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The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite many examples being promoted in the press, animals do not have psychic powers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There is no such thing as your body's energy field. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An urban legend says that children with completely black eyes go around trying to be allowed inside. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This New Age alternative health fad is not, in fact, based on ayurveda. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Donations to Skeptoid Media are now fully tax deductible. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Phobias are irrational, yet the brain surprisingly has a good reason for creating them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What we do and do not know about the mysterious death of Bavaria's Mad King who built castles like Neuschwanstein. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This popular bandleader disappeared over the English Channel during World War II, and here's what happened. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If you're expecting the pleasant aroma of certain flowers and herbs to be a medical treatment, you may be disappointed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Boggy Creek Monster captured our imaginations, but its true story is even more fascinating. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some objects found around the world seem to defy rational explanation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

I respond to questions and feedback sent in by listeners around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A popular urban legend claims that William Randolph Hearst conspired to make cannabis illegal in the United States. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some pseudoscience promoters attack the messenger rather than the evidence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An old tale tells of coffins that jumbled themselves up in a crypt in Barbados. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Two dead bodies were found in Brazil in 1966 with mysterious masks made of lead. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Years after the disaster, some claim that Fukushima radiation is still going to cause widespread death. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A tour of the Earth's biggest, oldest, and most lethal living creatures. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students, all of them this week pertaining to popular food pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Stories that outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid might have made it back from South America don't hold up. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Hold onto your hats: Growing your hair long will not confer super strength or vitality upon you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid responds to comments sent in by listeners who don't accept that they've been ripped off. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Guess which of these secret military bases around the world are real. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say that an early Native American tribe were giant cannibals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After so many decades, the number of incompatible conspiracy theories about the death of JFK continues to grow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite activist claims, wind turbines are not making anybody sick. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Of all the many claims of Europeans being first to the New World, only one is true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say this extinct Tasmanian marsupial may still roam the forests. The evidence is against them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A young pilot who disappeared in 1978 might have been having a little fun, Spielberg style. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A line of reasoning named for Socrates helps us help believers in the strange re-examine their beliefs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look into the plausibility and historicity of the ferocious maelstrom of legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A quick look at many of the most common scientific study types. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The crew of a blimp mysteriously vanished in 1942, but their blimp came back OK... without them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The urban legend that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments has a grain of truth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Background music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices