by Admin | Apr 10, 2021 | Books, Investigation, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism
My friend and Squaring the Strange co-host Celestia Ward recently interviewed the great Richard Wiseman about his new skeptical comic Hocus Pocus for the Adventures in Poor Taste site… check it out HERE!
by Admin | Apr 6, 2021 | News
I’m quoted in a new Cracked article about the chupacabra, and it gives a slightly snarky (but generally good) summary of the monster’s cinematic origins: “How A ’90s Erotic Thriller Created the ‘Chupacabra’ Myth.” Check it out...
by Admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Investigation, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Reviews, Skepticism, Urban legends, Vampires
There’s a lovely review of my new book Big-If True: Adventures in Oddity at AIPTComics: “The perfect book for anyone that loves diving into mysteries or enjoys a good investigation. It’s a very quick read, easily broken up into chapters, or even chunks at...
by Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Research, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
This episode we talk all manner of things mer . . . mermen, mermaids, merb’ys, and many more. People love conjuring up creatures that are half human in some way (especially half sexy human), and merfolk top the list. Whether they are helpful, innocent creatures...
by Admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Investigation, Media Literacy, News, Podcasts, Psychics, Research, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange
I often investigate claims about psychic detectives, and last year I researched claims made by psychics in the tragic case of a missing Ohio boy in late 2020. He went missing without a trace, and several psychics gave information about where he was; what did they say...
