Topic: Skeptics Corner

• Sylvia Browne Won't Touch a Million Dollars with a Ten Foot Pole

  By: Katelyn | 2 Comments | Aug 28, 4:11am ET

  Quackwatch has a very detailed account of attempts to get Sylvia Browne to take the million dollar test to prove psychic ability.: 
  Most assuredly you’ve heard the phrase “innocent until proven guilty.” I’m pretty much a … More

• Sylvia Browne Does it Again

  By: Katelyn | 3 Comments | Aug 23, 3:32am ET

  Look at this poor mother’s face as Sylvia Browne keeps insisting that she have her daughter checked for something completely unrelated to her condition. Why do people keep asking her for advice?
  It … More

• Sylvia Browne - Always Worth a Laugh

  By: Katelyn | 4 Comments | Aug 1, 10:50am ET

  I just spit tea all over my keyboard laughing, so I thought I’d share this excerpt from Montel Williams that T.O. from LAMLand blogged about this morning:
  …you can make your own holy … More

• More Sylvia Browne Fun

  By: Katelyn | 1 Comment | Jul 12, 2:40pm ET

   Someone has created a video montage of Sylvia Browne  and some of her worst readings:

• More Sylvia Browne Gossip

  By: Katelyn | 1 Comment | Jul 11, 11:17am ET

  I thought this article on the Hornbecks and Sylvia Browne was so sad. I can’t imagine the pain this family was in and then to have someone take advantage of them like this. The worst … More

• Bad Psychics Cause Serious Problems

  By: Katelyn | 7 Comments | Jul 3, 10:51am ET

   I thought this article by Benjamin Radford was really interesting:
  In June, a psychic offered information in the case of Lisa Stebic, a 37-year-old mother of two missing since April 30. The psychic … More

• Sylvia Browne Becomes a Simile

  By: Katelyn | 20 Comments | May 22, 4:00am ET

  Sylvia Browne’s messed up predictions have become so mainstream that sports writers are creating similes:
  Matt Millen May Not Have Screwed This Up
  Deadspin, NY - Apr 28, 2007
  He was tough to evaluate at times, … More

• Skeptics Corner: Teaching Pigs To Sing

  By: | 3 Comments | Oct 19, 11:32am ET

  My skeptic friends tried to warn me: “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

  So says Harriett Hall in her article Teaching … More