a fact check on the children's book "the giant book of fantastic facts" was popular semi-regular segment, until it concluded with a "best of" edition on 14 july 2011. on 1 april 2013, an entire episode consisted of fictional stories including a parody of "ghost busters", a story about the "mersey book of monsters" and one about the "paranormal investigation society scotland (piss)", which was revealed in "episode #095.5 – the confession". the hosts managed to mislead many skeptics who couldn't tell the entire show was a hoax. tim farley was among the few who doubted only particular segments, and after contacting marsh, who admitted they had made up all news items but requested it be kept a secret, turned it into a challenge for the listeners of "virtual skeptics" to find out which skeptical podcast's early april episode was a hoax.