Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish standing stones — ever actually live?

Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way.

Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana?

Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio.

The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines.

We dive into the Skeptoid mailbag to find your best listener feedback.

It turns out that having zero fraud in society is not necessarily a goal that would serve the general good. Why not?

Some say you might have repressed memories that you know nothing about — but that might be discovered and recovered therapeutically. Is this a real thing?

What's really behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider's third planned shutdown?

Once again, we issue your corrections to errors made in previous Skeptoid episodes.

The question of whether torture is ever justified must take a back seat to the more important question: Is it effective at producing useful intelligence?

Seed oils seem to be the newest food villain. Are they something you truly need to avoid?

Popular tales claim that pirates used the island of Cozumel as a base of operations. History tells us pretty much the exact opposite.

Are alien spacecraft truly the best explanation for "transient" dots found on old telescope photographs?

Discover the world's most amazing places with knowledgeable guides and all of your new best like-minded skeptical friends.

What was the real cause of the drop in English-speaking literacy rates between 1980 and 2020?

Discover the world's most amazing places with knowledgeable guides and all of your new best like-minded skeptical friends.

Usually, wellness therapies that claim to treat everything actually treat nothing.

The real story behind the CIA spending $20 million on PROJECT STARGATE to study psychics.

Skeptoid event on December 6, 2026

All about Louisiana's mysterious swamp werewolf of legend...

A round-up of plausible-sounding myths about the Moon, most of which you've probably heard, and some of which you might believe.

Some say artificial food dyes are killing us. The truth is a lot more nuanced.

The more years go by, the more Americans believe that ordinary airliners are secretly spraying chemicals for some hidden nefarious purpose.

Is the world record highest air temperature a solid measurement, or might it be invalid?

It turns out there's probably no such thing as an alpha wolf.

An overview of the amazing chess playing robot of the 1700s.

A look at those few times when hoaxers came closest to fooling those who knew better.

Part 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves.

The history and pseudohistory of this infamous and ubiquitous obscene gesture.