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Ep.7 Ben Armstrong, The Art and Science of Fear

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The Balance Between Fear and Entertainment in Haunted Houses

Being scared is almost an innate response to avoidance in most mammals. But yet something, something in humans triggers us that there's this urge for entertainment out of scaring. And we entertain by being scared, but really it varies between individuals exactly what they want. The meat and potatoes of the haunted house would be the shock scare.

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