by Admin | Jun 14, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Chupacabra, Folklore, Media Appearances, News, Skepticism
Tuesday night the 15th at 5:30 MT / 7:30 ET, I will be giving a live Zoom talk for the Rio Rancho Public Library discussing my research into the famous Hispanic vampire el chupacabra and my book “Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and...
by Admin | Jun 12, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Magic and witchcraft, Media Literacy, Psychology, Skepticism
A few years back I wrote a short piece on karma for the late, great, independent weekly The Alibi. There is a dark, cruel aspect to it: Everything bad that happens to you is your own fault… If you’re beaten, robbed, raped, get hit by a bus or get cancer...
by Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Cryptozoology, Mass Hysteria, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange
For this episode we are joined by a surprise guest, the critical thinker behind the Steak-Umms popular brand voice (aka Nathan Allebach), who talks to us about targeting misinformation as a PR strategy, managing viral posts, and the brand’s recent dustup with...
by Admin | Jun 5, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Investigation, Mass Hysteria, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism
Twenty years ago last month the capital of India was gripped in a panic. Early reports claimed that some mysterious monkey-like creature attacked many residents in New Delhi, leaving fear, scars, and ultimately even dead bodies in its wake. The Monkey Man, as it came...
by Admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Films, Media Appearances, News, Research, Science
The documentary The Woman Who Loves Giraffes tells the remarkable story of a remarkable Canadian woman named Anne Innis Dagg, who first became fascinated by giraffes as a young girl upon seeing them at the Chicago Zoo. Though virtually unknown—and certainly...
