Título: Joe Nickell
Seção: The Warrens
Background: Joe Nickell (born December 1, 1944) is an American prominent skeptic and investigator of the paranormal. He has helped expose such famous forgeries as the purported diary of Jack the Ripper. In 2002 he was one of a number of experts asked by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to evaluate the authenticity of the manuscript of Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative (1853-1860), possibly the first novel by an African-American woman. At the request of document dealer and historian, Seth Keller, Nickell analyzed documentation in the dispute over the authorship of "The Night Before Christmas", ultimately supporting the Clement Clarke Moore claim.

Conteúdo: Although Nickell rejects the term "debunker" to describe his work, his evidenced-based investigations of paranormal events has not yet uncovered any miracles, ghosts or monsters. His insistence on documented facts led to a heated exchange with Ed and Lorraine Warren on the Sally show in 1992. Nickell and the Warrens appeared on Sally Jesse Raphael's talk show with the Snedeker family, whose reports of ghosts and demons led to the 1992 book, In A Dark Place, The Story Of A True Haunting by novelist Ray Garton and the 2009 movie, The Haunting in Connecticut. After an on-air threat of violence from Ed Warren, Nickell stated: I've investigated haunted houses for some twenty years. I've not met a house that I thought was haunted; I think the Warrens have not met a house they didn't think was haunted. ...The houses that sincere people report they think are haunted usually follow a certain pattern. This is a hodgepodge of the sort of ghost tale, poltergeist, part demon, part this, part that. We saw a similar pattern with the Amityville Horror, a case that the Warrens thought was genuine. It turned out to be a blatant hoax, concocted over several bottles of wine. Nickell continues to cite the Warrens as an example of exploitative and harmful charlatans. He told Blake Smith, host of the MonsterTalk podcast, The next thing you know, the Warrens have convinced everybody that there were demons involved. Lorraine would go into one of her light trances, which would mean she would just clos

user: who or what are the Warrens

assistant: Ed and Lorraine Warren on the Sally show in 1992.

user: What do they have to do with Nickell

assistant: Nickell and the Warrens appeared on Sally Jesse Raphael's talk show with the Snedeker family,

user: was Nickell an actor

assistant: Although Nickell rejects the term "debunker" to describe his work, his evidenced-based investigations of paranormal events has not yet uncovered any miracles, ghosts or monsters.

user: Did he work on the show

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What did the warrens have to say

assistant: the Warrens have convinced everybody that there were demons involved.

user: Were there really paranormal activities going on

assistant: Nickell continues to cite the Warrens as an example of exploitative and harmful charlatans.

user: Did Nickell think they were lying

assistant: I think the Warrens have not met a house they didn't think was haunted.

user: what ese

assistant: The next thing you know, the Warrens have convinced everybody that there were demons involved. Lorraine would go into one of her light trances,

user: Why did they claim this

assistant: Nickell continues to cite the Warrens as an example of exploitative and harmful charlatans.