by Admin | Sep 10, 2022 | Books, Conspiracy theories, Folklore, Investigation, Media Literacy, News
Interesting article in Psychology Today by my colleague and co-author Bob Bartholomew, about the strange case of a phantom cat killer in New Zealand… One feature of human psychology is that people tend to see what they expect to see. As meaning-oriented...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Critical Thinking, Folklore, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism
In the wake of the July verdict in the dueling defamation lawsuits between actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, there was of course much punditry, commentary, and crystal gazing. It was seen not merely as an outcome of one trial between two often-toxic celebrities but...
by Admin | Aug 20, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Critical Thinking, Folklore, Health and Medicine, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange
Word around the campfire is that there’s a new episode of Squaring the Strange! This week we dug up some strange ways people have sent off their deceased loved ones. As a medieval person, how would you keep Aunt Edna from coming back as a vampire or a bitey...
by Admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Cryptozoology, Folklore
A book I contributed a chapter (and cover) to won a book award! Congratulation to the other authors and editor David Puglia for winning the Brian McConnell Book Award in folklore for ‘North American Monsters’!
by Admin | Aug 8, 2022 | Critical Thinking, Hoaxes, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism
False abuse claims are, sadly, being used to settle grudges: “The partner of Vanessa Wilson, the former Aurora, Colorado police chief, was charged with filing a fabricated child sex abuse report. Robin Niceta anonymously called Arapahoe County social services on...
