In case people are interested, my presentation at the American Folklore Society on Friday Oct. 14 will be available to the public. A number of sessions, including all the plenary addresses and my presentation “Folklore of the Chupacabra,” part of the “Fairy Animals,...
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The Journal of Folklore Research Reviews ‘Tracking the Chupacabra’
The Journal of Folklore Research, a peer-reviewed publication of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, was established in 1961. It is dedicated to promoting international scholarly dialogue about the world's traditional creative and expressive forms. A review...
Appearance at the American Folklore Society Conference on Chupacabra
I will be attending the American Folklore Society's conference in Bloomington, Indiana, Oct. 12 to 14. I will be on a panel titled "Fairy Animals, Demonic Beasts, and Fantastic Creatures in International Tradition." My topic will be "Folklore of the Chupacabra," based...
Reaction to Faster Than Light Claims Expose Anti-Skeptic Myth
One of the most common charges leveled against skeptics and scientists is that they refuse to acknowledge the existence of paranormal phenomenon (psychic abilities, ghosts, extraterrestrial visitors, etc.) because it would destroy their worldview. Skeptics and...
Murder Suspect Claims to be Vampire-Werewolf Hybrid
A Florida teenager behind bars as an accessory to a brutal murder believes she's part vampire and part werewolf. Oddly, this is not the first time we've heard this, as I discovered researching this case. You can read the story HERE on Discovery News.
My ‘Exploding Irishman’ SHC Article on MSNBC
An Irish coroner recently concluded that Michael Faherty, a 76-year-old Irishman who burned to death in his home in December 2010, was the victim of the mysterious spontaneous human combustion. I wrote about it for MSNBC, and even quoted my colleague Dr. Joe Nickell...
Time Magazine References My Pokemon Investigation
In an article on mass hysteria, a Time magazine article referenced my investigation of the 1997 Pokemon Panic (which appears as a chapter in my book Scientific Paranormal Investigation). My co-author Bob Bartholomew, with whom I wrote up the case for the Southern...
“Tracking the Chupacabra” a Finalist in NM Book Awards
My book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore, published earlier this year by the University of New Mexico Press, has been named a finalist in the 2011 New Mexico Book Awards in the "Political/Current Events" category! The winners...
Mass Hysteria Hits Asian Factories
Researchers from the United Nations recently met in Cambodia to solve the mystery of why large numbers of female workers in that nation have succumbed to an unknown (and temporary) illness. But rather than a physical illness as the source, the scientists may want to...
Soap Stars Go Nude to Protest Age Discrimination
A group of British soap opera actresses appear naked this month in a magazine to raise awareness of age discrimination on television. The fact is that there are few good TV and film roles written for older people, male or female. Actors undeniably have a longer shelf...