This installment finishes our discussion on three missing persons cases that Ben, Celestia, and Kenny followed in real time and tracked with psychic detective predictions on how the cases would play out. Part 2 features Ben's examination of the Harley Dilly case, a...
Psychics
Squaring the Strange #116: Testing Psychic Detectives Part 1
In our recent episode special guest Kenny Biddle joins Ben and Celestia (remotely!) to look at some current missing person cases as they unfold in real time, and how psychics have "helped" (or interfered) in the progress of each case. This turned into a rather...
Sylvia Browne’s Non-Psychic, Non-Coronavirus Prediction
In recent months there’s been plenty of rumors, myths, and misinformation about the newest coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19. I’ve written several pieces on the topic, tackling both intentional and accidental bogus information. Some of the most pernicious, of...
Sylvia Browne’s Bogus Coronavirus Prophecies
In recent weeks there’s been many rumors, myths, and misinformation about the current coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19. One of the most curious is the recent resurrection of a posthumous prediction by psychic Sylvia Browne. In her 2008 book End of Days,...
Squaring the Strange #117: Testing Psychic Detectives in Real Time (Part 2)
The new episode of Squaring the Strange is now out, for those who want a break from virus bad news. Celestia, Kenny Biddle, and I tracked psychic detectives's involvement in current cases. In this part 2 of the show, I talk about my examination of a 14-year-old Ohio...
Squaring the Strange # 116: Testing Psychic Detectives in Real Time (Part 1)
The new episode of Squaring the Strange is out! The first of a two-parter, in this episode Celestia and Kenny Biddle each examined recent (then-current) missing person cases and closely examined how psychic detectives "helped" (or interfered) with...
Psychics ‘Help’ in Search for Missing Man… But Fail So Far
When families of missing people are desperate they often listen to psychics. Here's a new article on the topic: "The psychic, Juanita Szafranski, led a search effort focused on a five-mile area surrounding the East Rock neighborhood. Peter Recchia, 59, went...
Guest on the Skeptic Zone!
I was recently on the Skeptic Zone podcast with the great Richard Saunders! you can hear the show here! You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo, and please check out my podcast Squaring the...
Squaring the Strange: Psychics and Holly Bobo
In 2011 I had just written an article for Discovery News about a bogus psychic in Long Island when a young woman named Holly Bobo went missing in Tennessee. Her abduction made national news, and I decided to monitor psychic predictions and information about her...
Caesars Palace Promotes ‘Psychic’ Felon Thomas John
A friend of mine made this, and it's worth sharing...