Joe Nickell

Voice of Reason: The reputed creator of a fake ET corpse has publicly confessed. Meanwhile, the truth of what happened at Roswell continues to be obscured by hoaxers, conspiracy cranks, and hustlers.

I had gone undercover to Tijuana, posing as a terminally ill cancer patient ...

Voice of Reason: The purported leviathan of Lake Champlain, “Champ,” has just resurfaced

Voice of Reason: A teenage boy meditating in the jungle of Nepal is said to have not taken food or water for months. Really, now.

Voice of Reason: Sightings of the legendary and elusive Igopogo go back to 1952. Find out the results of a new expedition to Lake Simcoe.

What really happened in 1938? Depends on who you ask.

As a touring King Tut exhibit opens this week in LA, some still wonder how the young pharaoh died.

Dan Brown's bestseller is largely based on obscure, forged documents that have now deceived millions.

Even Catholic church authorities do not endorse these inkblot visualizations.

Many facts emerge, but it being the burial cloth of Jesus is not among them.

Miracles, supposedly supernatural interferences with nature, have been reported since the most ancient times. Ironically--even in our own relatively enlightened culture--they continue to be touted.

On one TV show a detective insists psychics have never solved a crime, while on another, an equally experienced investigator says they are a valuable resource. Who is he kidding?