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The story of the Satanic Panic is a tale of religious and cultural paranoia in America
The Satanic Panic of the 1980s showed we don't actually need a real Satan - well-meaning, deluded and fervent people will do His work for Him.
You’re probably not Galileo: scientific advance rarely comes from lone, contrarian outsiders
The pseudoscience and vaccine scaremongering from Drs Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein illustrates the importance of intellectual humility, especially when operating outside your field of knowledge
BTS = Bow to Satan? How Satanic, Illuminati conspiracies travelled from West to East
The use of religious iconography has seen a growth in the conspiracy theory that BTS - the Korean boyband phenomenon - worship Satan
Netflix’s Seaspiracy, and how to spot misinformation in glossy documentaries
Seaspiracy is just the latest example of a documentary using style and glossy production to hide the fact that it's peddling misinformation
How the ‘Lockdown Sceptics’ misquote research in their quest to appear scientific
Even the most robust arguments of the so-called 'Lockdown Sceptics' rely on quoting selectively from the studies they reference
Talking with believers helps us understand the emotional appeal of conspiracy theories
When tragedy struck in Agnes' life, her interest in conspiracy theories grew, and gave her something to hold onto and believe in
From chemtrails to COVID-19, Naomi Wolf’s prolific promotion of pseudoscience
Over the years, author Naomi Wolf has spread all manner of misinformation - from misleading statistics to chemtrails and COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Recovering memories: How the Satanic Panic led to false reports of horrific abuse
The 1980s saw a rise in belief that Satanic ritual abuse was everywhere - however, the real problems were false memories and moral panic
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