INVESTIGATIONS
Skeptical Investigations

Skeptic groups and individuals across the world have been investigating extraordinary claims for decades. Here we will be collecting all available online resources that show the findings of these investigations. More will be added in the forthcoming online database of skeptical resources. If you have conducted investigations or have found worthwhile reports on the Internet, please let us know.

Published in the New England Journal of Skepticism, Robert Drysdale explores the popularity of acupuncture through research and the investigative reports of Dr. Steven Novella.

Electrical engineer Eric Kreig, of the Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking, has been investigating the free energy claims of Dennis Lee for five years. Here you can read about the results of his investigations.

Joe Newman, like Dennis Lee, has claimed that he can demonstrate a device that produces more energy than it consumes. Eric Kreig explores Newman's claims and provides worthwhile information and resources for further study.

Robert Novella reports on an interesting investigation that took place in Hamden, Connecticut. A group of skeptical investigators joined a team of researchers from the New England Society of Psychical Research to explore an a house claimed to be haunted. Here he documents the findings.

Mark Levin, a high school student at the time, won the New York Area Skeptic's annual Joel Serebin Memorial Essay Contest with this investigative essay into the popular superstition about black cats.

Robert Sheaffer investigates a set of popular photographs from the 1950s that were distributed in support of the claims being made about alien visitation and flying saucer crashes.