Blake Smith is a writer, researcher, and podcaster with a particular interest in topics that are weird and spooky. He produces two shows that explore these strange topics, MonsterTalk and In ReSearch Of. Blake lives with his wife, children, loyal dog and two indifferent cats in the southern United States. He can be reached at [email protected].
Sightings of 'out of place' animals have long been attributed to circus train wrecks - but while such wrecks were common, actual escaped beasts were less so.
If the upcoming documentary 'Capturing Bigfoot' proves the famous Bigfoot footage was a hoax, it should put an end to belief in Bigfoot – but don't count on it.
The meme of religion as a "mind virus" oversimplifies how we come to our beliefs, and actively harms our attempts to encourage people to question dogma
While plenty is known about the 1955 Kentucky Alien Invasion, some of the 'facts' most commonly shared by Skeptics are, themselves, more misinformation and rumour
Legendary horror stories of monstrously hairy hands sending drivers in Devon to their death can be traced back to a spate of tabloid tales in the 1920s
