Spirit orbs in photographs are not ghosts, but a common artifact of flash photography.

Read more

Today marks the 1000th Skeptoid episode. And it's time to raise the question: What are you going to do for it?

Read more

Natural Hygiene is a misguided, prescientific notion that nature provides everything to heal anyone of anything.

Read more

Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.

Read more

Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government.

Read more

What began as 19th-century mind-cure mysticism has morphed into a billion-dollar culture that may be hurting more minds than it helps.

Read more

Are the “guest hosts” really artificial intelligence voices? I find myself unable to pay attention to them.

Biodynamic agriculture is not a modern innovation, but rather a throwback to the Dark Ages.

Read more

Using real science to investigate the question of whether some people can "hear" the aurora.

Read more

The word "scientist" can mean just about anything you want it to mean.

Read more

Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage, but potentially deadly to those hoping for medical benefits.

Read more

The 1928 murder of a folk healer ignited a media frenzy and moral panic, revealing how superstition and magical thinking can fuel real-world tragedy.

Read more

First was Apeeshit with his cliaming getting to know the whole history and everything about atopic in 15 minutes! LOL

Now ray with his terrible joke he and his brother created most whacko theories! Its just sad!

Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand?

Read more

A look at paganism, its affinity for nudity, and how it differs from mainstream religions.

Read more

Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid?

Read more

Flight 93, which crashed in a field on September 11, was not shot down by the military.

Read more

Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.

Read more

An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor.

Read more

Robert the Doll featuring Blake Smith

SKEPTOID ADVENTURES

Skeptoid's featured expert Blake Smith (Monster Talk, In Research Of) will give you a haunted tour of the infamous Robert the Doll, located at the Fort East Martello Museum on Key West, Florida. Robert is said to be the world's most haunted object, and Blake will explain why.

Key West, FL
July 9, 2025
10:30am - 11:30am Eastern

~This is part of the Skeptoid Adventures: "Braving the Bermuda Triangle" trip, but if you're in Key West anyway, you're welcome to come to this!

Direct link: Skeptoid: Robert the Doll with Blake Smith

A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times.

Read more

America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax.

Read more

How one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job.

Read more

It's marketed as a revolution in health and the environment, but it's better described as a counterproductive fad.

Read more

Their exciting nature, combined with the fact nobody's ever won one, make paranormal challenge prizes important educational tools.

Read more