Is Skeptoid a debunking show? Is it a credulous retelling of fringe, paranormal, or discredited

ideas? Do I sit down every week with a preconceived notion of what I'm going to conclude, even

before I've started the research? Will this be hard for many listeners to accept, but

believe it or not? I get my preconceived notions shattered just as often as you do.

The change in my mind is coming up next, Un Skeptoid.

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You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

The episodes that changed my mind, Part 2.

Last week, we did Part 1 of the episodes from the past five years that have surprised me the most,

and today we're following up with the rest. More than any other question people ask me most,

which episodes really surprised me? What they're really hoping to find out is which subjects did I

cover, for which the paranormal explanation turned out to be the true one? And while that hasn't

happened yet, I've still been plenty surprised by many of them. Counter to popular opinion,

I do not sit down each week and twist my mustache with the evil intent of disproving some popular

story. Believe it or not, I truly do let the research lead me wherever it will, preconceived notions

aside. The world is plenty strange enough without having to make up paranormal stories.

So, let us now continue with our list of surprising Skeptoid episode outcomes, with?

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