Episode 119 – Fear Factors Part II: The Loud Explaining of the Phenomenon
Another Superduperstitious Special Report concludes, this time with a whole buncha psychology, neurology, and cultural history FACTZ. So what, in the end, is the ultimate reason folks like scary stories? In short, it’s because they’re GOOD FOR YOU.
And in case you’re worried that this episode will be TOO informational, rest assured that it’s crammed full of the most possible nonsensical recurring segments and corresponding bossa nova you could ever ask for.
EPISODE LINKS
Indigenous land
Land reparations
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Four Phantoms website
Four Phantoms on Untappd
Life lessons in ghost stories
Australian Aboriginal folk tales
The psychology of scary media
What monsters mean
Voluntary arousing negative experiences
(Summary of that, but without a paywall)