Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Joe Nickell
Born: December 1, 1944 (age 80)
Bio: Joe Nickell 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.
Known for:
- Secrets of the Sideshows (2005)
- Real-Life X-Files (2001)
- Adventures in Paranormal Investigation (2007)