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...
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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!
‘Clerical Error Fries Phoenix Faithful’ by Jim Underdown
My buddy Jim Underdown asks some pointed questions about recent news that a priest's wrong spoken word during baptisms jeopardized souls: "Fr. Andres Arango has jeopardized the everlasting souls of (presumably) hundreds of parishioners who were baptized by him — and...
Quoted in New Book: ‘Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment, and Folklore Genres’
Not the most compelling cover art, but I'm quoted in this new book from the Belgrade Institute for Literature and Arts. The subject, of all things, is my research into the Pokemon seizure panic of 1997. Check it out HERE!
Squaring the Strange #167: Bob Larson, the D-List Demon Dispatcher
The new episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This week we discuss an old Satanic Panic dog learning some new tricks. Televangelist Bob Larson has turned to giving remote exorcisms via Skype and Zoom these past few years, and we speak with two people who have...
Debunked ‘Primal Scream’ Therapy Returns With Covid
In the news: Moms gathering to scream out their pandemic frustrations. Psychotherapist Arthur Janov believed that neuroses are caused by childhood pain and could be relieved by re-experiencing it through crying and screaming. A huge fad in the 1970s, the idea of...
Susan Gerbic Wins the 2019 Balles Award in Critical Thinking!
Congratulations to my colleague Susan Gerbic, recipient of the 2019 Balles Award in Critical Thinking!
Quoted, along with Tim Burton, Albert Camus, and Michel Foucault!
I'm quoted, along with Tim Burton, Albert Camus, and Michel Foucault, in a new journal article on media education. Good company, I suppose...
National Capital Area Skeptics Talk: ‘Big–If True’
I recently gave a talk for the National Capital Area Skeptics on some of my investigations into strange topics, from ghosts to curses and monsters, featured in my new book Big--If True. It was livestreamed on YouTube, you can watch it HERE!