What does a bitcoin, a uniquely 21st century electronic currency, have to do with tulips in 1630s Holland? What, exactly, happened? Find out in my Discovery News piece HERE!
Mass Hysteria
Penis-Theft Panics Around the World
I recently wrote about penis-theft panics for LiveScience.com. I'd written about it before, for example in the book I co-authored with Bob Bartholomew, "Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking," and I included it in a talk I gave last year on mass...
Guest Appearance on Project: Archivist
I was recently interviewed by the great guys at the Project: Archivist podcast, talking about cults in general and doomsday cults specifically. I'll post a link once the show's out!
Grave Robbers in Benin Steal Body Parts for Voodoo
In which I discuss grave robbing and body theft from Burke & Hare to modern-day Benin.... Read it HERE.
Ghost Porn Presentation an Arousing Success
My presentation at Atlanta's Dragon*Con conference last weekend on The Sexx Files: Ghost Porn was enthusiastically received by a packed house and standing room only crowd! I also gave a talk on truths and myths about mass hysterias, also known as mass sociogenic...
Mass Hysteria Confirmed at New York School
A bizarre illness affecting nearly 20 students at a Western New York Junior-Senior High school now has an official diagnosis: mass hysteria.The students, almost all of them girls, and mostly friends, began experiencing involuntary jerks and tics. Sometimes their...
A (Real) History of Zombies!
For Discovery News I wrote a piece about the history of 'real' zombies, derived from Haitian Voodoo belief and folklore. You can read it HERE.
My Article on ‘Pink Slime’ Quoted in Discover Blog
Pulitzer-prize winning writer Deborah Blum mentioned my work in her recent Discover Magazine blog on Pink Slime... you can read it HERE!
Interviewed by the New York Daily News on 2012 Doomsday…
I was interviewed by a reporter for the New York Daily News about the marketing and commercialization of the 2012 phenomenon. Yep, everbody's cashing in! You can read the story HERE.
Hide Your Daughters! ‘Oily Man’ Monster Stalks Malaysia
What's scarier than Rick Santorum as president? The orang minyak (Malay for "oily man"), a bizarre monster said to abduct young women by night throughout Malaysia. The creature has been occasionally sighted for decades, but never captured.... My article on this...