Great American Skeptics (issue #32)
This Junior Skeptic can be downloaded for free as a PDF.
ALSO INSIDE SKEPTIC
Junior Skeptic can
also be found within this issue of
Skeptic magazine.
in this issue
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Great American Skeptics
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Ben Franklin, Scientist and Skeptic!
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The Power of Mesmerism?
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Franklin’s Scientific Tests of Mesmerism
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Why is “Spiritualism” Bad?
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The Great Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
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Houdini vs. Spiritualism
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Mark Twain Takes Part in a Psychic Scam
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Twain vs. Phrenology
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Johnny Carson vs. a Psychic Spoon-bender
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Carson vs. a Faith Healer
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Carson’s support for the James Randi Educational Foundation
written by Daniel Loxton
and James Loxton;
illustrations by Daniel Loxton
and Jim WW Smith
from the Introduction
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Hello!
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I’m Daniel, the Editor of Junior Skeptic. I’d like to introduce you to my brother James Loxton, my co-writer for this issue on great American skeptics.
We chose this issue’s theme purely for fun — of course every country has its great detectives, scientists, and critical thinkers.
James and I are Canadians. All the same, it’s fascinating to think that world-famous figures from American history also helped shed light on weird paranormal mysteries!
Who were they? Let’s find out!