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Seven creepy stories from seven listeners, and seven guesses by me. A discredited idea, that the Mesoamerican Olmec people were Black Africans, is gaining traction. This buried rock wall found throughout Rockwall County has people wondering about its origin. Can dogs be taught to speak intelligently using floor buttons that represent words? 18 years and over 950 episodes! Fifteen trivia questions from previous aviation themed episodes of Skeptoid. 15 popular myths about sleeping, debunked. skep.us/4954 Companies sell pheromone products claiming to calm your pet, but there's a problem with that claim. Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold? Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all. If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way. #950 Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist? #949 A claim that medical error is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true. Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know. The weirdest, creepiest, funniest and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight Pseudoarchaeologists will cite the Younger Dryas event as proof ancient advanced civilizations Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible Fear not, the aliens are not coming to Earth. A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad How we decide what makes a good topic for a skeptical documentary film. This modern UFO case has been declared to be one of the most compelling ever. What is this ancient civilization? A bloody face tattoo for facial rejuvenation? Was Helen Keller faking it or did she even exist at all? Is your morning routine making you sick? This week, a roundup of 15 common myths about coffee. Answering another round of listener feedback questions. The true history of this stone covered in Viking runes. #kensingtonrunestone skep.us/4934 Was the SARS-Cov-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab? Ep. 933 Is Recycling for Real? A closer look. Skep.us/4932 Errors from 6 previous episodes fixed. Error Erasure Extravaganza! Creepy children with huge balloon heads stalking the woods at night, ready to attack. The UFO crash you’ve never heard of. Your tax dollars at work. Does this PTSD treatment actually work? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing #EMDR Human Guinea Pigs. I can’t believe they did that The UFO sighting that can’t be debunked Will this test tell everything about you? Early UFO’s and WW2 fighter pilots.. skep.us/4924 Were these murders a result of Louisiana Voodoo? Is this the secret to how extraterrestrials travel long distances? Dioxin Disaster. Was it as bad as they told us? What’s with the headless goats floating down the river?! A monk is said to have been able to see and hear historical events. Breaking down 4 myths about Martin Luther King Jr. The most hated episode ever.. DDT, 13 Years Later "The UFO Movie" is now on YouTube! Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 2 Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 1 Stop your hiccups now with this episode ‘Stopping Hiccups with Science’