Skeptic History: Can I sell you a bridge?
Did anybody every successfully sell the Brooklyn Bridge to a gullible mark? Yes indeed, it was once a popular con run many many times.
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Utterly Bizarre Claim: Bishop can make your penis larger by massaging it
OK, something slightly different today, this is all about weird beliefs and how to cope when faced with such things. Over in Ghana, self-appointed Bishop and TV evangelist Daniel Obinim, has made himself rather famous recently by announcing that he can enlarging mens penises by massaging them with both hands. Being a traditional preacher he … Read more
TV Preacher TB Joshua covers up his failed “Clinton win” prophecy
TB Joshua, the Nigeria TV Evangelist, is rather influential and popular. He has over 2.5 million Facebook followers and 500,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel where he has managed to rack up 300 million views, so clearly a few are paying attention to his con act message. He recently claimed that God had told him that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 … Read more