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Deborah Hyde

Deborah Hyde is an author, presenter and producer. She wants to know why people believe in the supernatural: she draws on psychology, cultural anthropology, history, and folklore to shed light on this intractable strand of human nature. She has written for periodicals such as The Guardian and the Fortean Times and has contributed material to book anthologies such as Palgrave Macmillan’s Werewolf Legends (ed. Willem de Blecourt). For ten years, Deborah was editor-in-chief of the British magazine The Skeptic, is a fellow of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and is a Patron of Humanists UK. She makes frequent TV appearances and has presented skeptical insights in some of BBC iPlayer’s most successful podcasts including Uncanny, The Battersea Poltergeist, and Lucy Worsley’s Lady Swindlers.

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