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It is the second most visited monument in the world (after the Great Wall of China), and in 2007 was included among the new seven wonders of the modern world. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Conspiracy of the Fairies</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.6">Volume 41.6, November/December 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p> </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Monster of Florence: Case Closed? The Terrifying Story of the Most Infamous Ritual Murders in It</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.5">Volume 41.5, September/October 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p> </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Monster of Florence: Case Closed?</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.4">Volume 41.4, July/August 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p> </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-41.3-Polidoro_thumb.png" alt="The Return of the Fairies"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_return_of_the_fairies">The Return of the Fairies</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.3">Volume 41.3, May/June 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p>“In this case, the gnome is seen as a guardian of nature, just like our Corp is recognized as the environmental protector.” </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/ten_practical_tactics_to_unravel_the_uncanny">Ten Practical Tactics to Unravel the Uncanny</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_41.1">Volume 41.1, January/February 2017</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p>The plural of anecdote is not evidence. </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; 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font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>William Tell: Myth or Reality?</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_40.5">Volume 40.5, September/October 2016</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><p> </p></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-40-2-MM-1_thumb.jpg" alt="In Search of Mary Magdalene"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/in_search_of_mary_magdalene">In Search of Mary Magdalene</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_40.2">Volume 40.2, March/April 2016</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>But why today is there so much discussion about Magdalene? What’s so special about this woman to attract the attention of fans of mysteries?</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/charlie_thumb.jpg" alt="The Charlie Charlie Challenge"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_charlie_charlie_challenge">The Charlie Charlie Challenge</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.6">Volume 39.6, November/December 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p> This is the latest web craze known as the “Charlie Charlie Challenge,” perhaps dating back to an ancient Mexican tradition, an experience that intrigues kids and scares adults. Through a sort of séance, some claim people can ask questions to some unseen entity that should be able to reply.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI39-4-Tjipetir_thumb.jpg" alt="The Mystery of TJIPETIR"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_mystery_of_tjipetir">The Mystery of TJIPETIR</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.4">Volume 39.4, July/August 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p> Mysterious rectangular rubber-like blocks, with the enigmatic word <em>TJIPETIR</em> engraved into them, have been washing up for the past few years on the beaches of northern Europe.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Enter the Boy Wonder, Part 2 – Randi vs. Geller: How the Giant Battle Began</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.3">Volume 39.3, May/June 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidoro-randi-ii-fb_thumb.jpg" alt="The Amazing Randi’s Most Extraordinary Escape, Part 2"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_amazing_randis_most_extraordinary_escape_part_2">The Amazing Randi’s Most Extraordinary Escape, Part 2</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.1">Volume 39.1, January/February 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>So, how did The Amazing Randi escape not only from the cell that kept him a prisoner but also from the building of the police station in Valleyfield Quebec? Here is the ingenious solution devised by Randi.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Enter the Boy Wonder, Part 1 – Randi vs. Geller: How the Giant Battle Began</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.2">Volume 39.2, March/April 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; 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However, the risks run by those who decide to rely on these frauds are often much worse than just a bloodletting to their pocketbooks.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidoro-leonardo_thumb.jpg" alt="The Mysteries of Leonardo"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_mysteries_of_leonardo">The Mysteries of Leonardo</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_37.5">Volume 37.5, September/October 2013</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Leonardo da Vinci not only epitomizes genius and creativity, but he is also one of the most sought-after sources of mysteries, both real and invented.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; 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Some think that a picture falling off the wall represents a bad omen for the person depicted or photographed in it. Others feel watched by some portraits whose eyes seem to follow onlookers as they move through a room. And still others claim that paintings can come alive...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidoro-alien-mug-shots-10_thumb.jpg" alt="Alien Mug Shots: The Ten Best (or Worst) Photos of Aliens"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/alien_mug_shots_the_ten_best_or_worst_photos_of_aliens">Alien Mug Shots: The Ten Best (or Worst) Photos of Aliens</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_36.5">Volume 36.5, September/October 2012</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Once you take out those plainly fake and the more suspicious looking ones all you are left with are about ten photos. These are, essentially, “mug shots” of wanted extraterrestrials. Here is my personal list of the best (or worst) photos of aliens.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Stairway to Heaven: A Firsthand Account of a UFO Sighting</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_36.4">Volume 36.4, July/August 2012</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; 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It was the second time that this phenomenon had reportedly happened there.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a 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href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidoro-lincoln-ghost_thumb.jpg" alt="Photos of Ghosts: The Burden of Believing the Unbelievable"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/photos_of_ghosts_the_burden_of_believing_the_unbelievable">Photos of Ghosts: The Burden of Believing the Unbelievable</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_35.4">Volume 35.4, July/August 2011</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Seeing photos of ghostly faces and figures floating around in the air must have been quite a shock to our ancestors.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/strange-massimo_thumb.jpg" alt="I Was a Teenage Psychic"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/i_was_a_teenage_psychic">I Was a Teenage Psychic</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_35.3">Volume 35.3, May/June 2011</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>As a guest on a popular Italian TV show, <em>L’Istruttoria</em> (<em>The Inquest</em>), I had a chance to test a theory I was rather curious about.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/SI-3_thumb.jpg" alt="Magic or Miracle?"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/magic_or_miracle">Magic or Miracle?</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_35.2">Volume 35.2, March/April 2011</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>A Lesson Worth Remembering</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/how_to_make_a_monster">How to Make a Monster!</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_34.6">Volume 34.6, November/December 2010</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>The Legend of Creating Artificial Life: From the Golem to Pinocchio</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/testing_for_x-ray_vision">Testing for X-Ray Vision</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_34.4">Volume 34.4, July / August 2010</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Some time ago, we received a letter from a woman, R.G., who claimed she can peer inside sealed boxes with some sort of X-ray vision and describe...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_mystery_of_the_moving_tombstone">The Mystery of the Moving Tombstone</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_34.2">Volume 34.2, March / April 2010</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Dutch police experts gather around a TV screen. They are watching footage from a hidden camera that was positioned to monitor a supposed case of vandalism at...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Shroud of Turin Duplicated</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_34.1">Volume 34.1, January / February 2010</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>The Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CICAP) celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a special three-day conference...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Eusapia Palladino, Queen of the Cabinet, Part 4</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_33.6">Volume 33.6, November / December 2009</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>How is it possible that well-trained and respected scientists and investigators could be deceived by a clever...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Eusapia Palladino, Queen of the Cabinet, Part 3</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_33.5">Volume 33.5, September / October 2009</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>There suddenly came a wild, yelling scream. It was such a scream as I have never heard before in my life, not even in...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Eusapia Palladino, Queen of the Cabinet, Part 2</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_33.4">Volume 33.4, July / August 2009</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Eleven extraordinary séances with medium Eusapia Palladino were held in the now-defunct Hotel Victoria in Naples.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Eusapie Palladino, the Queen of the Cabinet, Part 1</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_33.3">Volume 33.3, May / June 2009</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>...it was essential that the investigators were knowledgeable of the methods of trickery. But were they really?</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/search_for_the_ark">Search for the Ark</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_33.1">Volume 33.1, January / February 2009</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Along with the Holy Grail, the Ark is the most sought after and elusive of relics.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidorobook_thumb.jpg" alt="The Curious Case of Street Lamp Interference"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/curious_case_of_street_lamp_interference">The Curious Case of Street Lamp Interference</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_32.6">Volume 32.6, November / December 2008</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>What would you think if street lamps kept turning off when you passed them by?</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidoro_thumb.jpg" alt="Hunting for Spooklights"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/hunting_for_spooklights">Hunting for Spooklights</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_32.5">Volume 32.5, September / October 2008</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>The hot, still night was illuminated by a full moon. The two shadowy figures moving along the empty road wondered if this...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>‘I Am Houdini! And You Are a Fraud!’</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_32.2">Volume 32.2, March / April 2008</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Though it seems that everything has already been said and written about magician Harry Houdini, every now and then something...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Legend of the Pied Piper</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_32.1">Volume 32.1, January / February 2008</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>It is 1284, and the little German town of Hamelin is infested by a plague of rats. In desperation, the mayor advertises for...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/polidoro2_thumb.jpg" alt="Spook Hills in the Lab"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/spook_hills_in_the_lab">Spook Hills in the Lab</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_31.6">Volume 31.6, November / December 2007</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Spook hills, also known as antigravity or magnetic hills, are natural places where cars in neutral seem to move uphill.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; 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Now if I were able to do it, would you say I'm a psychic?"</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Devious Art of Improvising, Lesson Two</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_31.1">Volume 31.1, January / February 2007</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Both Henning and Wilson were staring, quite curious to see how Randi would escape from such an impossible situation.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/sw1_thumb.jpg" alt="The Devious Art of Improvising, Lesson One"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/devious_art_of_improvising_lesson_one">The Devious Art of Improvising, Lesson One</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_30.6">Volume 30.6, November / December 2006</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>The great fake psychics are great improvisationists.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Behind the Mask</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_30.5">Volume 30.5, September / October 2006</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>"A masked man lived in the Bastille for years and, still wearing a mask, there he died."</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/houdinirsquos_impossible_demonstration">Houdini’s Impossible Demonstration</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_30.4">Volume 30.4, July / August 2006</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>For years, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were friends. One was an arch-skeptic while the other was a true believer.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Circles of Light</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_30.3">Volume 30.3, May / June 2006</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>A new enigma is spreading on the Internet. Some call it a new kind of miracle. According to various Web sites, for the past...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/mp1_thumb.jpg" alt="In Search of Dracula"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/in_search_of_dracula">In Search of Dracula</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_30.2">Volume 30.2, March / April 2006</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>I recently had the opportunity to travel through Europe in search of the reality behind some famous ancient legends.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819im_/https://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/walrus1_thumb.jpg" alt="The Walrus Was Paul!"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_walrus_was_paul">The Walrus Was Paul!</a></h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_30.1">Volume 30.1, January / February 2006</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>Did you know that Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle, never left the band because he died in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike?</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>Beware of Poltergeists</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_29.5">Volume 29.5, September / October 2005</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p><em>Poltergeist</em> is a German word that literally means "noisy ghost." It is, in fact, believed that poltergeists...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:100;"> Subscribe now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://pocketmags.com/viewmagazine.aspx?&title=Skeptical+Inquirer&titleid=1674">Online</a>, or to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/si">Print Magazine</a>.<br/> Also available on our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/id661109847?mt=8">iTunes App</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magazinecloner.skeptical&hl=en">Android App</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181030121819/http://www.csicop.org/news/show/skeptical_inquirer_is_now_available_digitally">other devices</a>.</span></p></div> <h4>The Story of a ‘Greata’ Medium</h4> <h5 class="author">by <a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></h5> <h5><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_29.4">Volume 29.4, July / August 2005</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/notes_on_a_strange_world">Notes on a Strange World</a></h5> <p>There once was an Italian Spiritualistic medium who had both the pleasure of astonishing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator...</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available to Subscribers<br/><span style="font-size:12px; 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But Science Wins Out"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20181030121819/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/lady_homeopathy_strikes_back">Lady Homeopathy Strikes Back. . . 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