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Skeptoid

The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, pop

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Total: 1018

Seven creepy stories from seven listeners, and seven guesses by me.

A thoroughly discredited idea, that the Mesoamerican Olmec people were Black Africans, continues to

This buried rock wall found throughout Rockwall County has people wondering about its origin.

It's Skeptoid's 18th birthday! Won't you help us celebrate by giving us a little birthday present?

Can dogs be taught to speak intelligently using floor buttons that represent words?

Skeptoid #956: 18 for 18

2024/10/1

Highlights from 18 years of the Skeptoid podcast.

Fifteen trivia questions from previous aviation themed episodes of Skeptoid.

15 popular myths about sleeping, debunked.

Join the Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. Visit skeptoid.com/store to get your shirts

Lots of companies sell pheromone products claiming to calm down your dog or cat, but there's a very

Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or

Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all.

If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way.

Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist?

The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to t

Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know.

The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space fligh

Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient adva

Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible

Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth.