Myths
Reptile Dysfunction: I Tried to Find South Carolina's Famed Lizard Man
According to Christopher Davis, the Lizard Man was "green, wet-like, about seven feet tall, and had three fingers, red eyes, skin like a lizard, and snakelike scales."
Jack the Ripper's Final Victim Is Being Exhumed
Will DNA evidence finally identify the world's most mythologized serial killer?
"we enrolled him in the school of law and kept him eligible": College Football in 1896
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The Truth About Flakka: the Latest 'Cannibal Drug'
Last year it was bath salts, the year before that it was mephedrone – but there has always been bullshit.
Tech We've Used to Hunt the Loch Ness Monster
The tech-enabled hunt for Nessie goes way back before Google stepped in.
What Happens to You if You Give Yourself a Tapeworm to Lose Weight?
Khloe Kardashian said on television that she was thinking about using a parasite to lose weight, but like a lot of things that get said on reality TV, that's a terrible idea.
The Singles Club with Mish Way: A Chat with Ivory Towers
MYTHS member Quinne Rodgers talks about her new project.
The Titanic's Unsinkable Popularity and the Field of "Dark Marketing"
For a brand to elevate to myth, you've got to let it go.
Why We Want To Believe Things That Are Totally Absurd
As founder and publisher of Skeptic Magazine, Michael Shermer, who's the star of this TED talk, has exposed fallacies behind intelligent design, 9/11 conspiracies, the low-carb craze, alien sightings and other hilarious and really very sad beliefs...