Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Volume 26, Number 3, May/June 2002

• Buy this back issue
• Who Abused Jane Doe? The Hazards of the Single Case History, Part 1
• Gray Barker's Book of Bunk: Mothman, Saucers, and MIB
• Investigative Files: Benny Hinn: Healer or Hypnotist?
• Short Communications: Magnetic Mountains

Articles

Who Abused Jane Doe?
The Hazards of the Single Case History
Part 1
Case histories have played a long-standing role in the history of science, medicine, and mental health. But they can mislead-especially when only half the story is told. Here's a case history about a case history that proves just that.
Elizabeth F. Loftus and Melvin J. Guyer

Is the Mars Effect a Social Effect?
A re-analysis of the Gauquelin data suggests that hitherto baffling planetary effects may be simple social effects in disguise.
Geoffrey Dean

Gray Barker's Book of Bunk
Mothman, Saucers, and MIB
Those who seek the elusive truth behind the "Men in Black" and "Mothman" myths should know that material touched by Gray Barker's enterprising hand is tainted by self-serving deceit. He launched hoaxes, joined others' deceptions, and manipulated people's beliefs. "And I," says our author, "was one of those who helped."
John C. Sherwood

The King of Quacks: Albert Abrams, M.D.
One of the greatest quacks of all time was Albert Abrams, M.D. Abrams earned the dubious distinction of "the dean of twentieth century charlatans" by the American Medical Association.
J.D. Haines, M.D.

Columns

Editor's Note

News and Comment

• AAAS Session Provides Glimpse at Science-end of Alternative Medicine Issues, Research
• Study Finds NCCAM Grants Have Produced No Useful Results
• New Journal Dedicated to Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health
• Rash of Mysterious Rashes May Be Linked to Mass Hysteria
• Ohio and Washington: Agendas Push Questionable Science
• Junk Science in the Oil Patch: Microlepton Fields, Again
• Archaeological Institute Hosts Workshop Session on Combating Pseudoarchaeology
• Astronomers Respond to Claims Universe is Young with Material for Classroom Teachers
• UFOs Over Hollywood
• Dec. 15 Party Features Editors to Celebrate CFI-West Occupancy
• Recent Deaths

Investigative Files
Benny Hinn: Healer or Hypnotist?
Joe Nickell

Psychic Vibrations
Djinn Engine Solves the Energy Crisis
Robert Sheaffer

Notes on a Strange World
A Pterodactyl in the Civil War
Massimo Polidoro

New Books

Science Best Sellers

Forum

• The Logic That Dare Not Speak Its Name
  Ralph Estling
• Laughter: The Real Ageless, Timeless Medicine
  J.D. Haines, M.D.

Follow-Up

• Many Worlds? A Response to Bryce DeWitt's 'Comments . . .'
  Martin Gardner

Short Communications

• Magnetic Mountains
  Mark Benecke

Letters to the Editor

Book Reviews

Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live
By Bill Ellis
Benjamin Radford
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Skeptical Odysseys: Personal Accounts by the World's Leading Paranormal Inquirers
Edited by Paul Kurtz
Robert A. Baker
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The Atlantis Syndrome
By Paul Jordan
Ken Feder
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