A “weird news” story circulated in June about a trend among Japanese schoolchildren licking each other’s eyeballs and supposedly spreading the highly contagious disease pink eye. But was it too good to be true? Find out HERE.
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What are the effects of the full moon?
I'm quoted in a new story about the effects of the full moon on human behavior: No werewolves, but there is some effect on human behavior. You can read it HERE.
How NOT to be a Paranormal Investigator- VIDEO
A video from last year's Amazing Meeting (TAM) is now up on YouTube HERE, featuring myself, the Amazing Randi, and others discussion skepticism and paranormal investigation!
New Issue: Book Plagiarism and Whether Psychics Could Have Stopped the Boston Bombing!
If you haven't seen the new issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, you're missing out! I have a feature article on plagiarism I found in a book about vampires from a famous publisher, and a column about whether accurate psychic information could have stopped the Boston...
My ‘Tracking the Chupacabra’ Book Now on Wikipedia!
My 2011 book solving the mystery of the Hispanic vampire best el chupacabra, Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore, now has its own Wikipedia page!
How I Covered the Bangladesh Toilet Ghost Hysteria Story
I'm sometimes asked for insight into how my articles and columns come about, what the process is for assembling them. HERE's one recent example....
Seattle Woman Ends Spiritual Fasting Experiment, Decides She Should Eat
A woman in Seattle who believes she can live on air, sunlight, and water decided last week that she should eat food after all, and has stopped her social and spiritual “experiment.” I wrote a piece for Discovery News, you can read the story HERE.
Psychic Ordered to Pay $7 Million in Lawsuit
This is a story I originally covered for Discovery News from the start: The owners of a Texas ranch raided by police based on a psychic’s bogus information about a massacre have sued the psychic, winning a $6.8 million judgment. You can read the story HERE.
Undead Apocalypse: War of the Damned Game on Kickstarter
As you may know, I have created and designed a new board game called Undead Apocalypse. It's a cool mashup up zombies, werewolves, vampires, and humans, all battling it out in a post-apocalyptic world. What's the game about? This: The year is 2060. After World...
My Article on Champ, ‘America’s Loch Ness Monster,’ on the Weather Channel!
I recently wrote a piece for LiveScience.com about my investigation into the Champ lake monster, and was pleasantly surprised to see it appear on the web site of The Weather Channel... You can read it HERE.