Preparations for our immersive Halloween exhibition of ghostly, paranormal art are going well.

First, I have now over 500 subscribers!

The great Spanish magician Juan Tamariz died on the 18th August.

This substack is a mixture of psychology, magic, paranormal and speaking stuff.

I’ve conducted lots of strange research over the years, but one project always sparks the most questions: My quest for the world’s funniest joke.

Lots of people will be heading up to the Edinburgh Festivals, and so I thought that it would be fun to put together a free, self-guided, magical tour of the city.

I have spent most of my career giving talks.

I have just returned from Buffalo, where I attended a conference hosted by the brilliant Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). In one session I interviewed science writer Mary Roach about her wonderf...

A pioneer of paranormal activity!

While many speakers focus entirely on the content of a talk, I put lots of effort into my slides.

The "£1000 per word" rule

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Professor Richard Wiseman reviews 'The Incredible Afterlives of Dr Stevenson' by Jesse Bering (University of Chicago Press); plus an extract.

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Professor Richard Wiseman's new book, 'Shoot for the Moon' considers how we can 'Achieve the Impossible with the Apollo Mindset'. Our editor Jon Sutton posed him some questions, and we publish an extr...

Studying the pace of life

I recently ran a session at the University of Hertfordshire on the 7 factors that I believe underpin an impactful presentation.

Our editor Jon Sutton introduces a special collection, with your views...

Richard Wiseman argues that we are facing a dullness crisis.

I am a huge fan of Dale Carnegie and mention him in pretty much every interview I give.

It’s time for some obscure magic and music hall history.

I am staging a one-off performance of the World’s Most Boring Card Trick at Magic Fest in Edinburgh on the 27th December.

First, a quick announcement - I will be presenting a special, one-off, performance of The World’s Most Boring Card Trick at the Edinburgh MagicFest this year.

Last weekend I was at the 48th Annual Conference of the Society for Psychical Research.

A few months ago, I was invited to present a series of events at FISM — often referred to as the Olympics of Magic.

I am going to perform a new show at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival called ‘The World’s Most Boring Card Trick.’

We are a not-for-profit community organisation, founded to promote science, positive skepticism and critical thinking skills via public engagement. ​We also host monthly Skeptics in the Pub and social...

I have recently carried out some detective work into one of my favourite paranormal studies.

Richard Wiseman and Caroline Watt look at three areas where parapsychologists have been ahead of the curve.

Richard Wiseman explores the strange world of mind magic and the life of David Berglas.