Morbidly Curious

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The Spooky Origins of Dreaming
Nightmares might be a primitive form of morbid curiosity
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April 2023
Your kids don't need to be protected from fear
Why scary play is good for kids
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March 2023
Why People Want to see the Manifesto
Morbid curiosity and the motivations of murderers
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Recent interviews: True crime and more true crime (with some The Last of Us)
Murdaugh made it a big month for True Crime
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February 2023
So I Bought an Inn
And I hope it's haunted
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Five Spooky Facts about the Horror Genre
Okay, there are more than 5, but they’re grouped around 5 main themes.
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January 2023
Dark Minds, Soft Hearts
The Personality of a Horror Fan: Part 1
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On the Human Fascination with the Gross-Out
Why our disgust with bodily injuries is so frequently paired with fascination
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December 2022
Why Halloween is a horror movie but Batman is an action movie
Musings on the definition of the horror genre
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The Origins of Our Fascination with True Crime
Photo by Matt Brown on Flickr. The recent success of Netflix’s Dahmer has brought up an old question: why are we so fascinated with serial killers and…
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Why we need to think more about morbid curiosity
I’ve spent the past several years investigating why humans sometimes love to escape into terrifying fictional worlds; why we turn our heads when we pass…
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