There's a play being produced in London next month based (in some small part) on my book Investigating Ghosts! It's titled "A Study in Fear" and you...
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Squaring the Strange: (Real) Diseases and (Fake) Diplomas
The new episode of Squaring the Strange is out! First we talk with Dr. Hans House about infectious diseases (flu, ebola, measles, etc.), as well as how to deal with vaccine deniers. Then we're joined by Kenny Biddle to talk about faked credentials, and I...
Quoted in New Article on Ghost Hunting
I'm quoted in a new article on ghost investigation and different psychological explanations for ghostly experiences. Here's an excerpt: Despite decades of testing, there is no scientific proof of the existence of ghosts. Part of that is because no one can agree...
Peal To Panic: Analysis Of A False Abduction Rumor
How a fictional missing girl led to a massive police search that terrified a community. My recent article takes a closer look at a recent child abduction rumor and panic in England... A mother recently claimed in a Facebook post that an eight-year-old girl had...
Squaring the Strange episode ‘Sin Numero’: Social Media Fallacies
Squaring the Strange time! This started off as a little bonus mini-episode where we have a little roundtable about some frustrating patterns of thought we have spotted on social media and other types of public discourse; some have actual fallacy names, some don't...
New Book: “The Joker Psychology: Evil Clowns and the Women Who Love Them”
At last it can be revealed: I've got a section in a new book titled "The Joker Psychology: Evil Clowns and the Women Who Love Them." It's officially out, for your scary clown lovin' pleasure...
Mass Shootings And Media Literacy
This is part three of a three-part series. You can read the rest of the series here. Mass shootings have captivated America for years with little progress in understanding the nature of the problem. The topic of mass shootings is fraught, not only with political...
Who Are Mass Shooters? Mass Shooter Demographics
This is part two of a three-part series. You can read the rest of the series here. With the recent tragic attacks in El Paso and Dayton, the world once again turned its attention to mass shootings. It’s a subject that has captivated America for years with little...
How Common Are Mass Shootings? The Nature And Frequency Of Mass Shootings
This is the first part of a three-part series examining mass shootings from a critical thinking and media literacy perspective. With the recent tragic attacks in Dayton and El Paso, the world once again turns its attention to mass shootings. It’s a subject that has...
‘Bring Back Our Girls’ At 5: Boko Haram’s Forgotten Captives
It was a bold and brash attack on innocent girls that outraged the world and spawned unprecedented online activism: Boko Haram, an extremist Muslim group in Nigeria, abducted about 276 schoolgirls from a rural secondary school in the town of Chibok on April 14, 2014....