A British mother is claiming that her troubled teen killed herself because of an allergy to WiFi; my analysis for Discovery News is HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
Psychology
Follow-Up on a Ghost Investigation: Rose Hall
My new CFI blog is about a recent exchange I had with a woman who saw me on a TV show for my Rose Hall investigation and sought further information about ghosts there. It provides insight into flawed ghost hunting assumptions, and the practical difficulty of doing a...
Quoted in “Cyberethics in the Googling Age” from Journal of Education
I was quoted in an article titled "Cyberethics in the Googling Age" in "The Journal of Education" (Vol 187, no. 2), discussing the news media's tendency to hype Stranger Danger fears among the public... I'm sure those plumber / TV ghost hunter dudes get quoted in...
How to Make Sense of Medical Warnings
For those who didn't see it earlier, I wrote a recent piece for Discovery News explaining how news stories exaggerate risks of disease, and how to understand relative vs. absolute risk in journal findings... you can read it HERE. Hopefully it will help calm some...
Why Mass Shootings Spur Conspiracy Theories
My new Discovery News article on the psychological and political motivations behind some conspiracy theories is out, you can see it HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
New ‘Skeptical Inquirer’ Column: Have You Seen the Toucan Man?
In my column in the new issue of Skeptical Inquirer I investigate a report of a mysterious Costa Rican "Toucan Man" said to abduct children. Lots of interesting folklore in this one, check it out on newsstands now! You can find more on me and my work with a search for...
Quoted in a HuffPo Story on a White House Ghost Photo
I was interviewed for a HuffPo piece on ghost hunter Joshua Warren's claim that he discovered an amazing photo of Abraham Lincoln in the White House: "Radford is surprised that anyone would consider what Warren calls “the world’s most credible and amazing ghost photo”...
Media Appearance: The Jon McComb Show/CKNW radio Vancouver on Superstitions
I was interviewed live on The Jon McComb Show on CKNW radio in Vancouver BC, talking about superstitions.... you can see the piece HERE! You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
Fake Memories of Muslims Cheering on 9/11: Why?
Donald Trump and Ben Carson have both said they remember seeing video of American Muslims in New Jersey celebrating after the 9/11 attacks. They're both wrong; they might be lying, but there's another plausible psychological explanation... My Discovery News article on...
The Jersey Devil Reappears! (Kind Of)
Last month a blogger for NJ.com shared a photo of a bizarre, somewhat goatlike silhouetted winged form in the sky. Despite several obvious signs that the anonymously submitted photo is faked, it went viral and has been widely shared on social media as long-sought...