Hold Me, I'm Scared

Hold Me, I'm Scared

By Bailey Workman & Charles DavisComedySociety & Culture
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Hold Me, I'm Scared episodes

  • Episode 9: Psychological Experiments

    "You need to keep the government out of your brain maze."

    Sources:

    Facts & Figures:
    https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-experimental-psychology-2795784
    https://www.bestmastersinpsychology.com/faq/what-is-experimental-psychology/#:~:text=GO!&text=Experimental%20psychology%20examines%20relationships%20between,relationships%20between%20cognition%20and%20behavior.

    Charles' Report:

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Kaplan-5/publication/12043387_TheAversion_Project_-_Psychiatric_abuses_in_the_South_AfricanDefence_Force_during_the_Apartheid_Era/links/5694d5da08aeab58a9a4111a/TheAversion-Project-Psychiatric-abuses-in-the-South-AfricanDefence-Force-during-the-Apartheid-Era.pdf
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jul/29/chrismcgreal
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535952/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko

    Bailey's Report:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/07/28/25-years-of-nightmares/cb836420-9c72-4d3c-ae60-70a8f13c4ceb/
    https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/children-of-the-mentally-de-patterned-say-montreal-doctors-treatment-irrevocably-changed-their-lives
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Ewen_Cameron

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 8: Vermin

    "You'd have to pick the rat pants."

    Sources

    Facts & Figures:
    https://www.iflscience.com/brain/what-are-the-most-common-phobias-and-what-are-the-psychological-causes-of-them/
    https://www.mypmp.net/2017/08/17/vermin-in-history/

    Bailey's Report:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_torture
    https://historyofyesterday.com/rat-torture-bc17cf72400b
    http://torturemuseum.net/en/torture-by-rats/

    Charles' Report:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXbo5ubYS9I
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta2rF6Syi0U
    https://www.rentokil.com/fj/termite/termite-faq/

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 7: The Woods

    Trigger Warning: Talk of suicide. Charles' story ends at 32:30.

    National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255
    **Crisis Text Line: Text "home" to 741741.

    "Go touch that tree."

    Sources:

    Charles' story
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8

    Bailey's Story

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchJnrZgz-4
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F
    https://crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/
    https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm-1b69a2870114

    1 hr
  • Episode 6: Cults

    "But I do think that if a hot girl was like 'I am the key to solving all of your problems' I would be like, 'sure, here's my life savings.'"

    Sources:

    Facts & Figures
    Cult Education Institute
    FACT (Families against Cult Teachings)

    Bailey's Story

    https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/2/8/the-ant-hill-kids
    https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/9/27/under-the-spell-of-a-madman
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Th%C3%A9riault
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mowEU6uD2xs&t=142s

    Charles' Story

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7mBbXxJYA
    https://www.liliatarawa.com/
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/why-they-wear-blue-the-weirdest-customs-from-inside-gloriavale.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Pn6By7mFw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEj7nRS-48
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYSBY8hnhg

    1 hr 51 min
  • Episode 5: Amusement Parks

    "A slide with teeth really doesn't bode well."

    Sources

    Facts & Figures:
    https://www.tripsavvy.com/theme-park-ride-deaths-3267516#:~:text=Amusement%20Ride%20Injury%20Statistics,coaster%20deaths%20are%20extremely%20rare.&text=The%20overall%20finding%20was%200.62%20injuries%20per%20million%20rides%20in%202017.
    Charles' report:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismaland
    Bailey's report:
    https://www.si.com/lifestyle/2019/07/01/action-park-new-jersey-water-park-rides-history-stories-mulvihill
    https://www.newsweek.com/5-craziest-stories-about-new-jerseys-infamous-action-park-1516411
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 4: Urban Legends

    "Hook car door man hand. Very popular."

    Sources:

    Facts & Figures
    https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html
    Bailey's Story:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/slender-man-stabbing-victim-speaks-publicly-time-situation/story?id=66268385
    https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man
    Charles' Story:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcXWXzyyNY&t=1s

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 3: Thalassophobia

    "There are so many things about the ocean to be afraid of."

    Sources:

    "I Shouldn't Be Alive: Fear in the Freefall"
    "I Shouldn't Be Alive: Shark Attack Survival Story"
    https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/fear-of-the-ocean#bottom-line
    https://www.uta.edu/utamagazine/archive-issues/winter_2002/features/storm.html
    "No Victims Only Survivors: 10 Lessons for Survival" by Deborah Scaling Kiley

    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 2: Demonic Possession

    "Christians, call me."

    Sources:

    “A Haunting” Season 2 Episode 6: “Where Demons Dwell”
    https://demonicpedia.com/possession/david-glatzel-possession/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Arne_Cheyenne_Johnson
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KgSp94nCZw

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRYlU1s9pFE&t=80s
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/anneliese-michel-exorcism

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 1: Aviophobia

    Charles and Bailey discuss aviophobia- the fear of flying. You'll laugh, you'll scream, you still won't know what "hydraulics" means.

    Story sources: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/feb/21/plane-crashes

    Season 4, Episode 9 of "I Survived"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961

    58 min

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