Nickell mentions that Bentley's robe was found smoldering in the bathtub next to the hole, and that the broken remains of " what was apparently a water pitcher " were found in the toilet ; he adds that the doctor had dropped hot ashes from his pipe onto his clothing previously ( which " were dotted with burn spots from previous incidents "), and that he kept wooden matches in his pockets which could transform a small ember into a blazing flame.

More importantly, it is clear from investigations by Joe Nickell and Norman Hammond that the skull was not found at Lubaantun at all, but was actually purchased by Mitchell-Hedges at a Sotheby's auction in 1943.

However, in 1982 Joe Nickell published a scholarly analysis of the papers, using historical records that cast doubt on the existence of " Beale ", and linguistic evidence demonstrating that the documents could not have been written at the time alleged ( words like " stampeding ", for instance, are of later vintage ).

Layard assisted Claus Moser on the Robbins enquiry, and later developed a reputation in the economics of education ( with Mark Blaug at LSE ), and labour economics ( in particular with Stephen Nickell ).

Nickell mentions that the hole in the bathroom floor measured 2½ feet by 4 feet, and details the remains as being Bentley's lower leg burned off at the knee.

* Joe Nickell and John F. Fischer, The Crashed Saucer Forgeries, International UFO Reporter, March 1990, 4-12.

CSI members can also be seen regularly in the mainstream media offering their perspective on a variety of paranormal claims, and in 1999 Joe Nickell was appointed special consultant on a number of investigative documentaries for the BBC.

Andrew Skolnick and CSI fellows Ray Hyman and Joe Nickell shared the first award for their 2005 reports on CSICOP's testing of Natasha Demkina, a girl who claimed to have X-ray eyes .< ref >

* Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Skeptical Briefs newsletter: Dec 2001, Investigative Files, Secrets of the Voodoo Tomb by Joe Nickell

In addition to Sir Michael Scholar, the non-executive chairman, members of the UK Statistics Authority Board are: Non-executive members, appointed in open competition: Lord Rowe-Beddoe of Kilgetty, deputy chairman responsible for governance of the Office for National Statistics, Professor Sir Roger Jowell CBE, deputy chairman with responsibility for oversight of the UK official statistics system, Colette Bowe, Partha Dasgupta, Moira Gibb CBE, Professor Steve Nickell CBE FBA, Professor David Rhind CBE FRS FBA, and Sir Jon Shortridge KCB.

A number of copycat attacks involving Tylenol and other products ( see Stella Nickell for information on the 1986 Excedrin tampering murders ) ensued during the following years.

To assess the then-growing claims of psychic crime-solving, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal ( now Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ) created a " task force " of investigators headed by Joe Nickell, PhD, a former magician, mentalist, and investigator for the world famous Pinkerton Detective Agency.

* Joe Nickell writes regularly for the Skeptical Inquirer.

* Bait for the Tiger ( 1957 ) – television film, adapted from Castle Garac, directed by Paul Nickell, starring Anna Maria Alberghetti, Corinne Calvet, Carl Esmond, Peter Lawford.

Ghost Hunters has attracted various critics and skeptics, such as Joe Nickell of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Skeptical Inquirer author Lynne Kelly, James Randi, and Benjamin Radford.

This was both the place of production for the earlier episodes ( in the basement, no less ) and the home of Joe Nickell (" J ").

After examining the case 48 years after the event, Joe Nickell of the paranormal investigation group Committee for Skeptical Inquiry ( CSI ), then known as CSICOP, concluded in 2000 that the bright light in the sky reported by the witnesses on September 12 was most likely a meteor, that the pulsating red light was likely an aircraft navigation / hazard beacon, and that the creature described by witnesses closely resembled an owl.

and A. D. Adler, " A Chemical Investigation on the Shroud of Turin ", Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences Journal 81-103, 1981 ) According to Shroud skeptic Joe Nickell, neither Heller nor Adler was a forensic serologist or a pigment expert.

* On June 2, 1956, CBS broadcast a televised version of Hersey's story, starring Barry Sullivan and Anna Maria Alberghetti and directed by Paul Nickell, and on November 15, 1967, The Hallmark Hall of Fame broadcast a version starring John Forsythe and Murray Hamilton and directed by Mel Ferrer.

Joe Nickell, in his book Secrets of the Supernatural, gives an account of this event he got from Larry E. Arnold's article " The Flaming Fate of Dr. John Irving Bentley ," printed in the Pursuit of Fall 1976.

Authors published by Prometheus include Leon Lederman, John W. Loftus, Martin Gardner, Antony Flew, Nathan Salmon, Ibn Warraq, George H. Smith, Rob Boston, James Randi, Isaac Asimov, Steve Allen, Joe Nickell, Molefi Asante, S. T. Joshi, Philip J. Klass, Julian Huxley, Sidney Hook, Frederich Nietzsche, Ludwig Feuerbach, Robert M. Price, David Ricardo, utilitarian Jeremy Bentham, John Maynard Keynes, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Toles.

Joe Nickell identifies parallels between the accounts of Oak Island and the allegory of the " Secret Vault " in York Rite Freemasonry, similar to the Chase Vault, identifies many prominent excavators as Freemasons, and suggests that the accounts explicitly include Masonic imagery.

Nickell observes, however, that Smith failed a lie detector test, gave conflicting accounts of her " vision " and could have learned the location indirectly: as it happened, the killers were eventually caught because one of them had boasted about the crime in his neighborhood

Nickell believes that Bentley woke up to find his clothes on fire, walked to the bathroom, and passed out before he could extinguish the flames.

Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell cautions, however, that " debunkers " must be careful to engage paranormal claims seriously and without bias.

" Nickell says that Rydén's personal misspellings and linguistic errors are identical to those claimed to be written as Jesus, God, Mary, her own invisible " guardian angel, Daniel ," and Satan, and all seem to have the same hand writing and grammar.

Nickell suggests, " If God deigns to use the English language, should we not expect it to be rendered accurately?

" According to Nickell, " One suspects that if Ryden were prevented from seeing what was being written, the entities supposedly guiding her hand would be unable to so faithfully follow the lines!

Joe Nickell notes that given the frequency with which Ronald DeFeo has changed his story over the years, any new claims from him regarding the events that took place on the night of the murders should be approached with caution.

Another theory, as recorded by historian Joe Nickell, in his book Secrets of the Sideshows, is that it was Pete Conklin who first invented the drink in 1857 when he used water dyed pink from a horse rider's red tights to make his lemonade.

In Skeptical Inquirer magazine in 2011, longtime investigator Joe Nickell compared Rydén's " messages " to alleged communications from Jesus to other women claiming revelations and wrote, " the contrived handwriting, the linguistic lapses, and the indications of fantasizing all suggest that Vassula Ryden is not in touch with supernatural entities but is simply engaging in self-deception that in turn deceives the credulous.

Joe Nickell has suggested that this footage shows one or more otters, swimming in the loch.

One notorious UK case is that of Colin Stagg, a man who was falsely accused of the murder of Rachel Nickell, in which a female police officer posed as a potential love interest to try to tempt Stagg to implicate himself.

A heavily edited sixty minute performance, written by Worthington Miner and directed by Paul Nickell, it starred Charlton Heston and Lisa Kirk.

The episode was set on Wimbledon Common, and involved Richie and Eddie encountering a flasher ; on 15 July 1992, after the episode was filmed but before it had aired, Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and murdered in front of her young son on the Common.

*" The Secrets of Oak Island ", Joe Nickell, Skeptical Inquirer, March / April 2000.

Reprinted in The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions, and Government Coverups, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr, and Joe Nickell, Prometheus Books, 1997, ISBN 1-57392-131-9.

Reprinted in The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions, and Government Coverups, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr, and Joe Nickell, Prometheus Books, 1997, ISBN 1-57392-131-9.

* Joe Nickell, ' Alien Autopsy ' Hoax, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 19, # 6, Nov. 1995, 17 – 19.

Reprinted in The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions, and Government Coverups, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr, and Joe Nickell, Prometheus Books, 1997, ISBN 1-57392-131-9.

Reprinted in The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions, and Government Coverups, edited by Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr, and Joe Nickell, Prometheus Books, 1997, ISBN 1-57392-131-9.

The city commission is made up of four members: Linda Combs, James D. Baker, Micki Nickell, and Nancy Sorrell.

* Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr, and Joe Nickell ( editors ), The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incodent, Alien Abductions, and Government Coverups, 1997, Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-57392-131-9, chap 7-9.

Also reprinted in The Outer Edge: Classic Investigations of the Paranormal, edited by Joe Nickell, Barry Karr, and Tom Genoni, CSICOP, 1996.

edited by Joe Nickell, Barry Karr, and Tom Genoni, CSICOP.

The organization's website features the banner – a lone sunflower on a blue field – and attributes it to Adjutant General Joe Nickell.