Forget Ariel. Forget Splash. Forget the Starbucks logo. This week, Chris and Ed dive into the terrifying pre-Disney history of mermaids, from Greek sirens and Japanese ningyo to Mami Wata, Sedna, Christopher Columbus’s “sightings,” P.T. Barnum’s infamous Feejee Mermaid, and the fake Animal Planet documentary that got so convincing the U.S. government had to officially say: no, mermaids are not real.

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For this week’s Flashback Friday, we’re unlocking our New Fear Unlocked episode on Brazil’s reborn doll craze - a viral phenomenon that saw hyper-realistic baby dolls became the center of a full-blown public freakout in Brazil.

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Originally aired on Patreon: 09/11/25

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Chris and Ed burrow deep into one of summer’s nastiest threats: ticks. These tiny, bloodsucking nightmares can glue themselves to your skin, spread Lyme disease, trigger a life-changing meat allergy...and have even dragged some people into a Cold War bioweapons conspiracy. 

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Wet, drunk, and in a basement, Chris and Ed go live from a subterranean location in Pennsylvania to have an impromptu, scatter-brained chat about the horror beneath many of your feet.

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This week we flash back to one of history’s most disgusting medical mysteries: the Insatiable Tarrare, an 18th-century French man whose appetite was so extreme he became the fascination of spectators, surgeons, and even the military.
 
From chowing on garbage and live animals to swallowing secret military documents, Tarrare’s story is part body horror, part history lesson, and part “please don’t listen to this while eating.”
 
Was he cursed? Sick? Or just the hungriest man who ever lived?

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Originally aired on Patreon: 09/04/25

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Chris and Ed kick off the second annual Summer of Fear with guests Cassidy and Amanda from "Drinking the Koolaid" for a terrifying deep dive into tsunamis. From the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2011 disaster in Japan to ancient waves that may have helped topple civilizations, the crew explores what causes tsunamis, why they don’t look like movie waves, and why seeing one usually means it’s already too late to run.

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Summer is here and it's time to get scared. In this special minisode, Chris and Ed officially announce SUMMER OF FEAR 2026 - but that's not all!  They prepare for a season of horrors by looking at the disgusting summer of 1858, when London’s River Thames became an open sewer so foul it forced the city into a full-blown sewage revolution. Then they cool off with Ambrose Bierce’s short horror story “One Summer Night,” a classic tale about being buried alive, dug up, and still having things get worse.

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This week Chris and Ed flash back to two big fears with tiny bodies: a swarm of bees that injured 24 people in France, and a government plan to breed and release millions of sterile flies to stop flesh-eating “man-eater” maggots from spreading

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Originally aired on Patreon: 08/28/25

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Get 20% off and free rush shipping with code SCARED at takelean.comChris and Ed dig deep into the horror of false accusations. From headline-grabbing names like Amanda Knox, to the secret history behind the punchline "Dingo ate my baby!", to an ancient murder mystery that changed the course of civilization, this episode asks what happens when the law decides you’re guilty - even when you’re not.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining CLUB SATT

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Get the latest episode of NEW FEAR UNLOCKED and a whole lot more at: patreon.com/scaredallthetimeThis week, we flash back to two terrifying true stories of people killed in industrial meat-processing accidents: a 19-year-old worker who died cleaning machinery at a California burrito factory, and a Pennsylvania worker killed in a commercial meat grinder. It’s a bizarre descent into workplace horror that'll leave you questioning what's really in that microwave dinner.SHOW NOTES

Originally aired on Patreon: 08/14/25

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