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A look at those few times when hoaxers came closest to fooling those who knew better.

Some believe that oil comes from geological processes rather than from ancient biomass.

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.