Posted on November 11, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
Below are five video’s of Sky 1’s Michael Jackson – The Live Séance. Apart from the interesting bits about Michael writing his last album in Ireland and finding some sense of normality there with his children; the rest of the program is tacky and cringe worthy. Why four fans were chosen to sit in on [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
I knew it wouldn’t be long before some slimey psychic did a séance to contact Michael Jackson. Enter Derek Acorah. Sky1 will be screening two shows, Michael Jackson: The Live Séance and Michael Jackson: The Search For His Spirit, in November
Please follow this link to Derek’s official website, I have purposely linked to the page where [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
The trouble with going offline for a few days is that it’s a lot like going on a long holiday, you spend a lot of time trying to catch up on the news and gossip that you missed out on. And boy, have I missed out on some good stuff.
It seems a certain homeopathic ”doctor” has [...]
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Posted on August 19, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
Everyone loves a good ghost story,including a skeptic like me. I grew up in a family that pretty much believes in ghosts, my father in particular believed in them. I have memories of him trying to contact spirits using a circle of letters, with the words “yes” and “no” at the 12 and 6 o’clock positions [...]
Filed under: Personal, Pseudoscience, Skepticism | Tagged: Ghosts, Glassy Glassy, Haunted House, Hauntings, James Randi, Mediums, Million Dollar Challenge, Occult, Paranormal, Psychics, Spirits, Supernatural, Telepathy, The James Randi Educational Foundation, woo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 24, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
My last post was based on a tongue in cheek internet article about psychic mediums speaking to Michael Jackson shortly after his death, however, the overall message I wanted to get across was that mediums cannot speak to dead people. Nobody can. Anyone claiming to be able to contact the spirit world is a liar [...]
Filed under: Pseudoscience, Skepticism | Tagged: The James Randi Educational Foundation, Psychics, Spirits, James Van Praagh, John Edward, Psychic Medium, Slyvia Browne, Shawn Hornbeck, Talking to the dead, Spirit World, Crossing Over, Cold Reading, Shotgunning, Derren Brown, Montel Williams | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
It seems Michael Jackson has been doing some interviews since his death. I knew it wouldn’t be long before some tacky medium crawled out from under a rock to announce that they had spoken to Michael, I was just wondering which one of them would be first. It seems likeJames Van Praagh is the winner [...]
Filed under: Crazy, Pseudoscience, Skepticism, Stupidity | Tagged: James Van Praagh, John Edward, Medium, Michael Jackson, Psychic, Psychic Medium, Scam Artists, Sylvia Browne | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
had no idea just how much craziness and downright stupidity I would encounter in my search of end of the world predictions. Theories about how the world will end range from research into dragons, Egypt and the hidden Hall of Records, planet X, pole shifts and the prophecies of the Mayans, Nostradamus, Zecharia Sitchin [...]
Filed under: Crazy, Pseudoscience, Skepticism, Stupidity | Tagged: 2012, 21 December 2012, Aliens, Banda Aceh, Bunker Construction, Doomsday, Earthquakes, Egypt, Electro Magnetic Radiation, Emergency Kit, Gamma Ray Burst, Hall of Records, How To Survive 2012, Maps, Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus, Pole Shift, Supervolcano, Survival Guide, Tinfoil Hats, Tsunami, woo, Zecharia Sitchin | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 10, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
Since the beginning of recorded history, doomsday prophets have come up with many end-of-the-world scenarios. Earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and pestilence have been some of the popular choices of these soothsayers; but there is one mega disaster that is a little more interesting – a polar shift. Before I go into what a polar [...]
Filed under: Crazy, Geology, Pseudoscience, Skepticism, science | Tagged: 2012, 21 December 2012, Atlantis, Charles Hapgood, Conspiracy Theories, Continental Drift, Doomsday, Earth-Crust Displacement, Einstein, Geology, Magnetic Polar Shift, Magnetic Reversals, Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus, Plate Tectonics, Polar shift, Pseudoscientists, science, The Earth’s Shifting Crust, Theory, Thermoremanent Magnetization | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 8, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
I’m going to be doing a series of posts on various end of the world predictions; many of which claim that the world will end in 2012. So, seeing as 2012 is not that far off, I thought that it would be a great topic to look into and to try and explain some of the [...]
Filed under: Crazy, Education, Pseudoscience, Religion, science | Tagged: 2012, 21 December 2012, Doomsday, End of the World, Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus, Oracle of Delphi, Polar Shift Hypothesis, Predictions, Prophesy, Pseudoscience, science, the bible | 12 Comments »
Posted on May 4, 2009 by The Skeptic Blacksheep
Last night I happened to watch the BBC documentary on Carte Blanche about psychic surgeon Gary Mannion, I’d never heard of him until last night. The documentary wasn’t bad, the interview was well balanced for one on psychic phenomena. However, I cannot say the same about Gary Mannion. I found his performance extremely funny and [...]
Filed under: Pseudoscience, Skepticism | Tagged: Carte Blanche, Fraud, Fraudsters, Gary Mannion, Healing, Mediums, Placebo Effect, Psychic Surgery, Psychics, Seance, Spirits | 6 Comments »