The owner of a ghost hunting equipment manufacturing company emailed asking me to update an article I wrote debunking his product. First, the article is from 16 years ago; second, I don't write for LiveScience anymore, and third, even if I did: No. It's here,...
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Squaring the Strange # 177 – Field Trip to Bagansland with Susan and Kenny!
Just in time for Halloween: A look back at a classic Squaring the Strange show! We begin with a look at the continuing danger of online rumors igniting mob violence and the Google engineer who is in the news for his belief that the AI in development there has...
Visting the Zak Bagans (Non) Haunted ‘Museum’
During a recent visit to Las Vegas, Nevada, a few friends and I got the chance to visit the Zak Bagans Haunted Museum, said to house some of the most powerful and dangerous objects in the world, curated by the ghost-hunting star of several popular series...
Squaring the Strange # 179: Deviant Death Rites and Bizarre Burials
New episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This week we dug up some strange ways people have sent off their deceased loved ones. As a medieval person, how would you keep Aunt Edna from coming back as a vampire or a bitey undead plague-spreader? Or in the Victorian...
Squaring the Strange # 170: Pet Psychics and Psychic Pets
New episode of Squaring the Strange is now out! After a brief discussion on the recent jailbreak (rock break?) of a Japanese nine-tailed fox demon and some thoughts on war rumors we talk about people who think they can talk to animals. Or people who think their animal...
Evidence for ‘The Entity’ Case? Still Waiting…
Kenny Biddle and I wrote articles on the true story behind "The Entity" 1982 horror film. We were challenged in an episode of the Three Tortured Souls show by a guy who complained that we weren't being fair to the original paranormal researcher, Barry Taff, upon whose...
The Dan Schneider Video Interview #339: Ghosts vs. Science
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!
Quoted in New Ghost Hunting Article
I'm quoted in a substantive new article on ghost hunting by Joe Capozzi. Check it out HERE! Also, don't forget to check out my podcast:
Appearance on Canada’s ‘Global News’, On Bringing Science to Ghost Investigations
I'm interviewed by Canada's Global News, talking about bringing science to ghost investigations... Check it out HERE!
I’m Quoted on Ed & Lorraine Warren in ‘The Irish Times’
It seems I am mentioned in 'The Irish Times' talking about some shady demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren, whose legacy of exploitation is whitewashed in the Conjuring horror films... Check it out HERE! Want to know more? Check out our Squaring the...