Skeptic celebrity endorsement: Joe Nickell

“This adventure of The League of Scientists is… a wonderful introduction to scientific detective work and critical thinking skills – all wrapped up in a delicious mystery! Although the exploits are shared with young readers, this seasoned detective looks forward to the League’s next adventure.”

Joe Nickell
Forensic, Historical, and Paranormal Investigator

…the above is only some of what Joe Nickell had to say after reading the League of Scientists book #1: Ghost in the Water.

Just like the stars of the League of Scientists, Joe Nickell himself is a skeptical paranormal investigator. Read more about Joe on his website, or check out his bio:

“Joe Nickell, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow of theCommittee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) – an international scientific organization – and an investigative columnist for Skeptical Inquirer magazine. He was formerly a professional stage magician and private investigator for a world-famous detective agency. Presently, he appears to be the world’s only full-time, salaried professional paranormal investigator.

Utilizing his varied background, Nickell has become widely known as an investigator of myths and mysteries, frauds, forgeries, and hoaxes. He has been called ‘the modern Sherlock Holmes’, ‘the original ghost buster’, and ‘the real-life Scully’ (from ‘The X-Files’ ). He has investigated scores of haunted-house cases, including the Amityville Horror and the Mackenzie House in Toronto, Canada.

Nickell is the author (co-author or editor) of more than twenty books.

He has appeared on numerous national TV shows, including CNBC’s ‘News with Brian Williams’, ‘Dateline NBC’, ‘TLC’s Best Kept Secrets’, ‘Larry King Live’, ‘Oprah’, ‘Ricki Lake’, ‘Jerry Springer Show’, ‘Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious Universe’, ‘Unsolved Mysteries’, ‘Politically Incorrect’, ‘20/20′, A&E’s ‘The Unexplained’, ‘48 Hours’, and ‘Exploring the Unknown’, in addition to several documentaries on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, and many others. Nickell has been profiled in the New Yorker magazine and on the Today show.”

Thanks, Joe, for the great review and endorsement!