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Spontaneous Human Combustion
Episode 258
People can catch on fire… and there doesn't seem to be anything too mysterious about any given case.
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The Secret of Plum Island
Episode 257
This secret government lab was said to create genetic mutants. Here's what they actually did.
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Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day
Episode 256
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students from around the world.
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Superhuman Strength during a Crisis
Episode 255
Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. The science behind it is less than compelling.
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Finding the POW/MIAs
Episode 254
American POW/MIAs are probably not still being held captive inside Vietnam.
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The Port Arthur Massacre
Episode 253
The 1996 mass murder in Tasmania was not secretly a plot by the government to get firearms banned.
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The Voynich Manuscript
Episode 252
The true history and meaning of history's most famous undeciphered book.
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Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice
Episode 251
Skeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party.
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The History of Knowledge
Episode 250
A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music.
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Student Questions: Airport X-Rays, Shampoo, and the Moon
Episode 249
Skeptoid answers another round of science questions sent in by students all around the world.
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