Dave's Author Page
Dr. John "Dave" Van Dyke is a writer, academic, and science educator. His essays have appeared in the links below. Van Dyke has been featured on internationally syndicated radio programs such as The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Our American Stories.
Dr. John D. Van Dyke has published a new book that aims to analyze and refute the conspiracy theories that attempt to exonerate Bruno Richard Hauptmann of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Origin of the Viral Conspiracy Theory unpacks the lives of the two men at the center of the case: Charles Lindbergh, the heralded aviator and victim who later became a pariah for his opposition to US involvement in World War II, and Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the hapless illegal immigrant executed for the Crime of The Century.
The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Origin of the Viral Conspiracy Theory also explores how conspiratorial thinking infiltrates our international psyche and why so many people believe in it.
Van Dyke is a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine.
Van Dyke has written for Michigan History magazine. In 2024, Van Dyke enjoyed his first cover story on The Beatles' performance in Detroit.
In 2020, Van Dyke successfully nominated his hometown of Buchanan, MI, to be Reader’s Digest’s “Nicest Place in America.”
Van Dyke writes for POPMATTERS.
Van Dyke also writes fiction.
Academic articles by Van Dyke.
Van Dyke was a frequent contributor to Roger Ebert's Journal.
