by Admin | Aug 5, 2020 | Bad Clowns, Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Media Appearances, News, Urban legends
So this is very cool: Many of you may remember that I was featured in a documentary last year, “Wrinkles the Clown,” about a mysterious creepy clown in Florida who threatened (and was threatened by) kids (sometimes at their parents’ request). The...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Media Literacy, Research, Science, Squaring the Strange, Urban legends
With statues being front and center in the news earlier this month, we decided to take a few tours of the stranger side of statues. From graveyard statues that take strolls when you’re not looking to spooky statues that allegedly can’t be photographed....
by Admin | Jul 31, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Urban legends
New, bonus episode of Squaring the Strange is now out! We present to you a rumor roundup, talking about all sorts of weird–and sometimes harmful–nonsense that’s swirling around social media these days. A veritable cornucopia of rumor and myth,...
by Admin | Jul 31, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
In a recent episode of Squaring the Strange, we take a look at Antifa this week, or rather–we take a look at HOW people are LOOKING at Antifa. Are we witnessing the birth of a modern social panic? How is Antifa used for political and social purposes? What are...
by Admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism
Misleading memes are a dime a dozen, to use a phrase originating in the 1800s (though today they’re not only free but available by the tens of thousands). People who spend time on social media interact with them constantly, usually in the context of reading,...
