In the 1980s, two teen magicians duped a psychical research lab by pretending to have psychic powers. They didn’t prove ESP—they exposed bad science. Project Alpha is a legendary warning about belief, deception, and the need for real controls.
A Texas church believed a communion wafer was bleeding—but lab tests found it wasn’t blood. It was a red-pigmented microbe. The faithful called it a miracle. Science called it a fungus.
Memory isn’t a recording—it’s a rewrite. From revivals to hypnosis to courtroom drama, we explore how suggestion and emotion inflate our memories into false certainties that feel undeniably real.
Eyewitness testimony fuels stories like the Resurrection and Fatima’s dancing sun. But what if memory—especially in moments of grief and faith—builds miracles from meaning?
In Fresno, people thought a tree was crying divine tears. Spoiler: it wasn’t a miracle—it was aphid excrement. Faith, it seems, can find holiness even in bug poop.
