Paranormal investigator known as ‘real-life Scully’ dead at 80: ‘Icon and hero within the skeptical community’

Source: New York Post

A paranormal investigator known as the “real-life Scully” who died last month was remembered as “an icon and hero within the skeptical community” credited with cracking hundreds of mysteries. Joe Nickell called himself “the world’s only full-time professional paranormal investigator,” and was known for digging into some of the world’s biggest myths before he died on March 4 at the age of 80 from an undisclosed cause, according to reports. The Skeptical Inquirer – where Nickell had worked as a columnist for decades – wrote last month that he probed various enigmas, including historical, forensic and paranormal.