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Popular tales of the occult underpinnings of the Nazis are largely modern fiction.

Concrete will remain one of our most important materials for decades — but there's a big problem with it.

20 years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs in an effort to reduce addiction, incarceration, and negative health impacts. How has it worked?

Trying to treat pain or cancer by exposing yourself to a radioactive carcinogen provides only risk without the benefit.

After the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, rescuers dug through the rubble for a little girl named Frida Sofia — who never existed.

Conspiracy theories surround the cancellation of this advanced Canadian aircraft from the 1950s.

Some new facts and extra information on six previous episodes.

Huna blends generic New Age spiritualism with a concocted version of Hawaiian tradition.

This manmade debris permeates our bodies and our planet, but what's the harm?

The true and weird history of the two girls who fooled the world with their fairy photographs in 1917.

This modern sighting of a strange beast is claimed to have been a resurgence of a legendary medieval monster.

The true cause of one of history's most violent cataclysms remains a mystery... to a degree.

It's 15 trivia questions from 15 Skeptoid episodes, to celebrate our 15th anniversary!

Some people promote probiotics as a miracle cure for just about anything. What can they really do?

A strange radio broadcast from a very unique group of VIPs being whisked away on a UFO.

The most famous organ work in history has a surprising mystery -- we're not really sure who composed it!

A close look at the tales of large black predatory cats stalking Britain for centuries.

We focus a lot on carbon dioxide when talking about climate change. Should we be talking more about methane?

20 years after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, the conspiracy theories are still thriving -- just as we should expect.

A close look at what true science and true history can tell us about this most sacred Catholic relic.

A popular conspiracy theory claims that lots of people disappear under unexplainable circumstances in America's national parks.

Skeptoid gives our take on some spooky experiences sent in by listeners.

In which I take a shot at trying to explain some of the weirdest stories sent in by listeners.

If you need to find ground water, ask a hydrologist, not an occult magician.

Pop culture tells us that the existence of billionaires is harmful to the economy. Is that so?

Is clearcutting of forests for logging a public nuisance or a public benefit?

An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.

An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.

Horses went extinct in North America at the end of the last ice age, but oddly some are now saying they didn't.

A comparison of two popular ways to help cope with the new water reality of global warming.

The facts and fiction of what's possible and what's already been tried in switching human heads.

The story behind the story of the many paranormal events associated with this former island in the Aral Sea.

In which another round of corrections is made to previous episodes. Keeping it real!

The problem of a runaway catastrophe in Low Earth Orbit looms ever larger and closer.

Cannabidiol is sold as an additive to just about every kind of product you can imagine. Why?

Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.

Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.

Popular reports claim that a group of US Navy destroyers were buzzed by advanced drones in 2019.

Science refutes the claim made by some that the Moon is a hollow spaceship engineered by aliens.

Some updates and additional information to a few past episodes... better all the time.

What's true and what's not about the world's most popular cryptocurrency.

A roundup of all the best pro-science characters from your favorite books, movies, and TV shows.

This remote town in Alaska was said to have been abandoned because of violent Bigfoot attacks.

A host of strange monsters are said to lurk beneath the surface of the world's deepest lake.

A mishmash of eastern mysticism masquerades as psychometry.

Which came first: the publication of this famous vampire story, or its associated family tradition?

Myths, conspiracies, and coverups cloak this 1857 massacre of American emigrants.

My personal favorite Skeptoid episodes from each and every year of its production.

This Marian apparition from Egypt has some science fiction explanations and a sound one.

Some claim that all of world history is a coverup for the mighty ancient nation of Tartaria.