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Miracle Boy? The First Millennial Saint

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By Joe Nickell
| Skeptical Inquirer
Editor’s note: In addition to the many tributes to Joe Nickell in Skeptical Inquirer, this issue also shares the distinction of including the last file in his “Investigative Files,” a column that has explored mysteries—old and new—for thirty extraordinary years. This last column was submitted and accepted prior to his death. Carlo Acutis was a Catholic child in Milan fascinated by his church’s claims of miracles and their supposedly supernatural powers.
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Who Betrayed Anne Frank? A Cold Case Study

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By Joe Nickell
| Skeptical Inquirer
Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. A Jewish victim of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously when her narrative, The Diary of a Young Girl, became one of the world’s most celebrated books. It is essentially her account of two years in hiding (with her family and four others) in Amsterdam. They lived in rooms whose only entrance was behind a bookcase that served as a secret panel.
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Explore legends in 'The United States of Cryptids'

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By Justin Mullis, Joe Nickell, Benjamin Radford
| AIPTComics
In the summer of 1948, the town of Churubusco, Indiana, was riveted by rumors that a 500-pound snapping turtle with a shell the size of a dining room table was living in a lake on an area farm. Various would-be monster hunters tried their luck at netting the gargantuan terrapin, to no avail.
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