con artists

Skeptical Movies? Three You Might Have Missed

by podblack on October 6, 2008

Flicking back through my records, I noticed a list that was first started by Daniel Loxton on Facebook, recommending some good films for skeptics. He suggested: Leap of Faith -  with Steve Martin, loosely based on the Peter Popoff faith healing scam. Fairy Tale: A True Story — which he pointed out has an excellent [...]

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Another ‘One’ Bites The Dust – The Finale Of ‘The One’

by podblack on August 10, 2008

Channel 7 — a thought: If you’re going to pre-record all three psychics responding to the claim that they ‘won the show’, don’t you think that perhaps one of them could have said something in their original predictions? “Daddo — it’s kind of pointless us writing in sooper-sekrit envelopes about who really is the winner. [...]

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Part One Of Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Fried Chicke… The One Vision!

by podblack on July 23, 2008

Welcome again to the blogging of Channel 7′s The One — previous odes to joy are found here! Oh, enthusiasts of the genre, as the intro to this third episode of the show says: you should be prepared for the impossible! Yes, unlikelihoods such as the master of the mostly-forgotten rock show Countdown from the [...]

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