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Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Vortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An object claimed to be 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth is just a piece of an old space shuttle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An Internet legend claims that a man named John Titor is a visitor from the year 2036. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A B-25 bomber ditched in a Pennsylvania river in broad daylight 1956 and, seemingly impossibly, was never found. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say that it wasn't an airliner that struck the Pentagon on 9/11, but a missile. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This apocryphal Middle Ages pope said to be a woman in disguise probably never existed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Schumann Resonance, 7.83Hz, is one natural radio band in our atmosphere, but holds no mystical powers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This most famous of all fabled "lost mines" has a history that fails to stand up to skeptical scrutiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The name of Nikola Tesla is associated with crazy conspiracy claims that have nothing to do with his real work. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Someone somewhere is always claiming to have cracked the secret of free energy forever, no fuel needed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How you can convince your friends that their conspiracy theories are nonsensical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Flat Earth Theory has its origins not in alt-science but in Christian Fundamentalism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Contrary to popular belief, no unusual number of disappearances has ever happened inside these two ocean regions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How to tell whether a science article on the web is reliable or not. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cleansing diets are trendier than ever. They are also a complete waste of your money. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This mysterious silver ball seemed to have all kinds of strange properties. We finally found out what it was. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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

A number of theories claim that several centuries never actually happened, and were faked by the Church. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A rural family spent half a night battling what they thought were space aliens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The facts and the fiction of one of the most intriguing psychological phenomena. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

See if you can tell which of these famous women from history are real, and which are fictional. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The secret of history's greatest stringed instrument, the Stradivarius violin, is that there is no secret. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The true history of the most famous holy relic from Biblical times. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some 60 ancient stone forts in Scotland have vitrified walls, with the stone melted into glass. Here's what we know. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For centuries, claims both scientific and pseudoscientific have been made for the golden ratio. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

These strange places around the world rank among the most macabre, but have interesting explanations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Navajo Skinwalkers were said to be able to shapeshift into animals, but don't worry, it's just a tall tale. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide. 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