The Skeptics Guide #385 - Dec 1 2012
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Dr. Steven Novella MD
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🗓️ 1 December 2012
⏱️ 80 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. |
| 0:06.6 | Your escape to reality. |
| 0:09.1 | Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. |
| 0:12.6 | Today is Monday, November 26, 2012, and this is your host, Steven Novella. |
| 0:18.4 | Joining me this week are Bob Novella. |
| 0:20.2 | Everybody, Rebecca Watson. |
| 0:22.0 | Hello everyone. |
| 0:23.2 | Jane Novella. |
| 0:24.2 | Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein. |
| 0:26.8 | Hi everybody, I am still full from that Thanksgiving meal. |
| 0:30.6 | I still... |
| 0:31.6 | I really overdid it this year. |
| 0:33.3 | In the past few days I've had four meals consisting of just meepal lasagna. |
| 0:37.8 | That's awesome. |
| 0:39.8 | But what happened on this date in history, Rebecca? |
| 0:42.5 | On December 1, 1948, a grand mystery began based upon the death of a man whose name is |
| 0:51.7 | still unknown. |
| 0:53.8 | As you guys know, I'm flying to Australia tomorrow to go to a conference in Melbourne. |
| 1:00.3 | So in honor of that, I wanted to do a this day in Skeptic History that has an Australian |
| 1:06.8 | bent. |
| 1:07.8 | This is a really interesting case. |
| 1:09.4 | It's called the Tom-On-Shoot Case or the Mystery of the Summerton Man. |
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