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: https://native-land.ca/

Land reparations: https://abcn.ws/36IBCwH

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Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Life lessons in ghost stories: https://bit.ly/2GCJTb5

Australian Aboriginal folk tales: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/12/telling-ghost-stories-just-part-our-dna

The psychology of scary media: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-58515-001

What monsters mean: https://bit.ly/3jDFX8k

Voluntary arousing negative experiences: https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000470

(Summary of that, but without a paywall): https://bit.ly/34CTzdu

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