by Admin | Mar 6, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Investigation, Magic and witchcraft, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Podcasts, Psychology, Skepticism
I’m a recent guest on the Paranormal Activity podcast, talking about curses, voodoo, and voodoo dolls… Check it out HERE!
by Admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Health and Medicine, Magic and witchcraft, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism
My buddy Jim Underdown asks some pointed questions about recent news that a priest’s wrong spoken word during baptisms jeopardized souls: “Fr. Andres Arango has jeopardized the everlasting souls of (presumably) hundreds of parishioners who were baptized by...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Folklore, Investigation, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Research
Not the most compelling cover art, but I’m quoted in this new book from the Belgrade Institute for Literature and Arts. The subject, of all things, is my research into the Pokemon seizure panic of 1997. Check it out HERE! ...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Ghosts, Investigation, Podcasts
For those interested, I was recently interviewed along with fellow folklorist Tok Thompson on the subject of ghosts, especially their social and cultural history. It was a fun chat, check it out HERE!
by Admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Investigation, Magic and witchcraft, Media Literacy, News, Psychology, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
The new episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This week we discuss an old Satanic Panic dog learning some new tricks. Televangelist Bob Larson has turned to giving remote exorcisms via Skype and Zoom these past few years, and we speak with two people who have...