Halloween is just around the corner, and while some people love dressing up and handing out candy, others are looking for the biggest scare they can find. And for some people, that fascination with scary things doesn’t end when Halloween is over.
Today on the MIX Morning Show, Jodie Jenkins, Mariam Serkal and Dr Julie Gowthorpe RSW talk about what it means if you are you someone who can’t get enough of scary things?
Behavioural scientist Dr. Scrivner has studied this extensively, and one of his findings is that most of us have some degree of morbid curiosity. We want to know what happened. We ask questions. That’s because our brains are naturally interested in understanding danger, even when it makes us uncomfortable.
