The Psychology of Halloween
I needed a short break from politics, so I researched and made this video instead. I hope you like it. Back to politics tomorrow.
Almost everyone has some degree of morbid curiosity, and most people don’t want to admit it. We slow down at car accidents. We binge true crime podcasts. We watch horror movies that we know will keep us up at night. And every October, we turn an entire holiday into a celebration of death, fear, and disguise. The question isn’t whether we’re drawn to dark things. The question is why.
In 2021, behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner at the University of Chicago…
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