - America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax. Read | Listen (7:38) | Discuss |
| 12/24/06 | The Real Philadelphia Experiment (Skeptoid #16) - Did a US Navy warship completely disappear in 1943? Read | Listen (6:50) | Discuss |
| 11/21/06 | Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark (Skeptoid #08) - Alien abductions and Old Hags - things that go bump in the night. Read | Listen (6:22) | Discuss |
| 11/14/06 | Pond Magnet Foolishness (Skeptoid #07) - Do magnets really have a mystical positive effect on pond water chemistry? Read | Listen (6:13) | Discuss |
| 10/24/06 | Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal (Skeptoid #04) - Is it OK for non-believers to sell the paranormal? Read | Listen (6:45) | Discuss |
| 10/3/06 | New Age Energy (Skeptoid #01) - An examination of energy, as new agers use the term. Read | Listen (6:07) | Discuss |
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