Alyssa Boss loves animals, but when it comes to rodents she says she feels overcome with nausea and anxiety. Nothing scares her more than coming across a rodent with a hairless tail. 

On this episode of Your Weirdest Fears, host Larry Mullins sits down with self-proclaimed “ratologist” Dr. Robert Corrigan to understand the rationality behind the fear of rodents and why their tails are actually their most important assets.

Host: Larry Mullins

Producers: Jill Webb and Dempsey Pillot

Audio Engineer: Anddy Egan-Thorpe

Managing Producer of Podcasts: Femi Redwood 

If you have a weird fear you’d like to share, submit it to [email protected] for a chance to be on the show!