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The legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Background music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Vortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An object claimed to be 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth is just a piece of an old space shuttle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An Internet legend claims that a man named John Titor is a visitor from the year 2036. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A B-25 bomber ditched in a Pennsylvania river in broad daylight 1956 and, seemingly impossibly, was never found. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say that it wasn't an airliner that struck the Pentagon on 9/11, but a missile. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This apocryphal Middle Ages pope said to be a woman in disguise probably never existed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Schumann Resonance, 7.83Hz, is one natural radio band in our atmosphere, but holds no mystical powers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This most famous of all fabled "lost mines" has a history that fails to stand up to skeptical scrutiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices