Press Coverage
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Skeptical Inquirer science magazine, and affiliates in the media.
Firewalking: Mind Over Matter or a Tool for Personal Growth, or Both?
ABC News
November 10, 2009
"...stokes the critical fire of the world's leading skeptical organization, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry."
‘Ghost Hunters’ Seeks Spirits and Ratings
New York Times
November 10, 2009
“I’ve seen first-hand some of the damage that the show can do..." Benjamin Radford, Skeptical Inquirer magazine
Paranormal Explorers
Channel One News (CBS)
October 31, 2009
Videojournalist Justin Finch interviews ghost experts seeking the paranormal--and Joe Nickell
Investigating the paranormal
KPCC 89.3 FM; Southern California Public Radio
October 30, 2009
James Underdown, executive director, Center for Inquiry-West, and Chair of the Independent Investigations Group, is a panelist.
Web Extra: Radford on Ghosts
KRQE Albuquerque
October 30, 2009
Special video features Ben Radford discussing ghostly activity; supplement to theater, saloon story
Ghostly claims echo in theater, saloon
KRQE Albuquerque
October 30, 2009
Ben Radford explores two "haunted" locations for TV news. With video.
Monroe-area home in book about paranormal
Toledo Blade
October 30, 2009
Joe Nickell explains footsteps on the stairs
The Miracle of Fatima
Psychology Today
October 30, 2009
"Dr. Joe Nickell has written an excellent article on the case in the current Skeptical Inquirer magazine"
Sex offenders not a Halloween scare for kids
Today Show, MSNBC, LiveScience
October 30, 2009
"Study shows that children are not in extra danger while trick-or-treating" by Ben Radford
Paranormal Investigators Probe the Unexplained
ABC News
October 29, 2009
Ben Radford balances claim that “Ghost Hunters Borrow From Science to Search for Evidence of Spirits"
