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Three of the most popular conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic.

Why no, in fact you should not avoid certain foods to reduce your body's inflammation.

Children throughout India are being taught to see while blindfolded... apparently.

This boy thought he had lived a past life as a fighter pilot. He had some help getting there.

Some New Agers believe that you can heal virtually any ailment simply by taking off your shoes.

Mystery clouds the story of what happened to these three vanished lighthouse keepers.

Online articles claiming the first slaves in the Americas were white are fictional and racially motivated.

Is it a medical miracle, an environmental disaster, both, or neither?

What the science says on whether we need to change the way we eat crustaceans.

A murder was said to have been solved by the intervention of the victim's ghost.

This famous Internet photo of Civil War soldiers posing with a pterosaur has a surprising source.

A skeptic's guide for organizing the issues raised by Net Neutrality.

There is a much better explanation than sonic weapons for reported attacks against US diplomats in Cuba.

The modern practice of Western mothers eating their placentas is a new and strange attention-seeking behavior.

This infamous scandal was said to have proven global warming was all just a hoax. Umm, no.

Everything you didn't know about ten years of Skeptoid musical episodes, including the reason.

Some updates, notes, and extra information sent in by listeners about recent episodes.

Hundreds of people watched this UFO over the Hudson River Valley many times between 1983 and 1984.

Skeptoid corrects a round of past errors, that they might become the wisdom of the future.

Some tips to assess whether a documentary is good science or just propaganda.

A roundup of the conspiracy theories and the probable true fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.

The origins and history of the urban legend that Paul McCartney died and was replaced.

A further look at ten more scientists who experimented on themselves for the benefit of mankind.

In 1979, a mysterious flash occurred over the southern ocean that could have been a nuclear bomb.

Real effects far more interesting than spiritualism claims are behind these famous talking boards.

The line between skepticism and cynicism is a bit too blurry for many people. Today we bring it into focus.

Popular claims of a Big Pharma Conspiracy don't stand up to any rational scrutiny.

A look at which celebrities are currently working hardest to erode the public intellect.

Stories about urban legends are at their best when there are real people at their center.

In the wake of VW Dieselgate, the government took the wrong steps to solve the wrong problem.

How factual are the urban legends about Japanese soldiers in the Pacific who never heard the war ended?

A look at the science-based myths and misconceptions about eclipses, plus some things you might not know.

Skeptoid responds to some listener feedback, updating a few episodes and clarifying some others.

This famous 1964 UFO sighting by a New Mexico police officer has several interesting explanations.

Let's have a look at the traits that define a crank, to make sure your new hero isn't one.

Through their constant promotion of false history, TV networks may have done Amelia Earhart's legacy irreparable harm.

The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers.

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

We analyze some of your stories of precognitive experiences.

How likely is the most common type of UFO report to be an alien spacecraft?

Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 2).

Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 1).

A study of how a conspiracy theory as absurd as "There is no Finland" can even exist.

False pregnancies are not only real, they're probably more complex than you imagined.

This sideshow attraction convinced a few real scientists that it was an actual ape-man.

We take a look at some more of the most exciting space missions, past, present, and future.

Three simple steps anyone can follow to learn to tell what's true and what's not.

I respond to some listener feedback that enhances some recent episodes of the show.

Those stories about children raised by animals probably aren't what you've been led to believe.

A miniature of all China's waterways in liquid mercury is said to be at the heart of the First Emperor's tomb.