The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
3 claims
2% authenticStrong natural explanation
Televangelist Peter Popoff was exposed using a concealed radio earpiece to receive congregants' personal details from his wife, then presenting this information as divine revelation during healing crusades.
Disprovenhealing·United States (touring crusades)
Peter Popoff's Radio Earpiece Fraud
Televangelist Peter Popoff was exposed using a concealed radio earpiece to receive congregants' personal details from his wife, then presenting this information as divine revelation during healing crusades.
3% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Self-described psychic Uri Geller was unable to demonstrate any paranormal ability when James Randi advised The Tonight Show to use props Geller had no prior access to, producing an on-air failure that established his method required advance access to objects.
Disprovensigns·NBC Studios, Burbank, California, USA
Uri Geller Fails Controlled Test on The Tonight Show (1973)
Self-described psychic Uri Geller was unable to demonstrate any paranormal ability when James Randi advised The Tonight Show to use props Geller had no prior access to, producing an on-air failure that established his method required advance access to objects.
2% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Faith healer W.V. Grant was exposed by James Randi for faking leg-lengthening healings and using prayer-card cold reading, then convicted by the IRS in 1996 for failing to report $375,000 in taxable income.
Disprovenhealing·United States (Dallas, TX base)
W.V. Grant: Faith Healer Exposed by Randi and Convicted of Tax Fraud
Faith healer W.V. Grant was exposed by James Randi for faking leg-lengthening healings and using prayer-card cold reading, then convicted by the IRS in 1996 for failing to report $375,000 in taxable income.