Archive for 'paranormal'
“Respected” Psychic Mistakes Fake Photo For Actual Ghost
An Australian psychic told a woman that her photograph contains evidence of–not one, but two!–ghosts. Guess he found out too late that the picture was a hoax.
Full PostSkeptical Monkey’s Predictions for 2010
In response to the oft-posted predictions of “psychics” at the start of each new year, we at Skeptical Monkey decided to make a few predictions of our own.
Full PostPsychic Twins: They’re Just Bad People
Psychic twins, Linda and Terry Jamison, claim to have predicted 9/11. Forget the shoddy evidence for a moment and ask yourself: are these woman really behaving like they had prior knowledge of a national tragedy?
Full PostDid “Psychic Twins” Predict the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks?
Psychic twins claim to have predicted 9/11… but their predictions are vague and the evidence is scarce. The only evidence we found was a radio show on YouTube where they claimed the US government and WTC would be attacked. Everything else was said after the fact.
Full PostDid a Psychic Predict Michael Jackson’s Death?
When celebrities die, self-proclaimed psychics and mediums tend to come out of the woodwork with claims of predictions and/or messages from beyond the grave. When Heath Ledger passed away in 2008, for example, James Van Praagh wasted no time announcing on public television that he’d received a "visit" from the late actor.
Here We Go Again…
Psychic James Van Praagh Shows Off His “Powers” On The Dr. Phil Show
Montel Williams may be going off the air, but it appears there’s no shortage of talk show hosts willing to sell themselves out for a ratings boost. Just look at the Thursday, May 15th episode of Dr. Phil, on which self-proclaimed psychic James Van Praagh came by to promote “Ghost Whisperer” and shill his new [...]
Full PostPraying To Milk Doesn’t Make Your Wish Come True
Approaching Prayer From A Logical Point of View
Prayer is not without its place. It can be comforting and bring people together for a good cause. But is someone actively answering our prayers? Or is more likely that ‘answered prayers’ are the products of hope and coincidence?
The following video does a good job of explaining this [...]
Hey Psychics, Did You See This Coming?
Regulating Psychics? It’s About Time!
British psychics are in for a rude awakening. A new set of laws may force them to prove their talents in court, or “give disclaimers describing their services as entertainment or as scientific experiments with unpredictable results.”
Daylight Atheism sums up the situation quite well:
The law currently in force in this area [...]
I Know We Americans Love Baseball, But This is Ridiculous…
Are We Ruled by Superstition Here in the United States?
This past Sunday, April 13th, this story was reported on Yahoo! News:
A construction worker’s bid to curse the New York Yankees by planting a Boston Red Sox jersey in their new stadium was foiled Sunday when the home team removed the offending shirt from its burial [...]
Think You’ve Seen A Ghost? Just Turn Out The Lights
Are you one of many Americans who believe they’ve experienced the presence of a ghost? Your own brain could be deceiving you. I am not referring to intelligence or alertness, but the electrical inner-workings of the brain. Electrical interference could be the culprit, rather than a supernatural entity. Let me explain.
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetism refers to an invisible [...]
