The delightful website Adventures in Poor Taste has a nice review of my new book Big--If True! Check it out HERE!
Media Appearances
Quoted in a ‘Cracked’ Article About the Chupacabra!
I'm quoted in a new Cracked article about the chupacabra, and it gives a slightly snarky (but generally good) summary of the monster's cinematic origins: "How A '90s Erotic Thriller Created the 'Chupacabra' Myth. Check it out!
Squaring the Strange # 140: Steve Kulls and the Georgia Bigfoot Body Hoax
For those who didn't see it, in the recent episode of Squaring the Strange we talk with Bigfoot investigator Steve Kulls, who shares with us his tenets of research and then discusses his role in uncovering the Georgia Bigfoot body hoax of 2008--a tale involving a...
Pepe The Frog, Feels Good Man, And The Treachery Of Images
The new documentary Feels Good Man, directed by Arthur Jones, tells the strange story of how an otherwise obscure and innocuous frog cartoon character became a symbol of hate. The frog in question is named Pepe, created by an unassuming, otherwise unknown...
Interviewed by the Amazing Vito!
I recently had a free-ranging chat with Vito D'Amico (aka The Amazing Vito) on myriad things including the perils of Zoom masturbation, Bigfoot sex, the wanna-be "vampire" roommate of a girl he dated, why ghost beliefs can be harmful, confirmation bias, why real...
Quoted in a CBC article on the TikTok Challenge / Knockout Game
I'm quoted in a new CBC article on the new appearance of an old social media scare, the "knockout game" or "blackout challenge." You can read it HERE. Non-Francophones can read it using the "Translate" button at the top right, and the rest of you can marvel at...
Guesting on the Paracast Paranormal Radio show!
I was a recent guest on the Paracast Paranormal Radio show, talking with Gene and Randall about some of the strange cases in my new book Big-If True: Adventures in Oddity. We get into claims about UFO coverups, curses, walking trees, eHarmony, and all sorts of...
Guesting on the Passport podcast, talking about scary clowns!
I'm a guest on the Passport podcast, talking about scary clowns, fear of clowns, and miscellaneous clown weirdness. Paris: The Serious Business of Clowning Around Clowns: freaky, funny or downright mystifying? This week, we tread the boards of the French...
My tribute to the Amazing Randi
I'm delighted to join Margaret Downey, Chip Taylor, Leonard Tramiel, Jim Underdown, Celestia Ward, Penn & Teller, Jamy Ian Swiss, Richard Saunders, Angie Mattke, Susan Gerbic, Geo Hrab, Brian Engler, and many others in offering our remembrances of our colleague,...
Tim Burton, Albert Camus, Michel Foucault… and Me!
I'm quoted, along with Tim Burton, Albert Camus, and Michel Foucault, in a new journal article on media education. Good company, I suppose...