The REALL News

Subject Index

Note: R.C. = REALLity Check

• 48 Hours -- "R.C." 2:5.
• 60 Minutes -- "R.C." 2:5.
• AARP Bulletin -- "R.C." 1:4.
• Abduction -- "R.C." 2:6; "Probe D'roid" 2:6; "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2.
• Alchemy -- "R.C." 1:5, 2:1.
• Alexander, Greta -- "R.C." 2:10, 11; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Alien Abductions -- "Pencil-Neck Aliens" 1:1; "R.C." 1:4, 5, 2:1, 5, 6, 3:9; "The Alien 'Booger' Menace" 1:6; "No-Back Back Page" 1:6; "The Omega Projection" 1:9; "Alien Suckers" 2:2; "Spawn of Inseminoid" 2:5; "Probe D'roid" 2:6; "The Eyes That Spoke" 2:7; "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2, "The Curse of the Space Mummies" 3:5; "We've All Studied Lifton" 3:7; "Skybald" 3:11.
• Alien Autopsy -- "R.C." 3:10.
• Allison, Dorothy -- "Don't Push Me, Lady!" 3:3; "R.C." 3:4.
• Alternative Medicine -- "R.C." 1:1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 2:1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 3:2, 4, 8, 12; "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8; "Alternative Medicine: Entertainment vs. News at NBC" 2:8, "The New Fall Season" 2:10; "Healthy Skepticism: Antioxidant 'Nutritional Supplements'" 3:2.
  • Acupuncture -- "R.C." 2:7.
  • Ayurvedic -- "R.C." 2:3, 3:9.
  • For animals -- "R.C." 2:1; "Alternative Medicine: Entertainment vs. News at NBC" 2:8.
  • Homeopathy -- "R.C." 1:1, 3:4, 10; "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8; "Alternative Medicine: Entertainment vs. News at NBC" 2:8.
  • Melatonin -- "R.C." 3:12.
  • Office of -- "R.C." 2:11.
  • Naprapathy -- "R.C." 1:2.
  • Vitamins -- "R.C." 1:6, 2:5, 2:10, 3:8; "Healthy Skepticism: Antioxidant 'Nutritional Supplements'" 3:2.
• Ancient Secrets of the Bible, Part II -- "Logic Abuse and CBS" 1:5; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2.
• Anderson, Jack -- "R.C." 3:10.
• Andrus, Walt -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Arnold, Kenneth -- "Echoing Arnold" 3:8.
• Arnold, Roseanne -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Astrology (see also Horoscopes) -- "R.C." 1:5, 3:9.
• Ball Lightning -- "R.C." 1:6.
• Balsiger, David -- "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "Farrell Till's Letter to CBS" 1:8; "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1.
• Barber, Paul -- "Vampires -- Myth and Reality" 1:5.
• Belushi-Miles, Marian -- "Don't Push Me, Lady!" 3:3.
• Bernardin, Cardinal Joseph -- "R.C." 1:11, 2:2, 3, 3:2.
• Blackmore, Susan -- "Who is Susan Blackmore?" 1:9; "A Matter of Life and Near-Death" 2:6.
• Boston Globe -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) or Bovine Somatotropin (BST) -- "R.C." 2:9.
• Boylan, Richard -- "R.C." 2:11.
• Braun, Dr. Bennett -- "R.C." 2:12; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Carpenter, John S. -- "Skybald" 3:11.
• Catherwood, Laura -- "R.C." 3:10.
• CBS -- "R.C." 1:2, 6, 2:5, 3:11; "Logic Abuse and CBS" 1:5; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "Farrell Till's Letter to CBS" 1:8, "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2.
• Chicago Sun-Times -- "R.C." 2:7.
• Chicago Tribune -- "R.C." 1:1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 3:2, 4, 5, 9; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Chopra, Dr. Deepak -- "R.C." 3:9.
• CIA -- "R.C." 3:10, 12.
• Clinton, President Bill -- "R.C." 2:2.
• Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at M.I.T. -- "R.C." 3:9; "Skybald" 3:11.
• Cold Fusion -- "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8.
• Cold Reading -- "The Cold Truth about Psychics" 3:6.
• Computer bulletin board service (BBS) -- "Electronic Skepticism" 1:10.
• Conspiracies -- "Saucers for Sale: An Evening with a UFO Cheerleader" 1:3; "The Biggest UFO Conspiracy" 2:9.
• The Courage to Heal -- "Child Abuse or Science Abuse?" 2:1.
• Creationism (Creation/Evolution) -- "But the Bad News Is..." 1:1; "The Misconceptions of Evolution" 1:3; "R.C." 1:4, 7, 8, 11, 3:5, 10, 12; "Conversation with a Creationist" 1:5; "Logic Abuse and CBS" 1:5; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "REALL at the ISTA Convention" 1:10; "Pseudo-Science Terminology" 1:11; "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1; "On the Till-Hovind Debate" 2:3, "The New Fall Season" 2:10; "ISTA 1995" 3:10.
• Crop circles -- "R.C." 1:1, 3:12.
• Crosses, bleeding (see also: Icons, crying) -- "R.C." 1:4.
• Cryptozoology -- Letter to the Editor, 2:5
• Cults -- "R.C." 1:11.
• Curran, Rep. Michael -- "R.C." 2:2, 9; "REALLity Checklist - - 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Dark Suckers -- "The Theory of Dark Suckers" 1:6.
• Dateline NBC -- "R.C." 1:1, 11, 2:6, 12, 3:2, 4, 8, 11; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2; "Alternative Medicine: Entertainment vs. News at NBC" 2:8; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Discover magazine -- "R.C." 1:6, 3:12.
• Downey (Morton Downey, Jr.)-- "R.C." 3:2, 4; "Don't Push Me, Lady!" 3:3.
• Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences -- "A Matter of Life and Near-Death" 2:6.
• E-rays (Erdestrahlen rays) -- "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8.
• Encounters -- "Close Encounters of the FOX Kind" 2:3; "The New Fall Season" 2:10; "R.C." 2:11.
• End of the world -- "The Omega Projection" 1:9.
• Evolution -- See Creationism (Creation/Evolution)
• Exorcism -- "R.C." 1:11, 2:9, 2:10.
• Extrasensory Perception (ESP) -- "Myths and Reality: The Science Gap" 1:1.
• Eye to Eye with Connie Chung -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Facilitated communication -- "R.C." 1:10.
• The Faith Healers -- "Book Capsule -- The Faith Healers" 1:4.
• Faith Healing -- "Book Capsule -- The Faith Healers" 1:4; "R.C." 2:2, 12.
• False Memory Syndrome (FMS) -- "R.C." 1:7, 8, 10, 11, 2:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 3:2, 4, 11, 12; "Child Abuse or Science Abuse?" 2:1; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2; Letter to the Editor, 2:9.
  • FMS Foundation -- "R.C." 1:7, 8; Letter to the Editor, 2:9.
  • FMS-related lawsuit -- "R.C." 2:6.
• Fire in the Sky -- See Walton, Travis.
• Flim-Flam -- "Book Capsules -- Flim-Flam" 2:4.
• Franklin, George -- "R.C." 3:4.
• Frontline -- "R.C." 1:7,10, 3:4.
• Ghosts -- "Paranormal Fraud Exposed" 1:1.
• Greer, Dr. Steven -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Gypsy Fortune Tellers -- "Lights, Camera, Action -- A Tale of Two TV Shows" 1:4; "R.C." 1:8, 2:12, 3:2; "Fortune- Telling Swindles--Those Unreported Crimes" 3:2.
• Handwriting, analysis of -- "R.C." 2:2, 7.
• Harkin, Senator Tom -- "R.C." 2:11
• Hopkins, Budd -- "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2, "The Curse of the Space Mummies" 3:5.
• Horoscopes -- "Supermarket Tabloids: The Persistence of (Alleged) Vision" 3:1.
• Hovind, Kent -- "R.C." 1:7; "On the Till-Hovind Debate" 2:3.
• The Hundredth Monkey and Other Paradigms of the Paranormal -- "Book Capsules -- The Hundredth Monkey and Other Paradigms of the Paranormal" 2:4.
• Hyman, Ray -- "Ray Hyman: 'The Very Model of the Modern Major Skeptic'" 2:2, "R.C." 3:12.
• Hypnotism -- "R.C." 3:5.
• Icons, crying (see also: crosses, bleeding) -- "R.C." 2:6, 3:4, 5.
• Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA) -- "REALL at the ISTA Convention" 1:10; "ISTA 1995" 3:10.
• Illinois Times -- "R.C." 1:11, 2:6, 7, 9, 3:10; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• India's "Milk Miracle" -- "R.C." 3:10.
• Institute for Creation Research (ICR) -- "But the Bad News Is..." 1:1, "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1.
• International Society of Cryptozoology -- Letter to the Editor, 2:5.
• Intruders -- "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2; "We've All Studied Lifton" 3:7.
• Island Skywatch -- See Knell, Bill.
• Jackson, La Toya -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Jacobs, David -- "Spawn of Inseminoid" 2:5; "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2.
• Jammal, George -- "R.C." 1:6; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8, "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2.
• King of the Cold Readers -- "The Cold Truth about Psychics" 3:6.
• Klass, Phil -- "R.C." 3:9, 3:10.
• Knell, Bill -- "Saucers for Sale: An Evening with a UFO Cheerleader" 1:3.
• Kossovsky, Nir -- "R.C." 3:12.
• Kroth, Jerry -- "The Panicky Guy" 2:9.
• Landers, Ann -- "R.C." 1:6, 2:2; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2.
• Larue, Gerald -- "R.C." 1:6; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8, "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1;
• Lifton, Dr. Robert J. -- "We've All Studied Lifton" 3:7.
• Loch Ness Monster -- "R.C." 2:2, 4; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Mack, John -- "R.C." 2:5, 6, 3:5; "Probe D'roid" 2:6; "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2.
• Mars, "face" on -- "R.C." 1:10.
• McMartin Preschool -- "R.C." 3:5.
• Member Survey -- 1:10; "REALL Survey Results" 2:2.
• Mesmerism -- "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8.
• Monroe, William -- "Don't Push Me, Lady!" 3:3.
• N-rays -- "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8.
• Nature -- "R.C." 3:5, 10, 12.
• Near-Death Experiences (NDE) -- "A Matter of Life and Near- Death" 2:6.
• New York Times -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Newsweek -- "R.C." 1:6, 2:1, 3, 3:12.
• Nickell, Joe -- "R.C. 2:11.
• Noah's Ark -- "R.C." 1:2, 6; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "Farrell Till's Letter to CBS" 1:8, "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1; "On the Till-Hovind Debate" 2:3.
• Nova -- "R.C." 1:10.
• The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters, and Mind at Large -- "The Omega Projection" 1:9.
• Omens and Oracles: Collective Psychology in the Nuclear Age -- "The Panicky Guy" 2:9; "Echoing Arnold" 3:8.
• Out of Body Experiences (OBE) -- "Who is Susan Blackmore?" 1:9; "A Matter of Life and Near-Death" 2:6.
• The Other Side -- "R.C." 3:5, 8.
• Parade -- "R.C." 1:4, 2:2, 2:12, 3:12.
• PBS -- "R.C." 1:10.
• Peoria Journal Star -- "R.C." 1:7.
• Perpetual motion -- "A Challenge to Federal & State Agencies" 2:8.
• Presley, Elvis -- "R.C." 1:7.
• Primetime Live -- "R.C." 1:4, 3:5.
• The Protean Self -- "We've All Studied Lifton" 3:7.
• Psychics -- "R.C." 1:1, 2, 2:3, 2:10; "The Frustrations of Skepticism" 1:3; "Lights, Camera, Action -- A Tale of Two TV Shows" 1:4; "Predicting the Lottery" 1:8; "Another Psychic Encounter" 2:3; "Don't Push Me, Lady!" 3:3; "The Cold Truth about Psychics" 3:6.
  • Psychic Detectives -- "R.C." 1:1, 3:4; "A Brief Meeting with Jackie Mari, Psychic" 1:4; "Psychics and Law Enforcement" 1:7; "Police Use of Psychics, Results of a 1993 Questionnaire" 2:4; "Don't Push Me, Lady!" 3:3.
  • Psychic Hotlines -- "R.C." 1:4, 3:2.
  • Psychic Spies -- "R.C." 3:10, 12.
  • Russian Psychics -- "R.C." 1:10.
• Psychology Today -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Randi, James "The Amazing" -- "Book Capsule -- The Faith Healers" 1:4; "R.C." 1:10; "Book Capsules -- Flim-Flam" 2:4; "A Night of Magic and Skepticism with Randi" 2:5.
• Red Hot Cold Reading -- "The Cold Truth about Psychics" 3:6.
• Remembering Satan: A Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of an American Family -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Ring, Kenneth -- "The Omega Projection" 1:9.
• Rittenhouse, John -- "Presentation on Satanism and the Occult at ISU" 3:3.
• Roswell, N.M. -- "The Biggest UFO Conspiracy" 2:9, "R.C." 3:9, 3:10.
• Rothman, Milton A. -- "Myths and Reality: The Science Gap" 1:1.
• The Running Dogs of Loyalty: Honest Reflections on a Magical Zoo -- "The Foxes of Skepticism" 3:7, "R.C." 3:10.
• Sagan, Carl -- "R.C." 1:4, 2:5, 2:12, 3:12.
• Satanic Ritual Abuse -- "R.C." 2:9.
• Satanism -- "Presentation on Satanism and the Occult at ISU" 3:3.
• Schanzle-Haskins, Ellen -- "R.C." 2:10, 11; "REALLity Checklist -- 1994 in Review" 3:2.
• Schiff, Representative Steve -- "R.C." 3:9.
• Science journal -- "R.C." 1:10, 2:1, 3:5, 12.
• The Science Gap: Dispelling the Myths and Understanding the Reality of Science -- "Myths and Reality: The Science Gap" 1:1.
• Science News -- "R.C." 1:10, 3:12.
• Scooby Doo -- "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" 2:8.
• Secret Life -- "Spawn of Inseminoid" 2:5; "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2.
• Sightings -- "R.C." 1:5, 2:11; "The New Fall Season" 2:10.
• Silicone (in Breast Implants) -- "R.C." 3:12.
• Simpson, O.J. (Trial) -- "R.C." 3:4.
• Skepticism, general: "Myths and Reality: The Science Gap" 1:1; "So Now You're a Skeptic" 1:1; "Proper Criticism" 1:2; "The Frustrations of Skepticism" 1:3; "10 Tips for Successful Letter Writing" 1:7; "The Five 'Laws' of Quack Science" 1:11; "Pseudo-Science Terminology" 1:11; "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" 2:8, "What It Means to be a Rational Skeptic" 2:10; "The Foxes of Skepticism" 3:7; "Covering Science: Why the Media So Seldom Get It Right" 3:9.
• State Journal-Register -- "R.C." 1:1, 4, 7, 8, 2:4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 3:2, 4, 9, 10, 12; "Child Abuse or Science Abuse?" 2:1.
• Subliminal Messages -- "R.C." 3:11.
• Sun International Pictures, Inc. -- "R.C." 1:2, 6, 2:5; "Logic Abuse and CBS" 1:5; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "Farrell Till's Letter to CBS" 1:8, "Noah's Ark Hoax Update" 2:1; "REALLity Checklist -- 1993 in Review" 2:2.
• Swedenborg, Emanuel -- "The Sociocultural Genesis of the Flying Saucer (Swedenborg Hybrid Ornithopter of 1714)" 3:6.
• Tabloids -- "A Look into the Sun -- and Other Tabloids" Part 1, 2:11, Part 2, 2:12, Part 3, 3:1; "Supermarket Tabloids: The Persistence of (Alleged) Vision" 3:1.
• Talk shows -- "R.C." 2:7, 11, 3:4, 5; "The New Fall Season" 2:10; "Don't Touch Me, Lady!" 3:3.
• Taos hum -- "R.C." 2:1.
• Therapeutic Touch (TT) -- "Letter to REALL" 3:1.
• Till, Farrell -- "Logic Abuse and CBS" 1:5; "Farrell Till's Letter to CBS" 1:8; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8; "On the Till-Hovind Debate" 2:3.
• Time Magazine -- "R.C." 1:6, 2:5; "Incredible Mysteries of Sun Pictures" 1:8.
• Today show -- "R.C." 2:5.
• Total Recall -- "Probe D'roid" 2:6.
• Traxler, Ranse -- "But the Bad News Is..." 1:1; "Conversation with a Creationist" 1:5; "REALL at the ISTA Convention" 1:10.
• TV Guide -- "R.C." 3:8.
• US News & World Report -- "R.C." 1:4.
• UFOs -- "Pencil-Neck Aliens" 1:1; "Myths and Reality: The Science Gap" 1:1; "Saucers for Sale: An Evening with a UFO Cheerleader" 1:3; "The Saucer Error" 1:4; "R.C." 1:4, 6, 2:1, 5, 3:2, 9, 12; "The Alien 'Booger' Menace" 1:6; "The Omega Projection" 1:9; "Alien Suckers" 2:2; "Close Encounters of the FOX Kind" 2:3; "Spawn of Inseminoid" 2:5, "The Eyes that Spoke" 2:7; "The Panicky Guy" 2:9; "The Biggest UFO Conspiracy" 2:9; "Water E.B.E.s" 3:2; "Kottmeyer Wins UFO Writing Award" 3:3, "The Curse of the Space Mummies" 3:5; "The Sociocultural Genesis of the Flying Saucer (Swedenborg Hybrid Ornithopter of 1714)" 3:6; "We've All Studied Lifton" 3:7; "Echoing Arnold" 3:8; "Skybald" 3:11.
• Urban Legends -- "Legends in Their Own Time" 3:4; "R.C." 3:9.
• USA Today -- "R.C." 2:1.
• Vampires -- "Vampires -- Myth and Reality" 1:5.
• Vampires Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality -- "Vampires -- Myth and Reality" 1:5.
• Virgin Mary -- "R.C." 2:2, 11, 3:5.
• Vista, CA -- "R.C." 1:8.
• WICS (Channel 20) -- "Legends in Their Own Time" 3:4.
• Walstad, Bruce -- "R.C." 1:2, 8; "Don't Touch Me, Lady!" 3:3.
• Walton, Travis -- "R.C." 1:4.
• War of the Worlds -- "The Panicky Guy" 2:9.
• Wenatchee, Washington (Child Abuse Claims In) -- "R.C." 3:11, 12.
• Williamson, Sheriff Neal -- "Legends in Their Own Time" 3:4.
• Wired -- "R.C." 3:2.
• Witches -- "R.C." 1:8, 2:9.
• Wright, Lawrence -- "R.C." 2:5.
• The X-Files -- "R.C." 1:8.
• Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh -- "R.C." 1:1, 2:3.