Skeptical science site freezes Brave

Description of the issue:
When entering skeptical science web site it consistently freezes Brave and the only way to release the freeze is through ending the Brave task in windows Task manager.
https://www.skepticalscience.com/

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
Tried the suggestions in Brave as follows:
Tried private window - same effect
Tried clearing browsing historical data for all time - same effect.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
Get first Skeptical science screen, tries to download and then freezes Brave
Google works fine with this site.

Expected result:

Reproduces how often:
Everytime when entering the skeptical Science site. https://www.skepticalscience.com/

Brave Version(about:brave):
Version 0.57.18 Chromium: 71.0.3578.80 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
Yes

Additional Information:

@Oldsirhippy,
Thanks for reaching out to us with this.
Just tried to visit the site and you’re absolutely right, Brave does not like it one bit!
Going have to look deeper into this. I’ll reach out to some team members and see if I can get a clear picture of whats going on.

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