This episode is haunted and spooky

Now why would you click on something like this? What's wrong with you?! Why are you — and so many other people — into scary stuff? Two scientists are trying to find out. (Originally aired in 2024)

Guests: Mathias Clasen (pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/mc%40cc.au.dk)and Marc Andersen (pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/mana%40cas.au.dk), co-directors of the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University

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