As you may know, in 2001 I helped solve the mystery of the bizarre 1997 Pokémon seizure incident. I wrote an article that became a cover story in Fortean Times and co-authored a medical journal article about it. I revisit the puzzling case in my new Seeker article:...
Media Appearances
Quoted in a Forbes Article on Ghost Hunting Equipment
This is cool.. I was recently mentioned in a Forbes article on ghost hunting science and pseudoscience: There’s no shortage of retailers to provide for your spooky-seeking needs. Products marketed as “Deluxe Ghost Hunting Kit” and “Ghost Hunting Spirit Box” can be...
The Original Fearless Female Ghostbuster
For those who didn't see it, I recently wrote a piece about a fascinating 1880s-era scientist/educator/feminist/ghostbuster named Eleanor Sidgwick... The long-awaited "Ghostbusters" remake is out... While vampire slaying has often been portrayed as a female-dominated...
The Myth of ‘The Media’
With all the recent discussion of shootings and how the news media have covered it, I thought I'd revisit a blog I wrote in 2014 about how people often misuse (and misunderstand) the phrase "the media." As a longtime media and science literacy educator (as well as...
Lauded in ‘New York Times Magazine’ for My Research
I'm mentioned, flatteringly, in a recent "New York Times Magazine" for an investigation and article I wrote. You can read it HERE. "But when it investigates the paranormal, Fortean Times brings painstaking research and analysis to bear on topics that most sensible...
“Bad Clowns” on Wikipedia!
Looks like my new book "Bad Clowns" even made it to the Wikipedia page on clowns. Very cool! If you haven't read it yet, there's still a few copies left at your local independent bookstore, or at Amazon.com! You can find more on me and my...
I’m quoted Yahoo News piece on Spontaneous Human Combustion
So this is cool: I'm quoted in a new Yahoo News piece on the mystery of spontaneous human combustion; you can read it HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
“Egging The Equator” in the current “Skeptical Inquirer”
In the current issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine I have a column about investigating claims of egg balancing in the Ecuadorean jungle at the equator! Check it out on finer newsstands now! You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin...
Yahoo’s Algorithm Fail
WTF, Yahoo? People who search for me also search for... Hitler, Bill Clinton, Orson Welles, Edward Herrmann and Joseph Stalin? I hope this is some sort of algorithm fail... You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben...
My Work in New Book: “Policing and Social Media”
According to Google's Scholar Alert (or in my case "Scholar" alert), my work is referenced in the new book "Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media." Looks like a pricey textbook, but maybe I'll see it some time... ...