According to a Newsweek article: "Two YouTubers in Belgium have been fined for dressing up as scary clowns and carrying a fake AK-47 assault rifle while trying to film a prank video back in January 2020. Following their arrest, the 24-year-old men from the...
I'm a guest on the new The Next Truth show, talking about skeptical and scientific approaches to ghost investigation. You can listen to it HERE! You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo,...
Americans, like everyone else, should ideally be more educated about history (and everything else). But no, a recent poll doesn't reveal that a significant percentage of Americans either deny the Holocaust or are largely ignorant about it. Here's a media literacy take...
If you want a break from bad news: The new episode of Squaring the Strange is now out. This week we discuss the Bangladesh Toilet Ghost. Or, rather ONE OF several Bangladeshi toilet ghosts. I bring cultural and social context and a surprising history about factory...
News and social media are awash with information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately much of what’s shared on social media about COVID-19 is false, misleading, or speculative. From the White House to the CDC, conspiracy cranks to Goop contributors, it’s a...
During the first presidential debate, moderator Chris Wallace mischaracterized Kamala Harris's concerns about vaccinations under Trump. I wrote about it recently: "Harris did not promote any conspiracy theory; she chose her words carefully: '*If* the past is prologue,...
In case you missed my appearance on the TV show "Cheddar Reveals" talking about dragons and other monster folklore, you can watch it HERE!
I recently gave a live presentation on Phantom Clown Panics for the Folklore Podcast. Cost is a reasonable £5, which supports the podcast... Most evil clowns are fictional, but some bad clowns are reported to roam streets and parks looking for innocent children to...
New episode of Squaring the Strange is out! I've researched faked abductions for almost two decades now, and on the new show discuss patterns, motivations, and examples of people pretending they've been kidnapped. From the runaway bride to the McDonald's worker who...
My new article is on why some progressives have recently joined conservatives and conspiracy mongers in promoting vaccination fears: "The chorus of those raising fears about vaccine safety (for whatever reason ranging from genuine fears to belief in conspiracies to...