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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.
I have been called "the modern Sherlock Holmes," the "real-life Scully" (from the X-Files), and other appellations. I am well into my fourth decade as an investigator of historical, paranormal, and forensic mysteries, myths and hoaxes.
With a background as a magician and mentalist, and later as a private investigator with a world-famous detective agency, I began to take on such varied cases as Toronto's Mackenzie House haunting (1972), dowsing for gold in the Yukon (1976), and the notorious Shroud of Turin (beginning in 1977).
For the past two decades, Joe Nickell—a former stage magician and detective—has used hard science to challenge paranormal experiences and other fringe pseudo...
Treatise on Relics by John Calvin; introduction by Joe Nickell. (Prometheus Books: Amherst, NY; 2009). Includes a brief life of Calvin, a discussion of Calvinism, a critique of Calvin's Treatise on Relics , and an investigative look at the Christian relics themselves, from the perspective of modern scholarship and science.
Joe Nickell, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky, 1987), is Senior Research Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) - an international scientific o...
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Apr 23, 2014 · Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers and skeptics across the globe for centuries. Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell tackles the world's...
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Oct 24, 2001 · As a former private investigator and forensic writer, Joe Nickell has spent much of his career identifying forged documents, working undercover to infiltrate theft rings, and...
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Jul 3, 2012 · Joe Nickell (Amherst, NY) has been called "the modern Sherlock Holmes" and "the real-life Scully" (from The X-Files). He has been on the trail of mysterious creatures and phenomena for four...
Jun 26, 2012 · Joe Nickell (Amherst, NY) has been called "the modern Sherlock Holmes" and "the real-life Scully" (from The X-Files). He has been on the trail of mysterious creatures and phenomena for four decades. Since 1995 he has been the world's only full-time, professional, science-based paranormal investigator.
