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Talking with the DEAD? We Look at Six People Who Claim They Chat with the Dear Departed The Mystery Investigator Using Science to Investigate the Strange and Mysterious No. 3 : April 2005 Talking with the DEAD? We look at six people who claim they chat with the dear departed Mystery Investigators Show Who is this man Live and “paranormal” at a high school near you and why are people so angry? Dr. Phil Plait Merchants of Deception The BAD Astronomer Inside the mind of a Mind Hunter The Moon Hoax Planet X and more What’s going on at Australian Pharmacies & Chemists? Your ‘Stars’ for April The Mystery Investigator CONTENTS Editor Richard Saunders Editorial 3 Assistant Editor Steve Roberts What in the World? 4 Art, Layout and Design Richard Saunders Just How Bad is The BAD Astronomer? 5 Quackery Consultant Peter Bowditch Your STARS for April 9 Ass-trological Sciences Orb Fontal Reporters Call me RATBAG! 10 Alynda Brown Karen Stollznow Monica Duré Book Review : Merchants of Deception 12 Richard & Alynda Talking with the Dead? 13 The Mystery Investigators All care is taken to ensure that ‘The Mystery Investigator’ is a fun and Lynne Kelly enjoyable read. The views expressed in Master of Tauromancy 17 this publication are those of the writers and not necessarily those of the editor or The Mystery Investigators. Book Review : Inside the mind of a Mind Hunter 19 Articles maybe reprinted with permission and with due acknowledgement to Mystery Investigators LIVE 20 ‘The Mystery Investigator’ Berzerkeley Psychics 21 Ask for AUST R 22 Cover No. 3, April 2005 Yellow Bamboozled 23 Dr. Phil Plait during his 2004 visit to the Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla, Australia. The Mystery Investigator No. 3 : April 2005 — Page 2 www.mysteryinvestigators.com Editorial A case in point is the so-called documentary series, ‘Sensing Mystery Investigators Fashion! Murder’. This show uses ‘psychics’ in Look for the Hook an attempt to gain new insights into real life murder cases that have yet Richard Saunders be solved. Even though this show is largely a fantasy, many children take it at face value and really believe that Investigating mysteries is one of the these ‘psychics’ are helping police to strongest motivations we humans solve crimes. But no crimes are solved, have. We are a type of animal that no murderers brought to justice. wants to know, wants to find out, wants to solve problems and puzzles. We Other examples are the TV shows long to find out what lies on the other of John Edward and James Van side of the hill, the other side of the Praagh. Both of these performers country, the other side of the universe. claim to talk with the dead and demonstrate their abilities on their This sense of wonder is woven into respective TV shows. Again, children us from birth. You don’t have to try too take it as being all true and not simply hard to spark the interest of children, make believe - despite John Edward they live to soak up new knowledge displaying a disclaimer to this effect. and constantly ask questions. The Mystery Investigators are able, This is exactly what the Mystery in a small way, to bust many of these Investigators team discover each myths. We do actual demonstrations time they perform their show ‘A Good of cold reading (the real skill of Question’. The questions asked by psychics) and point out to children children are good questions indeed. that it is in fact hard working and Each one is a cry for knowledge, a dedicated police who solve crimes, plea to find out more and more about sometimes many years after the the world. In the case of the MI show, event. the questions revolve around the truly strange world of the paranormal. A sense of wonder is a vital part of being human. It inspires us, it moves What we, as Mystery Investigators, us, it drives us to learn more. It can also learn is that many children also be used against us to help to sell accept as true whatever they see on more soap powder or the latest car. TV. This is not to say that they think We must look carefully at the bait and their favourite fiction adventure is real, beware of the possible hook. www.cafepress.com/mysteryinv but rather that anything presented as true is regarded by them as true. The Mystery Investigator No. 3 : April 2005 — Page 3 www.mysteryinvestigators.com Crazy items include ‘The Legs SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA reported from all over the world, What in the of Jesus’ found in Bag of especially on ghost tours. Cheetos and ‘Pope Tart’ which Parents at a recent Baby & These orbs are in reality tiny is an imagine of Pope John Paul Childrens Expo had every right particles of dust that reflect the WORLD? II on a Pop Tart (well, sort of.) to be concerned when told light from the camera’s flash. A round-up of the strange and We wonder what will be next? by certain exhibitors not to But not amount of arguing will mysterious from all over the planet. vaccinate their babies. Even convince true believers who DUBBO, AUSTRALIA more startling was the advice continue to claim that the orbs given to them, that in order to are lost spirits trying to make SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA People in the western NSW town safeguard their babies against contact. were running for their cameras disease, they should use nothing as a ‘UFO’ was spotted in the more than water with special Super star ‘psyhic’ Sharina of sky. “It looked like a bird, but much radio fame found herself in the magical powers! The exhibitors larger... with a flat top and a deeper in question? Chiropractors and dark after a power outage ended shape at the bottom ,” said one Homeopaths. her show. Neither she nor the 20 witness. The local police were other psychics and tarot card called in, the ‘UFO Researchers readers present foresaw this Independent Network’ was WORLD WIDE event. notified and the story made the local newspaper. Even With the massive increase of sceptics were scratching their digital camera ownership, not heads until it was discovered to mention the thousands of that the ‘UFO’ was in fact just a people who now have mobile kite flown by a local father and phone cameras, it’s a real son. “We couldn’t stop laughing mystery why photos of UFOs when we read the story,” said Mr. have, if anything, decreased. We Cremin, owner of the ‘UFO’. here at the Mystery Investigator Not spirits or ghosts, just tiny long for the good old days when particles of dust reflecting the flash. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA you could be assured of seeing fuzzy, out of focus pictures of Underneath Melbourne’s Crown lights in the sky. Send your reports of the strange EBAY - INTERNET BIDDING Casino, you can find a Feng and weird to: Shui Store. One wonders if the GHOST TOURS, WORLD WIDE A new fad has hit eBay. It seems casino would really allow such [email protected] that any bit of food that bears a store on their premises if And speaking of digital cameras, even a passing resemblance to Feng Shui did indeed work and there has been an upsurge in anything ‘holy’ is up for auction. brought luck to the gamblers. so-called ‘Spirit Orb’ photos The Mystery Investigator No. 3 : April 2005 — Page 4 www.mysteryinvestigators.com Just how bad is The BAD Astronomer ? Dr. Phil Plait runs a highly successful web site dedicated to combating those who wish to re-write space history. A long time critic of ‘the moon landing hoax’, he is a regular on US TV and radio and recently visited Australia as a guest of Australian Skeptics. Phil spoke to us from his home in Northern California. MI: When was the first time someone it in time for the big Leonid meteor storm, pages served. From what I can tell, it’s called you “The Bad Astronomer” and which was supposed to have hundreds one of the top ten busiest pure astronomy what did you think? or even 1000s of meteors an hour. sites on the web although APOD, A friend of mine had Universe Today, and The Nine Planets Phil: I made it up myself, as a redesigned the site, are bigger (APOD is *seriously* bigger). Dr. Phil Plait during his 2004 visit to the Deep Space Communication Complex at joke. I thought it was funny, and and it was looking UT and I run neck and neck (I know the Tidbinbilla, Australia. ironic. It didn’t occur to me that good. I was thinking web proprietor; we’re friends and send a people would think it meant I along the lines of lot of traffic and advice each others’ way) was a fake. Cripes, the guy who started was a ‘bad’ astronomer. It was Bad Astronomy, the whole hoax idea was involved with just a nickname! I still think it’s when I found the MI: Do you think it’s your Moon Hoax the Apollo program! funny. My mom hates it. site Bad Science, pages that brings people in? which debunked MI: Do you think that the moon hoax is a MI: Is that where the title of a few common Phil: Yes, definitely. It’s still, after three passing craze? your book came from? misconceptions. I years, the single most popular page on emailed him about it, the site. It’s viewed about a thousand Phil: Yes… well, it took a long time Phil: The title came and he said go ahead, times a day, three times the next most to build up and it hit its peak just after from my website, called, use the name.
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