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The Skeptic Zone #710 - 15.May.2022
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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:12 You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill Adrienne Hill and Susan Gerbic visit "Explore & More", The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children's Museum in Buffalo NY and talk to Rebecca Glon, IT & Exhibits Manager. http://www.exploreandmore.org 0:17:46 TikTok Paranormal We scroll through the endless, live TikTok videos featuring people who think they have psychic insights. Others include dowsing rods, pendulums, bones, giant matches and more. 0:37:56 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Unsolved Mysteries". http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
- 1909, 17 January - The Sunday Times
- 1924, 1 March - The Herald - Victoria
- 1939, 13 March - The Northern Star
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