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The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine
Episode 347
This most famous of all fabled "lost mines" has a history that fails to stand up to skeptical scrutiny.
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Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments
Episode 346
Skeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback.
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The Cult of Nikola Tesla
Episode 345
The name of Nikola Tesla is associated with crazy conspiracy claims that have nothing to do with his real work.
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Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm
Episode 344
Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert.
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The Hollow Earth Theory
Episode 343
Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.
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Was the Wow! Signal Alien?
Episode 342
A signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Free Energy Machines
Episode 341
Someone somewhere is always claiming to have cracked the secret of free energy forever, no fuel needed.
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Listener Feedback: A Cacophony of Conspiracies
Episode 340
How you can convince your friends that their conspiracy theories are nonsensical.
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Setting the Bloop Straight
Episode 339
The solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes.
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The Flat Earth Theory
Episode 338
The Flat Earth Theory has its origins not in alt-science but in Christian Fundamentalism.
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