Robert S. Lancaster
| Robert S. Lancaster | |
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Robert S. Lancaster at The Amazing Meeting 6, July 9, 2008
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| Born |
February 11, 1958 Monterey Park, California |
| Occupation | Computer programmer |
| Known for | Stop Kaz, Stop Sylvia Browne |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Lancaster |
| Website | http://stopsylvia.com |
Robert Starrett Lancaster (born February 11, 1958) is an American computer programmer and skeptic who created the websites Stop Kaz and Stop Sylvia Browne.
Lancaster's first web presence was The Bob Lancaster Gallery of Unusual Playing Cards, a site devoted to displaying some of his large collection of decks of playing cards. The site existed from 1996 until 2008 when AOL shut down member websites. Lancaster also created several shareware DOS computer games known collectively as The MicroLink Games.
His first skeptical web site, Stop Kaz went online in September 2004. It is devoted to critical examination of the public statements of Kaz Demille-Jacobsen. She claimed to be a survivor of the September 11 attacks and gave speeches on that topic. "Everything that she claimed seemed to be a lie", Lancaster found. He documented his efforts to create the site in a paper presented at The Amazing Meeting 4 in 2006.
Lancaster opened Stop Sylvia Browne, a web site devoted to critically examining the claims of self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Browne, in November 2006. He says he did so because, "I found her work with missing children to be incredibly offensive." Lancaster has subsequently been interviewed as an expert on Browne's missteps in the Shawn Hornbeck case on CNN and elsewhere. The site has also documented other failings of Browne, including the Holly Krewson missing person case. In a 2002 episode of The Montel Williams Show, Browne said Krewson was at that time working as a stripper in Los Angeles; however, in 2006, her dental records were matched to a body that had been found in 1996. In 2013, Browne again came under criticism for her false prediction about Amanda Berry.
Lancaster has spoken at skeptic conferences including The Amazing Meeting in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He has been interviewed on The Paul Harris Show,Penn Radio,The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe,Beyond Reality Radio and The Paracast.
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