Career
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 America Online 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.
lieutenant 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 foundation 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 Cable News Network 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 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. On August 4, 2008, Lancaster suffered a stroke, and was hospitalized for some time after.
In October 2008, during Lancaster"s recovery, the domain registration for StopSylviaBrowne.com lapsed and was purchased by Boris Kreiman, who replaced the site with one advertising psychic services.
When challenged by supporters of Lancaster, Kreiman offered to sell the domain back for $20,000 and put it up for auction. Lancaster"s wife decided not to negotiate with Kreiman, and instead moved the site to an existing alternate domain, StopSylvia.com. He had recovered sufficiently from his stroke to receive the award in person (see photo).
In September 2010 Robert was interviewed in STOCKYARD Magazine.
"People want answers", Lancaster says. "Answers to questions which, often, nobody else has been able to answer for them.
Answers which law enforcement officials, medical providers, and loved ones cannot provide."
Three months later Lancaster stepped down from hosting Resident Skeptic to spend more time on his stroke recovery. On June 5, 2011 Lancaster suffered a minor heart attack in his home in Salem, Oregon.
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