I'm pleased to announce that my sixth book, The Martians Have Landed! A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes, is now available. The book is co-authored with sociologist Robert Bartholomew (who also co-authored my first book back in 2003, Hoaxes Myths, and Manias:...
Books
The Journal of Folklore Research Reviews ‘Tracking the Chupacabra’
The Journal of Folklore Research, a peer-reviewed publication of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, was established in 1961. It is dedicated to promoting international scholarly dialogue about the world's traditional creative and expressive forms. A review...
New MonsterTalk Podcast Episode: The Big Bad Wolf!
MonsterTalk #041 - The Big Bad Wolf - is now out. The first of a 2-part look at man eating wolves. Interview with author Jay Smith about The Beast of Gevaudan. A great interview with the author of a great book! Hear the podcast HERE.
Time Magazine References My Pokemon Investigation
In an article on mass hysteria, a Time magazine article referenced my investigation of the 1997 Pokemon Panic (which appears as a chapter in my book Scientific Paranormal Investigation). My co-author Bob Bartholomew, with whom I wrote up the case for the Southern...
“Tracking the Chupacabra” a Finalist in NM Book Awards
My book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore, published earlier this year by the University of New Mexico Press, has been named a finalist in the 2011 New Mexico Book Awards in the "Political/Current Events" category! The winners...
‘Evolution’ Book Wins Canadian Award, Shunned in U.S.
A new book about evolution that couldn't get published in the United States has won a Canadian book award. Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be, by former shepherd, cryptozoology writer, and Junior Skeptic editor Daniel Loxton, won the 2010 Lane Anderson...
Interviewed About the Chupacabra by Arizona Public Media
I was recently interviewed about my five-year investigation of the chupacabra and the resulting book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore, on Arizona Public Media. The interview appeared on the radio show Arizona Spotlight, and...
Tracking the Chupacabra Goes Into Second Printing
My book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore is going into a second printing. The book, published by the University of New Mexico Press, has been getting spectacular reviews (one of my favorite reviews is, "arguably the greatest...
Ben Radford Interview in Nate Riddle’s Book “Lone Star Spooks”
Writer Nate Riddle's new book, Lone Star Spooks: Searching for Ghosts in Texas, has a significant chapter on skepticism in ghost investigations, and he quotes an interview I did with him at length. I can't vouch for the skeptical content of the rest of the book, but...
Tracking the Chupacabra Reviewed in SF Chronicle
When it comes to folklore, Mexico's mythical creatures and personages are generally ancient in origin and essentially benign in nature...This March, paranormal investigator Benjamin Radford, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and columnist for Discovery...