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8 Spooky Places, and Why They're Like That
Episode 323
These strange places around the world rank among the most macabre, but have interesting explanations.
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Negative Calorie Food Myths
Episode 322
Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad.
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Skinwalkers
Episode 321
Navajo Skinwalkers were said to be able to shapeshift into animals, but don't worry, it's just a tall tale.
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The Suicide Dogs of Overtoun Bridge
Episode 320
There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide.
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Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the Airport
Episode 319
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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The Loch Ness Monster
Episode 318
The world's most famous cryptid is said to swim in Scotland's most famous loch.
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Attack of the Nanobots!
Episode 317
A look at the belief that nanotechnology may result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume society.
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New Skeptoid Books
Skeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen".
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Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science
Episode 316
Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.
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The Tehran 1976 UFO
Episode 315
Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.
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