by Admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Health and Medicine, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Research, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
As if on cue! Following my recent CFI article “The Truth About Covid Parties” and Squaring the Strange podcast episode on ‘covid parties,’ titled “Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s Covid 1999” there’s a news article suggesting they’ve been confirmed!...
by Admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Folklore, Health and Medicine, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
Recent rumors and news reports have circulated claiming that COVID-19 is being spread intentionally in clandestine “covid parties.” In mid-March, Kentucky governor Andy Beshear made national headlines when he stated that part of the rise in coronavirus infections in...
by Admin | Jul 19, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Folklore, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism
A folklore colleague sent me a news story about the sinister-yet-fictional Blue Whale Game rumor, which is once again circulating after I and others debunked it back in 2017… As if there aren’t enough real problems to be concerned about? My original...
by Admin | Jul 15, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Health and Medicine, Hoaxes, Investigation, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Science, Skepticism
The twin plagues of COVID-19 and racism have come to the fore globally over the past few months, and as with any such afflictions there’s a social desire to scapegoat, finding someone (or some group) to blame. Parallels between the pandemic and racism are not hard to...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2020 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Hoaxes, Investigation, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange, Urban legends
The recent episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This time around we examine the legend of snuff films–movies in which one or more of the actors are (really) killed! We are joined by filmmaker and encyclopedia of weird film knowledge Erik Kristopher...
