Joe Nickell (born December 1, 1944) is an American skeptic and investigator of the paranormal.
Nickell is senior research fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and writes regularly for their journal, Skeptical Inquirer. He is also an associate dean of the Center for Inquiry Institute. He is the author or editor of over 30 books.
Among his career highlights, Nickell helped expose the James Maybrick "Jack the Ripper Diary" as a hoax. In 2002, Nickell was one of a number of experts asked by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. to evaluate the authenticity of the manuscript of Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative (1853–1860), possibly the first novel by an African-American woman.[1] At the request of document dealer and historian Seth Keller, Nickell analyzed documentation in the dispute over the authorship of "The Night Before Christmas", ultimately supporting the Clement Clarke Moore claim.
^Timothy Davies (April 24, 2002). "Who Was Hannah Crafts?". Salon.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013.
JoeNickell (born December 1, 1944) is an American skeptic and investigator of the paranormal. Nickell is senior research fellow for the Committee for...
(CSICOP), including stage magicians such as Milbourne Christopher and JoeNickell, criticized paranormal investigators for being credulous whilst also...
Warrens' evidence and described it as "blarney". Skeptical investigators JoeNickell and Benjamin Radford concluded that the better-known hauntings, Amityville...
ISBN 978-1-108-02748-9 JoeNickell. (2001). Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal. The University Press of Kentucky. pp. 260–61. Also see JoeNickell. (2005)...
property. According to JoeNickell, fanciful claims later arose that it was used to "summon spirits". According to JoeNickell, claims that local residents...
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purportedly endorsing Spiritualism posthumously. Skeptical investigator JoeNickell who conducted a detailed examination of the "spirit" writing, concluded...
stories about his specimen in particular. In his Secrets of the Sideshows, JoeNickell documents several modern-day claimants to the title of Barnum's "true"...
meet the requirement of "95% confidence". In 1998, shroud researcher JoeNickell wrote that no examples of herringbone weave are known from the time of...
and their related story by JoeNickell, using historical records that cast doubt on the existence of Thomas J. Beale. Nickell also presents linguistic evidence...
Myrtles Plantation Bed and Breakfast, St. Francisville, Louisiana" by JoeNickell, Skeptical Inquirer, September–October 2003, retrieved July 18, 2006...
ISBN 978-0736350402 The JoeNickell Files: The Shroud of Turin Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, interview with JoeNickell, August 2000 E.g. Peevish...
investigator JoeNickell wrote that Hickson's behavior was "questionable" and that Hickson later altered or embellished his claims. Nickell speculated that...
tried to convince him the sound came from somewhere else. According to JoeNickell researchers have suspected Voirrey used ventriloquism and other tricks...
to argue for the reality of an afterlife. The skeptical investigator JoeNickell has written deathbed visions (DBVs) are based on anecdotal accounts that...
"Paranormal Investigator JoeNickell Reveals the Truth Behind Modern Cryptozoological Myths". gizmodo.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018. Nickell, Joe (December 2004)....
Sanderson arrived to investigate. After investigating the case in 2000, JoeNickell of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry concluded that the bright light...
Playfair, who later wrote the book This House is Haunted (1980). Sceptic JoeNickell criticised Grosse and Playfair's investigations as "credulous". When...
Investigations of the Paranormal, edited by JoeNickell, Barry Karr, and Tom Genoni, CSICOP, 1996. JoeNickell and John F. Fischer, The Crashed Saucer Forgeries...
events in the house. However, investigator of claims of the paranormal JoeNickell reports that these claims are based upon either unverifiable personal...
the forger would surely have remained faithful to the biblical text. JoeNickell refers to this argument as "trying to psychoanalyze the dead," saying...
testing, and critical thinking. Biddle also has co-written articles with JoeNickell about ghost and miraculous photography. Biddle was a speaker at CSICon...
Photos:Scams, Slipups, and Spirits, November 3, 2006 Paranormal investigator JoeNickell makes a distinction between spirit photography and ghost photography...
show evidence of mysterious energy she terms "visible light phenomena". JoeNickell described Howe as a "credulous journalist" in a 2002 article in Skeptical...
JoeNickell says that claimed poltergeist incidents typically originate from "an individual who is motivated to cause mischief". According to Nickell:...
could be readily ignited by breath or rubbing. Skeptical investigator JoeNickell has written that Underwood may have used a "chemical-combustion technique...
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