Special Articles
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Talking to Heaven Through Television
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
March 13, 2001
How the Mass Media Package and Sell Psychic Medium John Edward
A Look Back at the Best Skeptic Book of 2000
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
January 1, 2001
Voodoo Science Conjures a Celebrity Out of a Scientist
The Physics Instructor Who Walks on Fire
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
October 25, 2000
Willey walks across hot coals, sinks his hand in molten lead, strides across broken glass, and has blocks smashed across him.
Introducing Italy’s Version of Harry Houdini
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
August 31, 2000
Most ten-year-olds growing up in Italy dream of feats of national heroism on the soccer field...
The Best Case for ESP?
by Matt Nisbet
Generation sXeptic
July 28, 2000
Imagine that you are recruited for a ganzfeld experiment, touted as the best known method for testing for "psi" ability.
Failed Psychic Predictions 1999
by Gene Emery
Psychic Predictions
December 31, 1999
Remember the ‘90s?
CSICOP Response to Fox’s Signs From God: Science Tests Faith
by Matt Nisbet
July 29, 1999
Program Aims for Ratings while Abusing Science and Exploiting Belief Systems
Hollywood Plans a Paranormal End to the Summer
by Matt Nisbet
July 22, 1999
Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Offers Critical Guide to Movie Topics
Review of Psychic Medium Van Praagh on CNN’s Larry King Live
by Joe Nickell
June 8, 1999
On-air séances are nothing new. Thirty years ago I arranged one in a dimly lit radio studio in Toronto...
The Phantom Menace of Superstition in Film and Television
by Matt Nisbet
Opinion
May 28, 1999
This is an essay about George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Dark Lords of the Sith.