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Are all those stories you heard about razor blades hidden in Halloween candy true, or just more urban legends? Guest episode brought to you by Ashley Hamer Pritchard and sponsored by Brad Pritikin. skeptoid.com/episodes/1064

These tests that promise to easily detect cancer with a blood test are fraught with profound accuracy errors. skeptoid.com/episodes/1063

Las Vegas mob lore clings thick to human remains found as Lake Mead's water level recedes. But is it truly mob secrets that are being revealed or perhaps something a bit more nuanced? skeptoid.com/episodes/1062

Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish standing stones — ever actually live? skeptoid.com/episodes/1061

Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way. skeptoid.com/episodes/1059

Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana? skeptoid.com/episodes/1058

Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio. skeptoid.com/episodes/1057

The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines. skeptoid.com/episodes/1056

We dive into the Skeptoid mailbag to find your best listener feedback. skeptoid.com/episodes/1055

It turns out that having zero fraud in society is not necessarily a goal that would serve the general good. Why not? skeptoid.com/episodes/1054

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? skeptoid.com/episodes/1053

What's really behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider's third planned shutdown? This guest episode brought to you by Ashley Hamer Pritchard and Sponsored by Stevan Rich. skeptoid.com/episodes/1052

Once again, we issue your corrections to errors made in previous Skeptoid episodes. skeptoid.com/episodes/1051

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? skeptoid.com/episodes/1050

Is this new technique to move your consciousness into another world anything more than just vivid imagination? Maybe. skeptoid.com/episodes/1049

Seed oils seem to be the newest food villain. Are they something you truly need to avoid? skeptoid.com/episodes/1048

Popular tales claim that pirates used the island of Cozumel as a base of operations. History tells us pretty much the exact opposite. skeptoid.com/episodes/1047

Are alien spacecraft truly the best explanation for "transient" dots found on old telescope photographs? skeptoid.com/episodes/1046

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What was the real cause of the drop in English-speaking literacy rates between 1980 and 2020? skeptoid.com/episodes/1045