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[16.Nov.05] Legend
Detectives now showing. The
TV series in which Massimo is one of
the hosts is now airing on Discovery
Channel. Here
are the dates of the 6 shows. |
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[26.July.05] New
book out in September. While
Massimo continues filming for Discovery all over
Europe - the series, 6 episodes, 60 minutes each,
will be
titled Legend
Detectives - it has been announced that his
new book, dealing with historical True Crime events,
will be published in Italy on September 1st. |
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[20.May.05] A
New TV Series for Massimo. All
through this Summer, Massimo Polidoro
will be filming a six-episodes series
for Discovery Channel Europe, devoted
to the investigation of famous mysteries
and
legends of Europe. The series will air
next Fall. |
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[30.April.05] Jack
the Ripper online. Massimo's
latest article on a new "Ripper" candidate,
published in The Skeptical Inquirer,
is
now online. |
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[18.February.05] A
Mystery Novel inspired by Massimo. A
character openly inspired to Massimo Polidoro
is at the centre of a thriller recently published
in Italy, L'eredità di Bric (Bric's Legacy),
by Giacomo Gardumi (more
here, in Italian). |
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[28.January.05] Facts
and Fiction in the Kennedy Assassination. It's
the subject of a new article by Massimo Polidoro
for The Skeptical Inquirer. Read
the article here. |
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[23.January.05] The
Secrets of
Rennes-le-Chateau and other Mysteries: now online. Massimo's
Report on RLC for The Skeptical Inquirer is
now available
online here. Also available, now, are Massimo's
recent Columns for SI on Homeopathy, Creationists
against Darwin, a case of fraud
related to the Shroud of Turin and the
"mysterious" Sicilian fires. |
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[08.August.04] Historical
Crimes. Massimo
Polidoro's new book in Italian will be published
on September 8th, and will deal with some famous
crimes and mysteries of the past, including: Anastasia,
the Man in the Iron Mask, Amelia Earhart, Jack
the
Ripper, Kaspar Hauser, The Assassination of JFK
and the Monster of Florence. More
information (in Italian) about the book: here. |
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[22.July.04] Investigating
Rennes-le-Chateau. Massimo
has just visited the mysterious little town of
Rennes-le-Chateau, in France, where it is said
that secrets related to the Holy Grail are hidden.
A report on the investigation has just been published
in the Italian magazine Focus (August
10) and a new report will soon follow in The
Skeptical Inquirer. |
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[16.July.04] Mysterious
Fires in Sicily. It's
the subject of Massimo's new column in The
Skeptical
Inquirer. Another of Massimo's articles
for the magazine, this one about a case of fraud
related
to the Shroud of Turin, is now available
online here. |
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[16.Apr.04] Massimo
on the JREF Newsletter.
The issue of the James Randi Educational Foundation Newsletter,
with Massimo's brief report on the fires at Caronia
and a related mystery now solved, is
online
here. |
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[09.Apr.04] Investigating
Mysterious Fires.
Massimo's investigation of the strange fires happening in Canneto
di Caronia, Sicily, is being covered by various
international media, including Reuters, CNN, MSNBC. The James
Randi Educational Foundation is going to run a commentary
by Massimo and The Skeptical Inquirer is soon going
to publish a longer report on the case. |
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[10.Mar.04] The
Case of the Holy Fraudster.
This is the title of Massimo's new article for his column in
The Skeptical Inquirer, and it deals with the claims
of a Russian researcher that were said to prove why the
Shroud of Turin was "wrongly" dated to the XIV Century.
It turns out that the claims were a bit... stretched. |
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[01.Mar.04] Professor
of Anomalistic Psychology.
Massimo is now Contract Professor of a Course in "Scientific Method,
Pseudoscience and Anomalistic Psychology" at the University of Milano-Bicocca
(Italy). |
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[18.Feb.04] Mysterious
fires in Sicily.
Massimo is currently investigating the strange fires that struck
the little village of Caronia, near Messina (Sicily). An
examination of the case will soon be published
in The
Skeptical Inquirer. |
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[19.Jan.04] Forum
open.
A new section of the site is now open; it's a Forum available to readers
from all over the world to ask questions to Massimo Polidoro.
A selection (mainly from Italy, but also from the US and
South America) is already online
here. |
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[10.Jan.04] World
Congress site.
The Official web site of the World
Skeptic's Congress is now open and will be regularly updated. You
can visit it here. |
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[20.dec.03] What
a Bloody Miracle.
Massimo examines the extraordinary relic believed to be the blood of
St. Lawrence (which like the St. Januarius one liquefies every year)
and discovers that... Read it in the lastest "Notes on a Strange World"
column in The Skeptical Inquirer. |
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[08.dec.03] Secrets
of the Psychics. Is
the title of Massimo Polidoro's new book which has just been
published. It deals with his investigations among psychics and
mediums. |
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[01.dec.03] Houdini's
Final Days.
This
is the subject of Massimo's new article for his Skeptical
Inquirer's column "Notes on a Strange World" (read
here some past articles). |
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[13.oct.03] Gli
enigmi della storia (Enigmas
of the Past) Is Massimo's new book in Italian;
it follows the success of the previous Grandi
misteri della storia (Great Mysteries
of the Past), which has already been translated
for the Spanish market. Randi recently plugged the
book on his
website. |
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World Skeptics Congress to be held in Italy. The International event that reunites all skeptics around the world will be held between October 8-10, 2004 in Italy, very close to Venice. Massimo Polidoro is working right now with the organizing team on the program and, very soon, a web site devoted to the Congress will be open. |
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Massimo
Polidoro elected Fellow of CSICOP After
many years of cooperation, Massimo Polidoro was recently nominated Research
Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation
of Claims of the Paranormal, along with friend and colleague
Richard Wiseman, psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire. |
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Reviews
of Final Séance online. Some
reviews of Massimo's book on the strange friendship between
Houdini and Conan Doyle are now online. |
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