Author Archives: oddemperor

You can see where I’m going with this. The implicit philosophy here is that scientific “belief” is inseverable, and that if Einstein (one of our holiest prophets) can be questioned, surely everything falls apart! Just as we tore away from the … Continue reading →

“If I could save one person from buying into the business that is Scientology, then it would be worth you writing my story.” That’s how actor Philip Boyd concluded an interview that I didn’t even expect to happen. Let me … Continue reading →

OK, now James is backpedaling, not that he didn’t have good reason to! Erich von Daniken is a revered name in the paranormal biz. A super star. Why he wrote books that were on the Times best seller’s list! I’ve read … Continue reading →

  A clairvoyant who champions herself as Britain’s best-loved psychic has rejected allegations she used off stage helpers during her shows. Psychic Sally, or Sally Morgan, whose A-list clientele includes Princess Diana, Robert De Niro, George Michael, and Uma Thurman, … Continue reading →

LINCOLN, N.H.—Fifty years after Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a flat, cigar-shaped craft hovering over them in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the state has put up a historical marker noting their close encounter with a UFO. Returning from a … Continue reading →

  Lurking in the wild borderlands between Alberta, Canada ski resort town Banff and neighboring Kootenay, a group of unusually large primates live peacefully among the trees. Or so says Todd Standing, a local who says he’s found a “Bigfoot … Continue reading →

  And the Lulz continues. Chip and Ron Tebo’s SciFake page have been going after each other for the last year or so. After some unspecified comments, Chip Coffey decided he’d had enough and called his lawyer to send (this) to Ron … Continue reading →

  ‘The New Yorker’ shed a bright light on Scientology when it published an article about screenwriter and former member Paul Haggis last February. And that 24,605-word piece, penned by Lawrence Wright, painted a less than flattering picture of Scientology: Wright’s sources … Continue reading →

Now you can do your own seance on your I-phone. “Have you ever wanted to hold a seance? Have you ever wanted to talk to the dead? What if summoning as spirit was as easy as pressing a button?” What … Continue reading →

Televangelist Pat Robertson suggested Wednesday that cracks in the Washington Monument caused by the August 23 earthquake could be a sign from God, and the natural disaster “means that we’re closer to the coming of the Lord.” To explain the rare east coast … Continue reading →