James Randi: TV Psychic Sylvia Browne Wrong Again

The self-proclaimed “psychic” made famous by TV propagators including Montell Williams, Maury Povich and Larry King, is facing the music for giving the family of Amanda Berry false information about her disappearance on The Montell Williams Show in 2004.

Amanda Berry went missing just before her 17th birthday in 2003. Berry’s mother, Louwana Miller, was later told by Sylvia Browne that Berry was dead. Miller would not live to find out that her daughter was indeed alive, held captive for nearly a decade along with two other women -a case that rocked the country. Miller, who died at the age of 43, just three years after her daughter’s disappearance, was convinced by Browne’s words, “She’s not alive, honey,” to the end.

According to Amanda Berry is dead, psychic tells her mother on Montel Williams' show (republished), in an interview with The Plain Dealer’s Stephen Hudak, made shortly after filming the show with Browne, Miller said she was “98 percent” certain about the validity of Browne’s predictions.

Mega Ancient Aliens Takedown

Ancient Aliens Debunked: the movie



Written and produced by Chris White and featuring commentary from Dr. Mike Hesier, (an expert in ancient astronaut debunkery), Ancient Aliens Debunked, is the mother of dismantling the brainless series that is History Channel's Ancient Aliens.

Ancient Aliens Debunked is an incredibly thorough and well researched critique of the outright falsities that Ancient Aliens propagates. Although it is by no means comprehensive, even in the three hour time span, it IS the most comprehensive, step-by-step, video take-down of the ancient astronaut theory, and its major proponents, that currently exists. I am personally hoping for a sequel, I mean, there are four seasons of this show! How much more can this network decay?!

Kentucky: the new center of Creationist tourism

Plans are in the works for a theme park and Creation science Hall of Fame, the latest additions to a growing tourism industry.

It's exactly what it looks like.

The Creationist Museum of Kentucky, established in 2007, is in the process of turning a stretch of interstate into multi-stop brainwashing/unlearning tour of Biblical proportions.
The Guardian:

Online-only institution the Creation Science Hall of Fame hopes to establish a real-life creationism center located between the Creation Museum and planned creationism theme park Ark Encounter.

The hall of fame website was launched in February and honors "those who honored God's word as literally written in Genesis." Any scientist who the institution believes furthers the scientifically inaccurate idea that God created the world 6,000 years ago can be included.

"We honor these people, not because we believe everything they say, but because they made critical contributions to creation science and to the explanation of the Genesis story," secretary/treasurer of the hall of fame Terry Hurlbut told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

There are several creationism institutions in the US, including another creation museum in Texas and a mobile museum that takes fossil exhibits to churches and schools. The hall of fame would solidify northern Kentucky as the center for creation-tourism.

The Creation Museum opened in May 2007 and was built by Answers in Genesis, the Australian ministry that is also behind Ark Encounter.

Bill Nye the Science Guy: why Creationism isn't appropriate for children

Who doesn't love Bill Nye the Science Guy?! The wacky figure I remember from my formative years in the 90s is still spreading the knowledge and wearing his signature bow-tie.

The Travel Channel scores new paranormal reality tv show

From the channel that brought you men who scream like complete bitches in the dark comes another show by one of the men who screams the most at ghosts nothing: "Paranormal Paparazzi." There isn't much information about the program which will air 28th of September at this time. But we do know that "Ghost Adventure's" Zak Bagans is a producer. Keep in mind that while there are plenty of these types of shows out there, The Travel Channel caries some of the absolute worst: Ghost Adventures, The Dead Files (where a psychic and detective team up), and Paranormal Challenge (not as cool as it sounds and also starring Zak Bagans). The show is also hosted and co-produced by Aaron Sagers, the founder of Paranormal Pop Culture website. This site is less about spreading woo and more about reporting on Twilight or other TV and film monsters. However, with Bagans behind the drivers wheel, we might expect cheap and deceptive editing tactics ... and possibly more useless screaming.

National Geographic is riding the alien crazed reality tv wave ... Woo!

Not National Geographic, too! I first thought after I actually managed to sit through the pilot episode. Yes, there is more woo than ever on my TV. From the History Channel to the Travel Channel, there are teams of so-called "experts" scouring haunted houses and the forrest for anything that goes bump in the night. Bigfoot, ghosts, aliens, Hollow Earth inhabitants and just all-around monsters are being tracked down as we speak. Well, sort of. This brings me to the latest rock music infused reality TV series that makes big promises, yet delivers nothing: Chasing UFO's.