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.
CSICOP Assists in Philadelphia TV Station’s Psychic “Sting”
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 19.6, November / December 1995
News & Comment
A cleverly conceived and strikingly effective psychic expose was conducted in May 1995 by Philadelphia WCAU-TV's Herb Denenberg.
“Alien Autopsy” Hoax
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 19.6, November / December 1995
Investigative Files
It keeps going and going and...
The Haunted Tape Recorder
Skeptical Briefs Volume 5.3, September 1995
Investigative Files
As most people who own them know, tape recorders sometimes malfunction...
The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Duplicate
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 7.3, Spring 1983
Article
Re-creation of a 440-foot Nazca figure on a Kentucky field shows how the Peruvian drawings were most likely made.
