# Full moon

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon/71500
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 6, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon/71500 "2001-07-06T16:50:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon/71500/1 "2001-07-06T16:50:17Z")

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Okay. It just passed. Nobody acted weird around me.  
Is there any statistical evidence that shows an increase in arrests or Bush speeches around a full moon?

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### Author: ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon/71500/2 "2001-07-06T16:59:45Z")

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The master has taken a shot at answering the question [Do things get crazy when the moon is full?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_337.html)

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### Author: ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon/71500/3 "2001-07-06T17:25:09Z")

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Just the other day I read about this in [The Skeptic’s Dictionary](http://skepdic.com/fullmoon.html)

They do a pretty thorough job of debunking the whole thing.