Welcome to a very special Halloween episode of our "Everyday Science of _" podcast series. In this instalment, host, Dr. Nick Gaunt, is joined by Notch Communications colleagues and expert "spooksters", Pranika Sivakumar and Dr. Shelley Farrar Stoakes. During the podcast, we discuss the science behind why we feel fear, the benefits, and some of the origins of mythical monsters that have been created from fear!

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