Mockumentary, or documentary based on a hoax? The other day I watched a peculiar documentary titled Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison, directed by Joel Gilbert. Gilbert claims that on July 31, 2005, the office of Highway 61 Entertainment received a package with no return address, postmarked in London. It... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup: UFO Stuff
Cow-blood transfusions and other achy breaky bullshit Yet again, a series of blurry-ass photos help prove the existence of Bigfoot. This is almost as convincing as the video of a blob-that-could-be-a-spaceship abducting a smudge-that-might've-been-a-cow. How can you go on denying the evidence?! And speaking of alien cow abductions, at least one UFO Casebook forum commenter/alleged... Continue Reading →
Some Rather Pointless Hoaxes
No, Lindsay Lohan has not been poisoned. The search term "Lindsay Lohan Poisoned", which popped up on Google Trends and elsewhere two days ago, is a publicity stunt by Alex Jones. He's promoting an 11-minute video on the supposed dangers of ADHD medications, fluoridated water, vaccines, GMO food, etc. It's amazing how many errors one... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
Australian toilet vampires, yo. The Too Much Time on Their Hands Award goes to the group of archeology students who supposedly saw a UFO last week while digging for Bigfoot remains in Kemerovo Province, Russia. When it comes to weirdness, Henry Makow's Save the Males website is a goldmine. And today's top story doesn't disappoint:... Continue Reading →
Canada’s Top 5 Strangest Conspiracy Theories (in honour of Canada Day)
This is a tricky post because Canadians, in general, are not a paranoid people. Our conspiracizing is mostly limited to things like, "They must put extra caffeine in this Tim Horton's coffee, eh?" (which has been thoroughly debunked, BTW). In fact, we have so few conspiracy theories that people have to invent them for us.... Continue Reading →
5 Unconvincing Paranormal Cases
Several months ago, a guy named Ian Tindell posted 5 Convincing 'Real' Paranormal Cases that "will give the average skeptic...food for thought" at Ranker.com. He's right. There is food for thought, and "real" does belong in quotation marks. Let's review: 1. The "exorcism" of Annelise Michel. This was the case that inspired the mediocre horror... Continue Reading →
Anatomy of a Hoax: The Incredible Discovery of Noah’s Ark
Now that Noah's Ark has been discovered for the umpteenth time, let's review a classic Ark hoax from the '90s.In the early '90s, CBS aired a string of Bible documentaries produced by Sun International Pictures/Sunn Classic Pictures: Ancient Secrets of the Bible, Ancient Secrets of the Bible II, Mysteries of the Ancient World, and The... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
Come, Armageddon, come. The latest plank in the New World Order platform: Post offices! One man has the courage to expose their illegal secret rooms and their "indoctrinated multicultural post office workers", and to ask the really important questions, like "What role do Freemasons undertake in the U.S. Post Office?". Another plank: Avatar, with its... Continue Reading →
The Lady Vanishes
The media hoo-rah surrounding South Carolina governor Mark Sanford's "disappearance" brought to my mind some far stranger voluntary disappearances, most of them involving the very same thing that supposedly drove Gov. Sanford into the arms of his Argentine mistress: True love. Or, in some cases, the lack of it. Parts I & II: Agatha Christie... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
Hey, if Glenn Beck can use idiotic visual aids, why can't I? It's a week of heightened hysteria in the conspiranoia world - the pie is falling! First up, Chavez and the earthquake machine conspiracy... I guess this makes Chavez the most prominent international figure to actually take this bit of conspiranoid WTFery seriously. Tesla... Continue Reading →