I can't reveal any details but I was recently in a secret Los Angeles location filming a popular TV show. More later! I feel like I'm being watched...
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Squaring the Strange # 170: Pet Psychics and Psychic Pets
In case you missed our recent Squaring the Strange, we talk about people who think they can talk to animals. Or people who think their animal can talk to them -- psychically, of course. Yes, it's Pet Psychics and Psychic Pets time... Listen HERE!
Mystery of the Borderline Bar Silent Shooting
A few years ago I investigated and solved a mystery that stumped both conspiracy theorists (not hard to do) and a noted science educator (more difficult). Why did eyewitness video of a nightclub shooting contradict eyewitness accounts? On November 7, 2018, a...
Squaring the Strange #17: Deathbed Confessions, Real and Rumored
The new episode of our podcast Squaring the Strange is out! This time we discuss a short list of purported deathbed confessions. The last words of a consequential figure can be hijacked or twisted to fit agenda -- or, sometimes, it's not just the words that are made...
Searching for Cressie, the Crescent Lake Monster
The UK Skeptics have a fun piece I wrote about investigating Cressie, a lake monster in Newfoundland. Check it out, and for more on this see my book "Lake Monster Mysteries," co-written with Joe Nickell! An excerpt is below, and you can read the rest HERE! ...
Ben and Lake Monsters and… ‘Bob’s Burgers’?
I'm delighted to be mentioned in Russ Dobler's series "The Subtle Skepticism of ‘Bob’s Burgers’! Check out his article HERE!
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...
Squaring the Strange #168 – Sex Urban Legends
Did you miss out recent show on Sex Urban Legends? First, all the way from New York City Skeptics, Russ Dobler drops in to tell us about AIPT Comic's skepticism month -- and we also chat about Joe Rogan and Ivermectin. Then our main topic is sex urban legends, a field...
Guest on Paranormal Activity podcast: Curses and Voodoo
I'm a recent guest on the Paranormal Activity podcast, talking about curses, voodoo, and voodoo dolls... Check it out HERE!