Al Seckel
Al Seckel | |
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Seckel in 2009 | |
| Born | Alfred Paul Seckel September 3, 1958 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 2015 (aged 56) France |
| Education | Cornell University, no degree |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, scientific skeptic |
| Known for | Popularizer of optical illusions |
| Spouses | Laura Mullen
(m. 1980, divorced)Alice Klarke
(until 2007) |
| Partners | Isabel Maxwell (2007–2015; his death) |
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Alfred Paul "Al" Seckel (September 3, 1958 – 2015) was an American collector and popularizer of visual and other types of sensory illusions, who wrote books about them. Active in the Freethought movement as a skeptic in the 1980s, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Southern California Skeptics. News coverage arising from his connection to Jeffrey Epstein has stressed Seckel's misrepresentation of his education and credentials.