Dorothy AllisonUntil her death in 1999, Allison enjoyed a fairly solid reputation as a psychic detective, despite her many exaggerated claims. This diminutive woman from New Jersey employed astrological charts and psychometry in her attempts to locate missing people, often over the phone, beginning in the late '60s. She claimed she assisted law enforcement in... Continue Reading →
Psychic Detectives Part I
Some of the world's most famous psychics have dabbled in criminal investigation or searches for missing persons. Uri Geller, the Enemy of All Flatware, claimed he worked with the FBI, which has never been confirmed. Jeanne Dixon, arguably the world's most famous psychic next to Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce, claimed that she tried to warn... Continue Reading →
Another Fun Friday with TrutherBitch: “LOOK UP!!”
TrutherBitch seems to go into warp drive with the scare emails on Friday nights. In addition to her emails on the conspiracy to spread Avian Flu via vaccines, the Danish dude who supports Stephen Jones' nanothermate theory, and of course Greek Irish dancers, there was this mess: YIYE! what a world we are living in!... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
The weirdest, most confusing website I've seen in a looong time: Lika Diplomat (AKA Lika Valentino, AKA the Queen of Iraq). Badly mangled English + conspiranoid rants + incoherent woman who seems to think she deserves a place on the world stage = WTF?. (Please, don't visit if you're epileptic - those flashing clowns will... Continue Reading →
Where is that Mock Turtle?
I'm getting a lot of hell from Truther friends for not blindly accepting the latest *PROOF* from Stephen E. Jones. Some days, I just sit around and wait for the Mock Turtle to show up.
Two Cases of Satanic Ritual Abuse, 20 Years Later
How have claims of Satanic ritual abuse held up over the past two decades? Generally, not well. There have been retractions, apologies, and debunkings in many of the high-profile cases of the '80s and '90s. And I think we can learn a lot from how the accusations were handled then, compared with how they look... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup
If you thought Mormon Zeitgeist was bizarre, check out Richard Evans' thoughts on the Mountain Meadows massacre, posted at Henry Makow's website. Evans suggests the massacre, which was apparently fueled by militant paranoia and some nasty rumours, was really a Satanic ritual sacrifice (you know, like 9/11). For the record, Makow is a batsh** insane... Continue Reading →
As if Zeitgeist isn’t stupid enough
Recently, a complete stranger called Cactusman sent this message to the Significant Other: "Incredible new info on 9/11: A group inside of America aided and abetted the terrorists, they've been at war with America since 1830, they infiltrated the Bush White House and all three terrorist events were related." He provided a link to the... Continue Reading →
Wednesday Weirdness Roundup + an announcement
April 1st seems like a fitting day on which to announce a change of format for Swallowing the Camel, so here's the deal: I'm going to cover one general topic a week, but will also (of course) post about whatever else snags my interest, plus the Wednesday Weirdness roundup. Mondays will feature posts about specific... Continue Reading →
Do you GET IT?
A friend kindly sent me the link to the creepy video TrutherBitch likes, so here it is. It's far worse than I remembered. The speaker wasn't a preacher, after all; he was an infamous Hollywood Red-hunter named Myron Fagan. And here's my very first post about TrutherBitch, from last summer. (I removed it back then... Continue Reading →