Articles tagged with "chicago"

Friday the 13th x 3: The mayhem, the meme, and some math

16 March 2026

I was originally approached by a television producer in January who wanted someone from the NZ Skeptics to talk about Friday 13th and superstitions. It's been a cavalcade of mutual missed phone calls and messages since then, and I decided that if the powers-that-be don't think I'm ready for primetime or the big screen (or that I just have a face for radio), then you, dear skeptic, have the bad luck of benefiting from my research.

Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings...

1 May 1995

An article in the Tucson Citizen, May 18, 1994, about a teacher in Chicago tells a frightening cautionary tale. An extract follows:

Editorial

1 November 1989

Thanks again to members who have sent me material. I now have so much, that for the first time, I shall have to hold some over until the next issue. Thanks to H. Ruis of Tokoroa who kindly sent me the reply from Irene F. Hughes. It now appears that the psychic never visited N.Z. at all and her facilities are only available from her Chicago office and not from Auckland. She was not willing to send out copies of her citations for crime busting.