Many people believe in ghosts and heaven, and about three in 100 Americans report actually having near-death experiences. These typically include an awareness of being dead, out-of-body experiences, meeting dead people, entering tunnels of light, and so on. But these...
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My MSNBC Article on UFO Reports and Flaps
MUFON, the world's largest UFO organization, claims that there has been a spike in UFO reports. My discussion of UFO reports and flaps appeared on MSNBC and can be found HERE.
The History and Psychology of Vaccine Deniers
Recently Michelle Bachmann claimed that HPV vaccines can cause mental retardation, though the American Medical Association and others dispute this and say she is completely wrong. Doctors struggle to combat not only diseases but the spread of myths veiled as facts...
‘Evolution’ Book Wins Canadian Award, Shunned in U.S.
A new book about evolution that couldn't get published in the United States has won a Canadian book award. Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be, by former shepherd, cryptozoology writer, and Junior Skeptic editor Daniel Loxton, won the 2010 Lane Anderson...
Appearance on New Documentary Film Panel Discussion 9/18
"When the new documentary film Miss Representation premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, audiences were riveted, and Oprah Winfrey acquired its broadcast rights. Writer/Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom interwove stories from teenage girls with provocative interviews...
Interviewed for CBS News on Magnetic Serbs
When I was a kid growing up, I had a lot of ideas about what I wanted to be: film director, stuntman, writer, butler, etc. But I was recently interviewed by CBS News about a topic I'd researched: Serbian kids who claim to be magnetic. Who knew I'd grow up to be...
How Did 9/11 Change American Entertainment?
A decade ago this week, while many were still reeling from the staggering and devious devastation of the September 11, 2001, attacks, some in the news and entertainment industries tried to divine the public's reaction.There was much speculation about how the tragedy...
Benjamin Radford Interviewed About Canadian Bigfoot Report
A man in Alberta, Canada, claims to have videotaped a Sasquatch / Bigfoot in the northern Rocky Mountains. Canadian radio personality Rob Breakenridge asked me for a skeptical analysis of the reports, and a recent photo. You can listen to the radio show HERE.
‘Contagion’ Film and Vaccine Deniers
The new medical thriller Contagion features Jude Law as a conspiracy theorist anti-vaccination blogger. Here's a short history of anti-vaccination advocates, their tactics and motives. You can read the story at LiveScience.com.
Interviewed About the Chupacabra by Arizona Public Media
I was recently interviewed about my five-year investigation of the chupacabra and the resulting book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore, on Arizona Public Media. The interview appeared on the radio show Arizona Spotlight, and...