Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
$500,000. It should be easy money for the right person. The Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) Paranormal Challenge offers a $500,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power under scientific testing conditions. It is, by far, the world’s largest prize for scientifically proving superpowers—and it’s never been claimed successfully.
Jim Underdown, founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) shares a behind-the-scenes look at the Paranormal Challenge. Who applies for this prize? How often do they cheat? And what are the rules that must be followed? Underdown will answer all these questions and share stories from his almost quarter century of putting wacky claims to the test.
Jim Underdown has been the executive director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry Investigations Group, the U.S.’s premiere paranormal investigation team. Underdown has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and is one of the hosts of CFI's flagship podcast, Point of Inquiry.
$500,000. It should be easy money for the right person. The Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) Paranormal Challenge offers a $500,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power under scientific testing conditions. It is, by far, the world’s largest prize for scientifically proving superpowers—and it’s never been claimed successfully.
Jim Underdown, founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) shares a behind-the-scenes look at the Paranormal Challenge. Who applies for this prize? How often do they cheat? And what are the rules that must be followed? Underdown will answer all these questions and share stories from his almost quarter century of putting wacky claims to the test.
Jim Underdown has been the executive director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry Investigations Group, the U.S.’s premiere paranormal investigation team. Underdown has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and is one of the hosts of CFI's flagship podcast, Point of Inquiry.
