From a review of my book Bad Clowns in Fortean Times magazine (Issue 349): “Benjamin Radford shows in his masterful survey that bad clowns have always been with us.... This is not a dry or scholarly read, and there’s a lot of welcome debunking. Bad Clowns moves...
Books
My Research Quoted in “Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis”
I got a Google Scholar alerting me that my research on African witchcraft and superstition belief is cited in a new academic book, "Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis." Glad my work is helping to bring attention to the dangers and injustice of modern-day witch hunts!
More great reviews of ‘Bad Clowns’!
From a review of my book Bad Clowns in Fortean Times magazine (Issue 349): “Benjamin Radford shows in his masterful survey that bad clowns have always been with us.... This is not a dry or scholarly read, and there’s a lot of welcome debunking. Bad Clowns moves...
Reading Romance Novels in Jamaica
August 8, 2014: The Shoppes at Rose Hall, Montego Bay, Jamaica I was done. I’d arrived at the gated tourist mini-mall about half an hour earlier, and couldn’t take any more of the servile shopkeepers shilling shelf after shelf of schlocky tchotchke of unrivalled...
The True Story of ‘The Bye Bye Man’
A new horror film titled The Bye Bye Man scared up $16 million in box office sales over the past week. The film is based on the chapter “The Bridge to Body Island” in Robert Damon Schneck’s nonfiction book The President’s Vampire (reissued last year as The Bye Bye...
Playing Witch Doctor: Hidden Ethics in Skeptical Ghost Investigation
A classic article from the archives, in which I talk about ghost hunting ethics: The drive from my apartment to the haunted house was about twenty minutes, but I found myself wishing it would take longer. I wanted more time to get a handle on what I was going to say,...
‘Bad Clowns’ in the News
My book Bad Clowns, which covered a very popular topic last year, is still making the news. A recent article by a psychologist explains that "Jesters and others persons of ridicule go back at least to ancient Egypt, and the English word “clown” first appeared sometime...
“Bad Clowns” Mentioned in the ‘London Review of Books’
My book "Bad Clowns" was recently mentioned in the London Review of Books, and quoted in this piece on internet trolls.... you can read the piece HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
My ‘Bell Witch’ Case Cited on Wikipedia
My research on the famous Bell Witch ghost is referenced on the Wikipedia page about the case! Brian Dunning too!
BBC Quotes My Chupacabra Research
A new article on BBC-Earth discusses my five-year investigation into the mysterious vampire beast El Chupacabra; if you're interested in how I solved one of the world's best-known monster mysteries, check it out HERE! You can find more on me and my work with a...