I'm far too modest to mention it, but there's a nice new review of my chupacabra book on the Adventures in Poor Taste website... you can find it HERE.
Skepticism
Interview With Brooklyn College Parapsychology Prof
Watch Professor LeAnne Flaherty interview Jim Underdown, Kenny Biddle, and I for her Brooklyn College parapsychology class... We talk about ghost investigations, psychic detectives, critical thinking, testing claims, and much more... You can see it HERE! ...
Santa Fe Library Talk: Contacting the Dead: Seances from the Victorian Era to Modern Times
I'm giving a talk soon: Contacting the Dead: Seances from the Victorian Era to Modern Times. Though TV shows like Ghost Hunters have raised the profile of ghost hunting, there’s nothing new about seeking out spirits of the dead. For millennia people...
10/22 Talk for the Santa Fe Public Library: The Haunted KiMo Theater!
The KiMo Theater in Albuquerque is one of New Mexico’s best-known ghost stories, and has been the subject of many articles, blogs, and TV shows. After a tragic accident in the 1950s claimed the life of a young boy, it is said that his spirit returned to the theater...
Guest Appearance on ‘The Next Truth’ Show
I'm a guest on the new The Next Truth show, talking about skeptical and scientific approaches to ghost investigation. You can listen to it HERE! You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo,...
Holocaust Denial Headlines: Hatred, Ignorance, Or Innumeracy?
Americans, like everyone else, should ideally be more educated about history (and everything else). But no, a recent poll doesn't reveal that a significant percentage of Americans either deny the Holocaust or are largely ignorant about it. Here's a media literacy take...
Squaring the Strange # 130: The Bangladesh Toilet Ghost: A Study in Mass Hysteria
If you want a break from bad news: The new episode of Squaring the Strange is now out. This week we discuss the Bangladesh Toilet Ghost. Or, rather ONE OF several Bangladeshi toilet ghosts. I bring cultural and social context and a surprising history about factory...
Guest Appearance on Unexplained Inc.!
My podcasty co-host Celestia and I were recently interviewed on a podcast called Unexplained Inc., on skepticism, investigation, Squaring the Strange, and other oddness. You can listen HERE!
Covert Anti-Vaccination In ‘Children’s Health Defense’
News and social media are awash with information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately much of what’s shared on social media about COVID-19 is false, misleading, or speculative. From the White House to the CDC, conspiracy cranks to Goop contributors, it’s a...
George Cherrie And The Venezuelan Dancing Devil
One of the most celebrated American naturalist/explorers was George K. Cherrie (1865–1948), who in his 1930 book Dark Trails: Adventures of a Naturalist (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) wrote about his adventures, primarily in Central and South America. G.K. Cherrie...