by Admin | Oct 27, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Folklore, Ghosts, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, Skepticism
I’m giving a talk soon: Contacting the Dead: Seances from the Victorian Era to Modern Times. Though TV shows like Ghost Hunters have raised the profile of ghost hunting, there’s nothing new about seeking out spirits of the dead. For millennia...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Bad Clowns, Benjamin Radford, Books, Folklore, Hoaxes, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, Urban legends
According to a Newsweek article: “Two YouTubers in Belgium have been fined for dressing up as scary clowns and carrying a fake AK-47 assault rifle while trying to film a prank video back in January 2020. Following their arrest, the 24-year-old men from the...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Bad Clowns, Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Ghosts, Investigation, News, Skepticism, Urban legends
The KiMo Theater in Albuquerque is one of New Mexico’s best-known ghost stories, and has been the subject of many articles, blogs, and TV shows. After a tragic accident in the 1950s claimed the life of a young boy, it is said that his spirit returned to the theater...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Ghosts, Investigation, Media Literacy, Psychology, Skepticism
I’m a guest on the new The Next Truth show, talking about skeptical and scientific approaches to ghost investigation. You can listen to it HERE! You can find more on me and my work with a search for “Benjamin Radford” (not “Ben...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Investigation, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Reviews, Skepticism
Americans, like everyone else, should ideally be more educated about history (and everything else). But no, a recent poll doesn’t reveal that a significant percentage of Americans either deny the Holocaust or are largely ignorant about it. Here’s a media...
