Kicking off the month of Halloween, we decided to avoid the more standard fare of horror movies and costumes.  Instead we take a brief glimpse into the world of true fear: phobias.  Drawing from the exhaustive list found courtesy of phobialist.com, we look at fears both perfectly understandable and wildly outlandish.

Carissa shares a bit of her personal experience with irrational fear and Evan marvels at all the things of which he can, thankfully, say he isn't afraid.

For reference (phobic trigger warning), here is the Great Mole Rat and the quintessential image for thalassophobia.

Do you have any phobias? Let us know, either by email or via Twitter.  Happy October, everyone!