The Allure of Scary Stories: Why We Need the Supernatural to Talk About Life and Death

The Allure of Scary Stories: Why We Need the Supernatural to Talk About Life and Death

The Unlikely Utility of a Good Scare As the nights grow longer and the decorations of the season—witches, skeletons, and vampires—begin to populate neighborhood lawns across the United States, a familiar question resurfaces: why do we voluntarily subject ourselves to fear? In a recent episode of the podcast How to Be a Better Human, host … Read more