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Publisher |: Verity Clayton

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Horror,; Paranormal

Categories Via RSS |: Science,; Social Sciences

Not your usual urban legends podcast. Scary Stories is an atmospheric exploration of the psychology of fear told through those classic stories that happened to a friend of a friend.

Say a fond farewell to folklore because these are the stories we hope aren't true ...

Premiere Date |: 2018-12-18
Related Hashtags |: #FollowFriday,; #scarystories
Frequency |: Biweekly
Explicit |: No

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0 Available Episodes (52 Total) / Average duration: 00:26:58

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0 Available Episodes (52 Total)Average duration: 00:26:58

Mar 08, 2021

00:32:18

Women around the globe are still being killed today for the sheer fact that they are women. But such violence and abuses of power always have a price to pay, and one day, fear and grief and trauma may turn to ferocity. And that will be a very scary day indeed.

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Feb 14, 2021

00:35:09

It's the Scary Stories Annual Valentine's Special!

At a time when we are so alone and cut off from each other, meaningful connection and affectionate love seems more important than ever and more elusive. But when we are living behind screens and keyboards, even love can become something we should be deeply afraid of.

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Jan 28, 2021

00:30:57

Hypnosis is a dark art. Under its spell, we become like puppets at the hands of the sinister Svengali. But sometimes, those things that we are scared of can be far more unsettling than even we first realised.

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Dec 23, 2020

00:27:02

Christmas is a time to rest and relax: to put the old year behind us and ring in the new. Or at least that's what we think. Because the festive period is a much darker affair than we like to believe.

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Sep 16, 2020

00:29:36

Space often fills us with wonder and awe. We look to the stars for exploration and new human frontiers. But we should think again, because, quite simple, space is not made for us.

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Sep 02, 2020

00:26:45

Marriage is a joyous ritual that we see as a celebration and union of love. But in reality there is a much darker side to matrimony and not one we should readily forget.

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Aug 19, 2020

00:26:32

The abyss, something so unimaginably deep and shrouded in darkness, that it is used as a byword for those fears, those situations so worrying that facing them is like looking into that never-ending chasm. But in truth, the abyss is so much more than this, and perhaps even more terrifying than we think.

Aug 05, 2020

00:28:28

Our homes are meant to be a safe place of refuge. But despite all we do to protect them, houses are not always as secure as we like to think. And often they are haunted by more than just ghosts.

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Jul 09, 2020

00:28:26

Doppelgängers have long been a mainstay of folklore, manifesting as ghostly apparitions or demonic doubles. But we should take care, because it’s not as easy as we think to identify who exactly is the monster.

h/t to Hope Clayton

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Jun 24, 2020

00:26:04

It is a natural human tendency to search for control in an unpredictable world. But sometimes the desire for control can consume us until we become a slave to it, and even pay for it with our lives.

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Mar 08 | 00:32:18

We are Tigers

Feb 14 | 00:35:09

Love in the Time of Cholera

Jan 28 | 00:30:57

Et Maintenant Dors, Ma Mignonne

Dec 23 | 00:27:02