Category: Skeptics

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. This essay, originally posted in 2003, has been slightly abridged and reworded, mainly to eliminate references to outdated links. A response from…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. This essay was originally posted in 2004. It has been slightly abridged and reworded. —-   Talking to the Dead – Live…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. This essay was originally posted in 2003. — Unreality TV: "Psychic Secrets Revealed"   Recently, NBC aired an hour-long prime-time special called…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. This essay was originally posted in 2002. I believe it was the first item on the paranormal I ever posted.  —-  …

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. This essay was originally posted in 2002 and updated in 2003.  — R-101 On October 5, 1930, at 2:05 in the morning,…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. This essay was originally posted in 2004.  —- Why I'm Not a Skeptic For the past couple of years, as a sideline…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. Here's one of those essays, originally posted in 2003.   —-   20/20 Blindside: John Edward Takes a Hit   John Edward…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. Here's one of those essays, originally posted around 2003. As the title indicates, it's a follow-up to Of Dinosaurs and Phantoms, also…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. Here's one of those essays, originally posted in 2003.  —- Of Dinosaurs and Phantoms: Some Dubious Phenomena  Readers of my essays know…

  • NOTE: I used to have several older essays on the paranormal posted on my author site. When I recently updated the site, I removed all this material and decided to post it here. Here's one of those essays. Note that the essay dates from a decade ago, and, as pointed out below, the rules of…