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Episode 85 Sources: A Day in the Life of a Professional Skeptic (Feat. Kenny Biddle)

In this episode, Meagan interviews Kenny Biddle, who recently took on the role of chief investigator for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and is now living the dream as a professional investigator of paranormal claims! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more. You can find Kenny on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/IAmKennyBiddle/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@kennybiddle42) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@KennyBiddle). Kenny’s Skeptical Inquirer articles can be found here:

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Episode 83 Sources: Halloween Listener Stories V

Happy Halloween and welcome to our fifth (!) annual listener stories episode where we discuss and debunk spooky stories sent in by listeners. This episode features three stories about a haunted forest, a haunted lightbulb, and finally, a haunted chapel! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more. Have a story you’d like to submit for the next round? Email it to thesisters@spookysciencesisters.com!

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Episodes 81, 82, & 84 Sources: The History of Ghosts Parts 1-3

Episode 81: We’re finally back! And we’re starting off on a topic we’re really excited about – the history of ghosts! In this episode, we’ll start in prehistoric times and talk about what archaeological evidence might suggest about belief in ghosts, and then make our way through ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. Episode 82: In the second episode of our

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Bonus Episode Sources: The Haunted (?) Blennerhassett Island with Tyson Kemp

Meagan is joined for our first official bonus episode (originally shared to Patreon last October) by friend of the podcast and fellow skeptic, Tyson Kemp, to talk about his ghost hunting experience on Blennerhassett Island located in West Virginia. As far as we’re concerned, every potentially haunted island should come with a mysterious caretaker and House of the Dragon and

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Episode 80 Sources: Spooky Plants with Dr. Vikram Baliga

Meagan is joined by Substitute Sister Dr. Vikram Baliga (AKA The Plant Prof of the Planthropology Podcast) to talk about eight of the world’s spookiest plants. From plants with eyeballs to others that reportedly “eat” sheep, this episode has a little bit of everything for the horticulturally-minded. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more. Links to Vikram’s social media, his book, and

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Episode 79 Sources: Um, Yes Hello – It’s Spooky Lakes with Geo Rutherford

For this episode, Meagan is joined by Geo Rutherford, an artist, author, and amateur limnologist, who is well known for her Spooky Lakes video series that takes place each October on TikTok and Instagram. We talk about what inspired Geo to become the internet’s Lady of the Lakes, and take a dive into the haunted hydrology of three of the

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Episode 78 Sources: The Fermi Paradox with Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick

Listeners, it has been way too long since we’ve talked about aliens. Let’s fix that! In this episode, Meagan is joined again by Substitute Sister and astronomer, Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick, to talk about the Fermi Paradox, which asks us to consider why we haven’t heard from any intelligent extraterrestrial life yet, especially given the likely large number of habitable planets

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Episode 77 Sources: The Salem Witch Trials Part III

Can it be? The third and final part of our series on the Salem Witch Trials has arrived! You’ll have to excuse the delay, we probably had sleepy sickness. In this episode we talk about the scientific/medical explanations that have been proposed for the events in Salem, and share a little about our own experiences visiting the Witch City! Listen

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Episode 76 Sources: The Salem Witch Trials Part II – Everyone Sucks

Welcome to Part II of our three-part series on the Salem Witch Trials. In this episode, we discuss the specifics of the events of 1692-1693, coming to the completely logical conclusion that people generally suck. If the word “suck” bothers you, this episode is not for you. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more. Want to listen without the ads? Check

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Episode 75 Sources: The Salem Witch Trials Part I

Almost four years into our time as the Spooky Science Sisters and we are finally delivering on our promise of talking about the Salem Witch Trials. What we thought would be one of our original set of episodes back in 2020 was pushed back, along with our own trip to the Witch City. Well, in September 2023, we finally took

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