Joe Nickell
Joe Nickell, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and "Investigative Files" Columnist for Skeptical Inquirer. A former stage magician, private investigator, and teacher, he is author of numerous books, including Inquest on the Shroud of Turin (1998), Pen, Ink and Evidence (2003), Unsolved History (2005) and Adventures in Paranormal Investigation (2007). He has appeared in many television documentaries and has been profiled in The New Yorker and on NBC's Today Show. His personal website is at joenickell.com.
Pirates’ Ghosts: Aar-r-gh!
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Investigative Files
They embody legend: romantic, swashbuckling, heroic figures--enchanting rogues whose ghosts eternally guard their buried...
John Calvin and the Shroud of Turin
Skeptical Briefs Volume 19.3, September 2009
Investigative Files
While writing an introduction for an edition of John Calvin’s 1543 Treatise on Relics, I became intrigued by a little mystery...
Vatican Miracle Game
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
August 25, 2009
Medical science shortchanged by miracle claim.Encountering ‘Aliens in the Attic’
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
August 21, 2009
Paleontologists Tour “Creationist Disneyland”
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
August 14, 2009
Great Quackery Collector Dead
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
August 4, 2009
Olgierd Lindan, freethinker and quackbuster, dies at 95.Thought-Reader Banachek
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
July 30, 2009
Famous ‘Psychic’ Blindsided
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
July 10, 2009
Rosemary Altea fails to “see” self being scammed.Crop Circles Evolve
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
July 3, 2009
England’s crop-circle formations prompt an iconological study.Quest for the Giant Eel
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.4, July / August 2009
Investigative Files
On a six-day trip to the Canadian province of Newfoundland in Labrador, I encountered some very large creatures...
The Child Preachers
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
June 25, 2009
Bigfoot and ETs: Developing Mythologies
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
June 22, 2009
We watch as mythologies develop for our times.“Champ” Sighting Solved?
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
June 9, 2009
“Is Anybody There?”
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
June 3, 2009
Movie with Michael Caine skirts the Great Beyond.Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Cardiff’s Giant Hoax
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Book Review
Review of A Colossal Hoax: The Giant from Cardiff that Fooled America by Scott Tribble
Demons in Connecticut
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Investigative Files
Take a house reeking of death, bring in a "demonologist," commission a professional writer to enhance the alleged events...
The Image of Edessa Revealed
Skeptical Briefs Volume 19.2, June 2009
Investigative Files
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Among certain reputedly miraculous images of Jesus was the Image of Edessa, known later to the Byzantines as the Mandylion.
Debunkers Launch “Great UFO Hoax”
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
May 26, 2009
Fooling UFO believers is a double-edged sword.Tribute to James Randi (with Humor at My Expense)
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
May 22, 2009
Escape artist turned world’s skeptic, Randi was adored at conference.UFOs: Unending Friedman Outrages
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May 13, 2009
Saucer conspiracy theorist uses illogic, name calling, and worse.Tearful effigies are pious (and not so pious) frauds.
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
May 6, 2009
Another "Weeping" IconNot-so-Psychic Sylvia Browne
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April 23, 2009
Infamous “psychic” continues to refuse scientific testingLatest “Shroud” Pseudohistory
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
April 14, 2009
Notorious Shroud of Turin is still a painted fake.“Vampire” Unearthed
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
April 8, 2009
Archaeological dig reveals seventeenth century exorcism of a "vampire."Demonizing in Connecticut
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 27, 2009
