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65: Mummies and their cursed bacteria Oct 31, 2023

We've resurfaced - just in time for Halloween.

Welcome friends, as Sarah and Dr. Kelly discuss all things mummy -- the hotness in the movies, how mummies were made, why they're so cool, and the curses those hilariously macabre victorians inevitably unleashed upon our earth.

REFERENCES:

Robbing Cleopatra's tomb- the first horror movie?
Eyptomaaaaaania!!!!
How we know about Egyptian mummy embalming.
Eating mummies for fun and healing (WTF)
The Midnight Library podcast - Corpse Medicine episode!
The Pharoh's curse!
The Unlucky Mummy in the British Museum (where else)
Nautilus article on the unlucky mummy psychology.
Metagenomic Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Canopic jars
The mummy's curse: historical cohort study
Lord Carnarvon's Death: the curse of aspergillosis
- (why is it so hard to say tho)
Lady Dai, the best preserved mummy ever. Warning, the photos are very real.

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64: Halloween stories, expertly judged Oct 31, 2022

Join us for a dope selection of scary and bizarre halloween stories! Dr. Kelly Ruggles, our resident skeptical scientist judges these tales and assigns scores, just to get a little math up in here.

Learn about one Alabama town's very weird child-harassing specter, and hear the terror that inhabits the most haunted road in England! IF YOU DARE!!!!

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REFERENCES:

Ghosts of Blue Bell Road, Kent, England.

Hugging Molly, the weirdest ghost we know. Excellent article, highly recommended!

Halloween Horror nights by Universal!

63: Sasquatch don't play Dec 01, 2021

The promised third episode of our mega Bigfoot series! In this episode, we go through the strangest stories of Sasquatches attacking, acting creepy as sh!t, or even showing INTERDIMENSIONAL talents!! Join us, and rate the stories right along with Dr. Kelly.

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REFERENCES:

Kristen Stewart Hitting Target Demographic -- gay ghost hunting reality show!! https://www.autostraddle.com/kristen-stewart-developing-ghost-hunting-reality-tv-show/

Queers love cryptids! https://www.autostraddle.com/nessie-is-my-girlfriend-what-is-it-with-queer-people-and-cryptids-420335/

Mysterious Universe - pretty good paranormal blog site https://mysteriousuniverse.org/

BFRO's account of Alberts Ostman's bigfoot adventure http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?ID=1091

The ape canyon Sasquatch attacks https://bizarreandgrotesque.com/2020/01/15/ape-canyons-bizarre-1924-bigfoot-attack/

Bigfoot attacks! https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/bizarre-and-frightening-accounts-of-bigfoot-attacks/

WJ Sheehans Terror in the Woods book series -- check these out, they're cheap and really fun https://www.amazon.com/W-J-Sheehan/e/B07H2W3KW7?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1638250291&sr=8-1

62: Bigfoot deserves a parade Nov 03, 2021

Hey folks! Here is the much anticipated second installment of our Bigfoot series -- and this is all about the evidence that even Dr. Kelly (the Scully in the relationship) will admit is compelling.

In this episode, Sarah goes into the best evidence that Bigfoot is a real creature -- and we need to have a parade for her, we all agree.

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REFERENCES:

The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_man_who_killed_hitler_and_then_the_bigfoot

Sasquatch legend meets science: https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174

Gigantopithecus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantopithecus

The Lying Liar Ray Wallace: https://www.bfro.net/news/wallace_faq.asp

Bigfoot track hoax reward: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/reward.htm

Jimmy Chilcutt and bigfoot fingerprints: https://txsasquatch.blogspot.com/2006/01/jimmy-chilcutt.html

Mid-tarsal breaks: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23686391/

The idiocy, Fabrications and lies of ancient aliens: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-idiocy-fabrications-and-lies-of-ancient-aliens-86294030/

61: Re-release of SCARY CLOWNS for halloween! Oct 31, 2021

Hey all! Listen, we know we've been gone a long time, but we ARE BACK!! Tonight for halloween, please enjoy this special re-release of our clowns episode. And join us next week for new content about bigfoot!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN MY PEOPLE!

Second: It’s unanimous, nobody likes clowns. Or Disney World. OK fine that last one is just Kelly, but the clown thing is real. Especially when they’re trying to murder you. Let’s phase out the clowns, people. Phase them out.

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References:

Big ups to Sparrow Sounds Studios, our fabulous theme music creator
Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nations Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures. By Loren Coleman
Clown bar fight video
Why Clowns Creep Us Out by Frank McAndrew
On the Nature of Creepiness. McAndrew and Koehnke
A review of empirical evidence on different uncanny valley hypotheses: support for perceptual mismatch of one road to the valley of eeriness. Katsyri et al.
Uncanny but not confusing: Multisite study of perceptual category confusion in the Uncanny Valley. Mather et al.
Decoder Ring: Clown Panic
The disturbing true story of the pied piper of Hamelin
Wrinkles the Clown
The Wrinkles News Story

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60: Bigfoot and the Scientists Who Love Her May 14, 2021

Friends, hear me out -- there are lots of legit actual scientists who believe in Bigfoot! No, seriously.

Welcome the one the only Dr. Kelly back as we do a dive into scientists that believe Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Yeti, whatever you might call it, is REAL.

I'M BEING SERIOUS HERE!

In this episode Kelly and Sarah discuss the scientists who believe in bigfoot, and the amazing book SASQUATCH: LEGEND MEETS SCIENCE.

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Show Notes:

Bigfoot: Legend Meets Science (Amazon link)
Interview w/ Dr. Meldrum on NPRs talk of the nation about Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Transcript of Jane Goodall's sasquatch comments
The Science behind Bigfoot, an interview with Dr. Jeff Meldrum
Entering Dubious Realms: Grover Krantz, Science, and Sasquatch (by Brian Regal)
Bigfoot genetics thingie Kelly rages about -- "Novel North American Hominins, Next Generation Sequencing of Three Whole Genomes and Associated Studies" Ketchum, M. S., Wojtkiewicz, P. W., Watts, A. B., Spence, D. W., Holzenburg, A. K., Toler, D. G., Prychitko, T. M., Zhang, F., Shoulders, R., Smith, R. (2013)
The Man, The Myth, and The Legend of Grover Krantz by Krissy Elliot

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59: Roman Candles Made of People Mar 26, 2021

Oh my god, you guys, did you know people just burst into flame for no reason? And then burn all the way up in a crazy weird way that makes no logical sense? It's true! And its OUR NEW WORST FEAR!

Today we discuss the insane stories behind some very strange cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion. Sarah tells the crazy stories, and Dr. Mysterface talks about Autobrewery Syndrome, the wick effect, and why being a crossfitter is a recipe for becoming a fireball!

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Show References:

Excellent and fair overview of SHC
Irish Coroner rules death is by Spontaneous Human Combustion
Mary Reeser, the 'cinder lady' (which is kind of rude as far as nicknames go).
Countess Di Bandi, human roman candle!
How to shrink a human head (don't ask me, we like tangents)
Auto-Brewery Syndrome
Ketosis
The Entrancing Flame by John Heymer. Fascinating book!
Borderland Phenomenon by Louis Proud
Text of the case from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1835

58: MERRY SCARY CHRISTMAS!!! Dec 25, 2020

Hey folks, we've decided to bring back the tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas! Join us for some "true" ghost stories that take place during Christmas, and stay for some interesting science about FEAR!

PS -- the Covid vaccine is safe, GET IT GUYS

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57: Decapitation makes ya cranky Dec 09, 2020

Firstly: If you're struggling with drug or alcohol addiction please seek help -- you are loved and we want you to stay with us, fam.

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This episode we get into the nitty gritty of the TRUE TALES behind the various legends of headless horsemen! Horsepeople? Whatever!

Then we discuss the super gross scientific world of DECAPITATION! We cover animals that wreak headless revenge (and or sex), the nutbag crazy world of head transplants, and we discover how long a head can live after it's been cut off! Its longer than you think!!

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BONUS: Your Halloween Astrological forecast (feat. Kristina Semos) Oct 31, 2020

Hello! As a thank you to our dedicated listeners, we recorded a Halloween astrological intervention with Zero Percent Scared's resident astrologer, Kristina Semos!

You can find Kristina in all her glory at AstroOils.com!

Join us as Kristina breaks down exactly how craptastic this Halloween will be for us all.

BEWARE, ALL THOSE WHO DON'T LISTEN!!

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56: I Plead Moon Madness Oct 30, 2020

Hey hey we're back! Just in time for a super-rare Halloween blue moon!

And we have returned just in time to give you the legends and sciencey lowdown all about the big beautiful (and creepy, horrible) moon and how it may or may not affect our moods, emotions, and super violent hand-chopping throat slicing tendencies.

Join host Sarah Cox and sciencey expert Dr. Mysteryface as we break it down -- and don't forget tomorrow re-tune-in for an astrological review of how the 2020 blue moon is going to screw with us all!

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References:

Mythology of the Full Moon: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/deep-dive-the-mythology-of-full-moons

Overview of the full moon's bullsh!t:https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/bad-moon-rising-myth-full-moon/story?id=3426758

Does the full moon make people MAD as in crazytown? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20131029-does-a-full-moon-make-people-mad

Crackdown on lunar filled CRIME!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/6723911.stm

Same same in Chicago!https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Full-moon-theories-can-be-murder-Police-2867896.php

55: Imaginary Friends (Definitely Demons) May 21, 2020

Hey all fellow quarrantinos! Are you lonely? Wishing you had an imaginary friend right about now? Well, after listening to today's episode you my have another think coming.

Our episode starts with a good article for all us isolated folk, then we jump into an episode chock full of scary tales and scinecy goodness about the most unsettling of playmates -- the imaginary friend.

We discuss them in popular culture, why science says they're actually a good thing for kids (though creeptastic), then we tell some tales about why some of these charming pals are DEFINITELY DEMONIC.

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54: Beware the Basement! Apr 19, 2020

Hi everyone? Coping well with the quarantine? Cool, us neither.

As palliative care, join us this episode as we regale our favorite M.D with strange stories of HAUNTED HOSPITALS!

Guys, nurses are heroes and they ALSO tell the scariest stories ever!

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53: Wendigos and much needed hugs Mar 30, 2020

Hey folks! How’s your social isolation going? Seeing squirrels carrying sacks marching around your house yet? Craving hugs as much as we are?

In this episode we talk about the psychological and physical impacts of being socially isolated. We also talk Wendigos, a slenderman krampus love child that is caused by isolation and starvation. Don’t become a Wendigo, people. Also, if you’re making sourdough bread from scratch, we don’t want to hear it.

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52: Parasitic Half Life Mar 22, 2020

In a unfortunately timely episode, we talk about the fact that viruses are essentially magic. Dark. Science. Magic.

Everyone be safe out there. Wash your hands, stay inside, and email us. We’re quarantined and lonely.

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51: Alien Butt Bullets Mar 06, 2020

Today we are going straight to the good stuff and talking Alien Implants with our fave M.D., Dr. Mysteryface!

She is here to break down the science and no-so-science to the bat-shiz crazy world of apodiatrist who removed and analyzed alleged alien implants.

We cover isotopes, surgeries, and a lot of stuff Sarah can’t even pronounce!

DO YOU BELIEVE??? Please say yes it’ll really help Sarah feel validated, k?

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50: Leave a message at the BooOOOOooop Feb 28, 2020

WHAT?? We're up to 50 episodes! You guys! Thanks so much for listening!

Join us for another solo episode by Sarah -- this week we discuss the strange and controversial world of ghost EVPs or electronic voice phenomenon! Sarah discusses ghost shows, the methods they use to record unearthly voices and even PLAYS SOME FOR YOU!!!

She also goes into science stuff so don't worry science nerds!

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References:

Wikipedia on EVPs
Listen to EVPs in this episode here
Association of TransCommunications (kinda weird, but has EVPs!)
American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena
NeuroQuantology: Journal of Neuroscience and Quantum Physics
Scientist claims EVPs persist, even in controlled environments
The study PDF is here, check it out.
What the eff is a Spirit Box
The Unsolved episode w/ a Spirit Box
The statistical analysis of a spirit box thing
EVP Ratings
THE CIAs take on EVPs!!!!
Skeptics take on EVPs (boo!)
New York Paranormal Society's take (yay!)
The interdimensional hypothesis!

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49: Blue Eyed Death Rays Feb 21, 2020

Guess what, Dr. Kelly is back! This week join us as we discuss The EVIL EYE, how it's having a moment, it's history, and the weird science Kelly dug up about it.

Notice: if you're particularly clever, check out the link below and build an evil eye sensing pair of ski goggles!

We also go on several tangents, including one about the amazing bat immune system. Get excited people!

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48: La Llorona and her fireball fang baby Feb 15, 2020

Join us today for a terrifying, depressing and somehow funny voyage into all things La Llorona -- aka 'the weeping woman', a child stalking madwoman who OBVI has postpartum psychosis like a mofo.

We have so many insane stories in this episode, so get in here!

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47: Bizarro News Roundup Jan 31, 2020

Sarah reads the strangest stuff sometimes, and lucky you, she shares it with you this week. Join her in another solo episode to hear about endangered sea fairies, talking mummies and how dark matter might be information which means GHOSTS DEFINITELY EXIST.

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46: Mass Hysteria!! We hate that term!! Jan 24, 2020

Today we explore the insane, disturbing and occasionally frickin adorable world of mass psychogenic disorders, aka Mass Hysteria.

Meowing nuns, dancing plagues, dogs and cats living together!! MASS HYSTERIA!!!

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45: Ed and Lorraine Warren - a diabolically adorable couple Jan 17, 2020

Today Sarah gives us a solo look at Ed and Lorraine Warren, the original ghost busters! They're also the most adorable demonologist couple ever, though some say they're nothing but money hungry publicity hound charlatans. What do you think? Let us know!

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References:

Wiki entry on the Warrens
The Warrens' website (omg guys it's so bad I feel bad)
Atlas Obscura article
Criticisms of the Warrens
The Strange Afterlife of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Connecticut Mag profile of the Warrens
Annabelle (gulp)
The Perron Family Haunting
Amityville
Amityville ghost boy photo (get it away!)
The Warren Werewolf case
The Devil made me do it case

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44: Listener Stories take 2 Jan 10, 2020

We have SO MANY AWESOME stories for you on our second listener stories episode. Thanks everyone for writing in and please keep the stories coming! Dolls, dog, football, cat, door, floor, lamp.

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43: Drug Bushes and Wormholes (time slips) Jan 02, 2020

People seem to experience time-slips all of the time, but is it really just a troupe of victorian era cosplayers or heaps of concentrated hallucinogenic flora? Or could it be actual wormholes because PHYSICS!

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References:

Slips in time and space. By Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Time storms. By Jenny Randles
The Moberly Jourdain time slip
An Adventure. By C. A. E Moberly
Other time slip stories from Mysterious Universe
Salvia divinorum aka drug bush!What is Space-Time? By Adam Mann
Scientists dismiss the idea of travel through wormholes. By RUDN University
Are wormholes real? By Sabrina Stierwalt
Time Travel Via Wormhole Breaks the Rules of Quantum Mechanics. By Bill Andrews
‘We can build a real time machine’ By Thomas Scheidl
Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers, but no one came. By Mark Kaufman
Time Traveller photos
Swiss ring found in unsealed Ming era tomb

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42: Krampus: The Christmas hell-demon Dec 26, 2019

What’s more christmasy than a kid devouring, giant tongued goat demon carrying a hell-bound basket? Pretty much everything! But we’re here for all you christmas haters with some Krampus love.

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41: Sonic boom Santa and his flaming reindeer Dec 19, 2019

Santa is a macroscopic quantum particle!

Join us as we discuss the weird world of real Santa sightings!

Also, happy holidays and how you guys doing? We are here for you, email us whatever you want: stories@zeropercentscared.com

References:

How St Nick became Santa
Claus encounters
Foo Fighters
Norad's Santa Tracker
The Physics of Santa and His Reindeer. David Mikkelson
Rebuttals to the above (SANTA SCIENCE!!!)
Proof that Santa Exists by Henry Gee
Double slit experiment explained! By Jim Al-Khalili
About.com Santa Sightings stories

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40: The Winchester Mansion Dec 12, 2019

And the “Most Amazing House in the Galaxy” award goes to... the Winchester Mystery House! But from what we can tell, probably not haunted. Ghosts, what are you waiting for? Move into this joint.

Prime. Real. Estate.

Sarah Winchester
Getting lost makes the brain go haywire by Will Hunt.
The hidden ways that architecture affects how you feel by Michael Bond.
Professor Kate Jeffrey
Ghost Adventures Winchester mansion episode (warning: so dumb)

39: Ed, make me an alien love castle Dec 06, 2019

Coral Castle is a relatively unknown marvel of the world, in the dangly part of Florida, made by a tiny malnourished tubercular man all by himself. Tons and tons of giant carved stone placed in this creepy love shrine either through some sort of alien magic, antigravity or maybe just magnets?

Also, do book club with us! We’re reading “The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity” by Nick Cook

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38: Get in the canoe, Steve! (the lost colony of Roanoke) Nov 28, 2019

Happy Thanksgiving to all you awesome people! To celebrate, we’re covering the Lost Colony of Roanoke and what sounds like a whole bunch of people getting yelled at to hurry the eff up to get into boats.

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References:

BuzzFeed The Mysterious Disappearance of Roanoke Colony
What happened to the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke
National Geographic Have we found the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island?
La Virginea Pars map
Science Magazine Archaeologists start a new hunt for the fabled Lost Colony of the New World
NY Times The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost and Found?
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: 8 Theories About the Mysterious Island and Its Inhabitants

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37: Ghostly Love Hugs (Guardian Angels) Nov 22, 2019

Guardian angels are rad, even if they’re just hallucinations from the temporoparietal junction. Say yes to ghostly love hugs, no to floating intestines.

This week we're talking about Guardian Angels and the 3rd man effect. Email us with encounters YOU have had with these ghost-bros! stories@zeropercentscared.com

References:

The Third Man Factor by John Geiger
NPR's take on the book
Surveys of Angelic belief in America Shackleton the amazing explorer guy
Shackleton and his 'fourth presence'T.S. Elliot's poem, "The Waste Land" (based loosely on Shackleton's experience)
The Strange World of Felt Presences from the Guardian
Autoscopic phenomena: case report and review of literature (2011)
Induction of an illusory shadow person (2006)
Feeling of presence in Parkinson's disease (2010)
VIDEO: Turkish shopkeeper saved by 'guardian angel'
The Rescue of Baby Lily: Is this baby proof angels exist?
VIDEO: Who called out to baby Lily's Rescuers?
Felt Presence: the uncanny encounters with the numinous Other (2010)

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36: Black Eyed Rude AF Kids Nov 15, 2019

Guys, eyes are the CREEPIEST. Do you know what’s creepier than just normal eyes? Giant iris black eyes. On children. Like bad willow, but eerie AF.

Join us today as we cover BLACK EYED KIDS, and just FYI you're totally allowed to slam the door in their creepy little faces.

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And email us! stories@zeropercentscared.com

Brian Bethel's Black Eyed Kids account (on the wayback machine so scroll down)
Black Eyed Kids!!! AHHHH!!!!!
Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (pic of the cutest terror child ever)
Aniridia
Adie Syndrome
Pupil Dialation and Fear
Black Eyed Children by David Weatherly
I let the black eyed kids inside and now I'm dying
Hungry Ghosts
Another Terrifying BEK encounter

35: Bunnyman Bunnyman Bunnyman! Nov 07, 2019

According to the internet, every single bridge is haunted. But the most haunted of the bridges is definitely bunnyman bridge. Sounds cute right?

Well jokes on you, because that bunny has an axe and isn’t afraid to use it. But let’s be honest, still pretty cute.

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And email us! stories@zeropercentscared.com

References:

Article on Bunnyman Bridge!

Haunted Roads and Bridges

Man in a bunnysuit sought in fairfax

Goatman Bridge, super haunted!

The train tracks where very helpful ghost kids push you out of danger

Liminal spaces, in general

Liminal spaces and the paranormal

High Place Phenomenon: The urge to jump off of bridges, explained!

Haunted Bridges: 300 of Americas Creepiest Crossroads

Video: Love locks being removed from Paris Bridge

A lockpicker's org (Toool) take on love locks

34: Let's Do Clowns Tonight Oct 31, 2019

First of all: HAPPY HALLOWEEN MY PEOPLE!

Second: It’s unanimous, nobody likes clowns. Or Disney World. OK fine that last one is just Kelly, but the clown thing is real. Especially when they’re trying to murder you. Let’s phase out the clowns, people. Phase them out.

Email us, peeps! stories@zeropercentscared.com

References:

Big ups to Sparrow Sounds Studios, our fabulous theme music creator
Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nations Weirdest WOnders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures. By Loren Coleman
Clown bar fight video
Why Clowns Creep Us Out by Frank McAndrew
On the Nature of Creepiness. McAndrew and Koehnke
A review of empirical evidence on different uncanny valley hypotheses: support for perceptual mismatch of one road to the valley of eeriness. Katsyri et al.
Uncanny but not confusing: Multisite study of perceptual category confusion in the Uncanny Valley. Mather et al.
Decoder Ring: Clown Panic
The disturbing true story of the pied piper of Hamelin
Wrinkles the Clown
The Wrinkles News Story

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33: Shut up, Jodi (Amityville Horror) Oct 24, 2019

Join us as we discuss the true(ish) Amityville Horror story! Did demonic forces drive the Lutz family from their murder house? Get the facts and Kelly's review of the movie here! Spoiler -- she isn't a fan.

Also, email us, peeps! stories@zeropercentscared.com

References:

32: The Haunted Monkey Situation Oct 18, 2019

Have you seen Pet Sematary? No? Cool definitely keep it that way. We have some NUTS animal stories for you. Nature is metal. Ghost dogs are metal.

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References:

31: Zombies: Definitely Real! Oct 11, 2019

GUYS. We're back and it's the most paranormal month of the year!

Tune in to hear about how the Zombie Apocalypse is definitely inevitable and all about crazy drugs that apparently you can only get in Florida.

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30: Mad (Cool) Scientists Sep 13, 2019

Nobel laureates totally dig the paranormal!! Ok maybe just a few of them do...but still.

We talk about Francis Crick’s love of panspermia, Charles Richet’s devotion to extrasensory perception, and Ray Kurzweil’s tech predictions and commitment to immortality. Also we are going on vacation for two weeks, so don’t cry (too much).

As always, keep the emails coming!

stories@zeropercentscared.com

References: Directed Panspermia

Charles Richet, Sarah's psi hero

Ectoplasm

Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next!

2029: Singularity Year - Neil DeGrasse Tyson & Ray Kurzweil

Ramez Naam Nexus Trilogy series

Silicon Valley's quest to live forever

John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets of a Silicon Valley startup

29: Kristina Semos, Astrologer Extraordinaire Sep 06, 2019

We have a real astrologer with us today, Kristina Semos! Kristina specializes in astrology and essential oils and schools us on the planets, the truth about daily horoscopes and getting all your energy crap “on sale”.

Note: Episode was recorded in July 2019, astrological comments may no longer apply!

Check more about her here: www.astrooils.com

We love hearing from you, so email us, peeps!

stories@zeropercentscared.com And tell your friends, we love friends (but we love you more). References:

Astrooils instagram: https://www.astrooils.com/instagram
Chocolate and Nobel prizes
Lavender and sleep

28: Gingers == Atlanteans Aug 29, 2019

Get ready for more agreement on a topic then you’ve ever heard. And Mendelian genetics. Also red heads. And aliens. Red headed aliens.

On this week's episode we discuss the evidence pointing to the truth of Atlantis!!

We love hearing from you, so email us, peeps!

stories@zeropercentscared.com And tell your friends, we love friends!

References and links: Plato's Atlantis Madam Blavatsky and Atlantean sex slaves

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Help Oxford on this one, guys!

Atlantis rising documentary

The Minoean civilization, and it's rise and fall

The discovery of Ancient Troy

The mysterious Gobekli Tepe

It's seriously awesome, so here's another link!

Damascus steel -- solved?

Those insane Nazis and Atlantis

SO MANY Underwater ruins!

Ireland and Atlantis

The mystery of rh Null

Red head extinctions

Australians pass down global warming info

27: The Scariest, Deviliest Triangle! Aug 22, 2019

Whats a vile vortex, you ask? It's a triangle where crazy stuff happens! You thought it was just the Bermuda triangle but there are SO MANY MORE TRIANGLES. But not really, most of them seem pretty normal. Or maybe it's aliens. Probably aliens. Email us! stories@zeropercentscared.com And tell your friends, we love friends! Links:

Vile Vortices!

Kavanaugh's Devils Triangle

Columbus in the Bermuda Triangle

What happened to the Mary Celeste?

Mohenjo Daro, city of mystery

General sciencey hypotheses about the Bermuda Triangle:

What even is it?

It's not even an actual thing

Rogue waves and humans are dumb

National Geographic says this!

Methane Clathrates

Microbursts, what the heck are they even

Honeycomb clouds are controversial?

Aaaaand the paranormal theories!

Beware the electronic fog!!!

Magnetic type weirdnesses

Haunted by the souls of kidnapped slaves

Aliens, why not

An insane space time warp theory website that hurts to read

26: Incompetent Floor Ghosts Aug 15, 2019

Ever found a Jesus on your grilled cheese? Toast with your mom's face on it? Well, these small-town Spaniards have faces popping up on their freaking floor! Just throw a rug on it people. Throw a rug on it.

Very special thanks for today's topic suggestion to Michele W (paranormal investigator specializing in Chupacabras and Things That Go Bump In The Night).

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References:

Calm Meditation App
Co-Star Horoscope app (@zeropercentkelly, @zeropercentsarah)
Faceblindness (aka Prosopagnosia)
Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese!
Belmez Faces, Skeptics takes (boo!)
- Association of Paranormal Study's thoughts
- Skeptoid's take (they're kind of rude about it!)
Belmez Faces, Believer's takes (yay!)
- Paranorms.com's thoughts
- Mysterious Universe article
Dying Concrete
Trip Advisor
Thoughtography
Ted Serios, alleged thoughtographer

25: Tinder for Vampires Aug 08, 2019

We've talked about pop culture vamps, and old school vamps, but what about modern-day blood drinkers? Well, good old Stephen Kaplan delved into this back in the 1970s in his Vampire Research Center, which really just seemed like a vampire dating service.

Are you a vampire who found love through the VRC? Share your love story! Let’s make a rom com!

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Stephen Kaplan
Sandvik and Baerheim. Does garlic protect against vampires? (1994) Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
Schneider DS what can vampires teach us about immunology. (2016) Trends in immunology.
Vampires Are
Elizabeth, crazy lady or real 400 year old vamp? Read and decide!

24: Rad Listener Stories Aug 02, 2019

Today we talk about our favorite listener stories! Guys, you’re THE best. Keep sending us your scary and paranormal experiences and Kelly will keep ranking the best things to haunt. Dolls, dogs, footballs, doors, lamps.

23: Vampires, corpses, and our freaky AF circulatory system Jul 22, 2019

Does anyone actually believe in vampires? No, right? Well if you do, don’t worry, eBay and goop have you covered with vampire hunting kits and anti-vamp elixir! Thanks Gwyneth!

On this episode we discuss the insane vampire panics in Eastern Europe!

FYI this is the last episode released Monday mornings -- we are moving to Thursday mornings! Keep it in mind and get pumped people.

References: Vampire bats in Brazil

Vampire moths

Gwyneth's dumb anti-vampire elixir

Vampire hunting equipment

Lillith was a weird vampire, or something?

Croatian Vampires!

Cemetery full of vampires!

Porphyria

Catalepsy

German Documentary about vampires (ugh)

Lore TB Episode

22: Buffy vs Twilight (answer: Buffy) Jul 15, 2019

This went from a conversation about TV to a giant feminist rant so get excited people.

Main question for the listeners: Are straight women actually super into being stalked by pasty emo dudes? Please tell us, we want to understand you!

Reminder: We're going to be changing our release schedule, from Monday mornings to Thursday morning.

Buffy top list: Kelly's Faves:

Tabula Rasa (S6 E8)
Once more with feeling (S6 E7)
Smashed (S6 E9)
I only have eyes for you (S2 E19)
Halloween (S2 E6)
Dopplegangland (S3 E16)
The wish (S3 E9)
Hush (S4 E10)

Sarah's Faves:

Teachers pet (S1 E4)
Puppet show (S1 E9)
School hard (S2 E3)
Innocence (S2 E14)
Hush (S4 E10)
Out of mind, out of sight (S1 E11)
Chosen (S7 E22)

References:

Correction: Drusilla is a Capricorn. (January 19). Fun fact, ALSO Buffy summer's birthday
CIA reading room link:https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/home
FBI FOIA vault: https://vault.fbi.gov/
Buffy vs. Edward: Twilight Remixed: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/248652/buffy-vs-edward-twilight-remixed/
Buffy vamps: https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire
Twilight Vamps: https://twilightsaga.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire
All Souls books: https://deborahharkness.com/all-souls-world-home/the-all-souls-world-books/
Jacob the Llama (alpaca?)

21: Taurus Rising (whatever that means) Jul 08, 2019

Who doesn't love a newspaper horoscope? You know you read them. Don't even pretend. We're all bff here.

Once you're done reading your horoscope, make an opposite friend! Also, Evangeline Adams is the podcast's official queer role model, so get on board.

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References:

Astrology.com

Buzzfeed astrological quizzes - go crazy people!

Birth Season affects your mood in later life, 2014.Gauquelin's Mars effect

Multiple comparison problem

Spurious correlations

Relative Age Effect

Malcom Gladwell: Outliers

Barnum effect

Paranormal Beliefs and the Barnum Effect (Tobacyk et al, 2010):

Adel et al. Favored zodiac for celebrity births.

Genovese JE. A failed demonstration of sun sign astrology. Comprehensive Psychology (2013)

Lili Kolisko

Evangeline Adams

Tree Marriage

20: Tarot, like Carrot Jul 01, 2019

We all know by now that Dr. Kelly loves a good tarot card reading. And being a "gifted psychic", she can tell you that your future holds a lighthearted overview of tarot cards AND a heated fight about statistics. Oh and also, you're all going to have a super awesome life. Promise. The cards told her.

Email us! stories@zeropercentscared.com

Full show notes at www.zeropercentscared.com

References:

p-values and statistics!

Wasserstein RL, Schrim AL, Lazar, NA.Moving to a World Beyond "p 0.05". The American Statistician (2019)

Amrhein V, Greenland S, McShane B. Scientists rise up against statistical significance. Nature (2019)

Precognition Science

Bem D et al.,Feeling the future: A meta-analysis of 90 experiments on the anomalous anticipation of random future eventsF1000 Research (2015)

Engber D.Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real. Slate (2017)

Ritchie SJ, Wiseman R and French CC.Failing the Future: Three Unsuccessful Attempts to Replicate Bem's 'Retroactive Facilitation of Recall' Effect. PlosONE (2012)

French C. Precognition studies and the curse of the failed replications. The Guardian (2012)

Rouder JN and Morey RD.A Bayes factor meta-analysis of Bem's ESP claim. Psychon Bull Rev (2011)

Rabeyron, T,Retro-priming, priming, and double testing: psi and replication in a test–retest design

Predicting the unpredictable: critical analysis and practical implications of predictive anticipatory activity

Science Tarot Cards

19: Slenderman Mania! Jun 24, 2019

Guys. Middle school is the actual worst. Slenderman, a creepy suit-wearing string bean, has apparently figured out how to fill the middle school emotional void causing full on murder-spree inspiring obsessions.

Join us to hear all about the darkness lurking just over...wait what's that behind you????

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References:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Gentlemen Episode

Beware the Slenderman HBO Documentary

The Slenderman Murders

Kitchen knife Slenderman mom attempted murder

The Miller murder spree

Smiley

Coast to Coast

Lacy's creepy story from the book "The Slenderman Mysteries" by Nick Redfern. Story here Boyer et al., 2013 The Anatomy of a Monster: The Case of Slender Man.

Folkloresque, and the Implications of Belief

What the heck is a tulpa?

Slender man suicides Guadagno et al., 2013 What makes a video go viral? An analysis of emotional contagion and Internet memes.

Baker et al., 2019 A distinct inferential mechanism for delusions in schizophrenia

Kiran and Chaudhury, 2009 Understanding delusions

Youtube for kids

Marble Hornets

18: Even haunted elevators are very safe Jun 17, 2019

On this mini-episode, we discuss several haunted elevators across the nation, what the deal is with skipping floor numbers in elevators, and Kelly's secret weirdo love for elevator engineering.

Conclusions: Apparently, elevators are really safe although they are also creepily haunted.

Bonus material: We talk through the Elisa Lam mystery death, and the super creepy elevator footage right before she disappears.

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References:

Eerie Haunted elevators

The Haunted Algonquin Hotel

The Haunted Avalon Theater

The Adolphus Hotel's ghosts

The Haunted Kennesaw House

University of Maryland Denton Hall, the haunted dorm

Elevator Group-think Experiment

Unlucky floor numbers in elevators

The tragic and mysterious death of Elisa Lam

The Elisa Lam elevator footage (warning - this is disturbing and creepy as all hell)

17: Ghosts, mold, and those gd physicists Jun 10, 2019

Most people believe in ghosts, but is it just wishful thinking? Or are we all just living in moldy, infrasound ridden houses with a creepy neighbor who pops in to freak out children?

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References:

Massapequa Hell House

The super duper haunted Borley Rectory "The most haunted house in England"

Has the Large Hadron Collider Disproved the Existence of Ghosts?

The Ghost in the Machine

Villisca Ax Murder House

EVPs from the Ax Murder House

Fear Frequency - a youtube channel featuring infrasound!

Carbon Monoxide and Haunted Feelings

Shane Rogers, Mold/Ghost hunter

The "Haunt" Project

The Science and Logic of Ghosts

16: You can curse anything, especially dolls Jun 03, 2019

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This is more of a medium-sode but whatever, right? There are a lot of cursed things out there, people.

Dolls are creepy AF. Apparently so are giant diamonds. Kelly will take all the cursed diamonds off your hands (but none of your haunted dolls! Send those to Sarah).

References:

The Busby Chair: Sit in the chair and DIE!

The cursed Hope diamond

The cursed Dehli purple sapphire

Valentino's cursed ring

The curse of the Ice Man!

Annabelle (the scariest raggedy ann doll in the world)

Robert the (creepy horrible) Doll

Greg and Dana Newkirk (curators of the traveling museum of the occult, also week in weird)

Crone of the Catskills (this is truly frightening)

Billy the Idol of Nightmares

15 - The Curse of Bathsheba Ruggles May 27, 2019

Has Kelly been cursed by her murderous ancestor, Bathsheba? And if so did her over the top witch ceremony lift the curse for her and all the Ruggles women? For once we both agree - definitely real! Also, we spill the tea on epigenetics!

References:

Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner!

Noah the creepy drunken grandpa

Nepalese royal family curse - seriously WTF!!

The Kennedy Family Curse

Lore (the TV version) lobotomy episode (Season 1, Episode 2), "Echos"

Bruce Lee's Curse

Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Bowers and Yehuda 2016 review: Intergenerational Transmission of Stress in humans

Horstheemke 2018 A critical view on transgenerational inheritance in humans

Luck of the Irish...and that one Croatian dude (ep 14, Minisode 6) May 20, 2019

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Do you think you're a lucky person? Apparently, we both think we are! Sarah is clearly lucky because of her commitment to superstitions and lucky charms and Kelly's luck is I guess is just because she's Irish?

Stuff we discuss:

Irish people and luck: Apparently it comes from the fact that many of the most successful minors during the gold and silver rush were Irish and Irish American. Also apparently the phrase is meant to ridicule Irish folks since it had to be luck and not smarts. Screw you 19th-century racists!

Bill Morgan and his crazy luck rollercoaster.

Luck lab and the lottery

Roy Sullivan Human Lightning Rod (so weird and also sad).

Frane Selak, is he lucky, unlucky, we can't figure it out?!?

Superstition Science! Damisch et al. 2010

Hot hand fallacy: Xu and Harvey 2014

The Luck Factor: The Scientific Study of the Lucky Mind (Richard Wiseman)

Why are these people lucky?

It's A SIMULATION! Well at least this one is. Luck simulation science!

13 - Riot Girls at Sea May 13, 2019

GUYS. This is SO exciting. Mermen, mermaids, dugongs, manatees. This is the topic that started it all people.

Join us today as we discuss Sarah's real life Merman sighting, plus all the evidence for or against aquatic humanoids!!!

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Little St. Simons Island

Merpeople folklore

Mermaids & Mermen: Facts & Legends by Benjamin Radford

Are Mermaid's Real? By Joseph Castro

Myths in the Museum: The Dugong and the Mermaid

Marine Mammals

FAKE DOCUMENTARY: Mermaids: The Body Found

Guinness world record for breath holding by Tom Sietas

Underwater Sight: Gislen et al., Superior Underwater Vision in a Human Population of Sea Gypsies

Dolphin Sex

Professional mermaids

Watch Bray Road Beast with us (ep 12, Minisode 5) May 06, 2019

This experimental minisode has us live watching the documentary "The Bray Road Beast". We have a cute dog in attendance and wine on hand, so listen up then go get the dang thing and watch!

We'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode (like it, hate it, love it, never do it again?) so email us: stories@zeropercentscared.com

Link to the documentary:

https://smile.amazon.com/Bray-Road-Beast-Lyle-Blackburn/dp/B07H9C6BHL

Lyle Blackburn, kind of a big deal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Blackburn

Linda Godfrey links: Her blog And her Amazon page

What do Americans believe about Satan? https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/10/us/is-satan-real-most-people-think-not.html

11 - Real Life Incredibles Apr 29, 2019

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This week, we try and recover from the bummer of satanic panic with superpowers! Super smellers, folks who are strong AF, bones that never break, perfect memories and mega-athletes to name a few. We also talk about a whole mess of genetics, get excited people.

Stuff we talked about:

Melissa McCracken: Songs as Paintings
Strongman Louis Cyr, real life superman
Liam Hoekstra and Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy
Daniel Kish, Bat Man!
Wallmeier and Weigrebe "Self-motion facilitates echo-acoustic orientation in humans" 2014
Joy Milne, Woman who can smell Parkinson's Disease
Gene Editing on Last Week Tonight
Radio Lab, Limits
Radio Lab, CRISPR
The Myth of Genetic Superbabies
Josiah Zayner - biohacker and CRISPR experimenter
Kim Peek, the Human Microfiche!
Veronica Seider, Eagle Eyes!

The Total Absurdity of the Satanic Panic (ep 10, Minisode 4) Apr 21, 2019

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This episode was sort of a bummer, sorry folks.

Major take homes: the Satanic Panic was bonkers, go nuts with the heavy metal and DnD, and our memories, for the most part, suck.

On this minisode, we talk about the 80s Satanic Panic and how insane and unjust it was. Also, some deeply cool science about memory and the risks of listening to smooth jazz.

Stuff we discussed:

Vox article on the Satanic Panic

Heartbreaking Texas Monthly article on Dan and Fran Keller

The Satanic Temple (a political advocacy group)

Totally ridiculous videos of backmasking

Enstrom and Schmaltz “A walk on the Wild Side: The Impact of Music on Risk-Taking Likelihood”

Baker and Brown “Suicide, self harm and survival strategies in contemporary heavy metal music: a cultural and literary analysis” 2016

The Devil Wears Headphones: A Brief History of Baskmasking by Bill Demain

A Short History of the Rise, Fall and Rise of Subliminal Messaging by Victoria Stern

False Memory of Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and Human Memory by Lindsay Dogson

9 - Love Spells are a Hard No Apr 15, 2019

Sorry for the technical difficulty, our episode was screwed up, but it's all fixed now -- redownload it if you need to!

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Everyone wanted to be a witch in middle school, am I right? Also, who wants to help design a science experiment to measure the global consciousness effects on reality? Come on! You know you want to.

This episode Sarah and Kelly discuss magical spells and whether they have any effect on reality. Sarah uses science words to prove MAYBE!

4:57 -- it's called a paper fortune teller, chatterbox or cootie catcher (what!?). Here's how to make em!

Witches binding Trump: https://www.vox.com/2017/6/20/15830312/magicresistance-restance-witches-magic-spell-to-bind-donald-trump-mememagic

Real Magic by Dr. Dean Radin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551604/real-magic-by-dean-radin-phd/9781524758820/

Drowning with Gillyweed: https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/jist/article/view/809

Magic of Skelegrow: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/27/scientists-test-reality-of-harry-potter-magic-university-leicester-gillyweed-skele-gro

The Global Consciousness Project: http://noosphere.princeton.edu/

Shutulman and Morgan. 2017 The explanatory structure of unexplainable events: Causal constraints on magical reasoning https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28176291

Police arresting a big goat!

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/goat-escapes-brooklyn-mali-goat-herder-helps-capture-article-1.1258184

8 - Don't Buy Haunted Houses, Nic! (Minisode 3) Apr 08, 2019

New episodes every sunday!

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What do Nicolas Cage and serial killer Delphine LaLaurie have in common? A shared (haunted) residence in New Orleans, of course!

On Today's minisode, hear a recap of Sarah's spooky trip, the best of New Orleans paranormal and quality Nic Cage trivia.

Stuff we discussed:

Nic Cage terrorized by a fudgesicle

Nic Cage's weird Letterman interview (please don't dose pets, people, for the love)

Great tours in New Orleans! Highly recommended!

Marie Laveau, one of the coolest ladies in history.

The horrible and haunted LaLaurie Mansion

7 - Houdini for President Apr 01, 2019

New episodes every Sunday night!

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On this week's episode, we talk about something we actually agree on - how awesome Harry Houdini is! Hardcore skeptic and illusionist extraordinaire, listen to hear why we love him so -- with ADORABLE ANIMAL STORIES! Shout out! Adventure zone D&D podcast: https://www.maximumfun.org/adventure-zone/ep-1-here-there-be-gerblins-chapter-one Houdini Drunk History episode: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2975674/ Harry Houdini museum: http://www.houdinimuseumny.com/visit/ Harry Houdini wand ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjBtgfcTH8&app=desktop A magician among the spirits (by none other!): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/442799.A_Magician_Among_the_Spirits Wild about Houdini blog: https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/?m=1

6 - Possession ... it'll make your head spin - (Minisode 2) Mar 25, 2019

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Minisode #2 continues the Ouija theme from last week. This week we present: A scary college Ouija tale courtesy of our good friend Manny, plus the terrifying TRUE story that inspired the movie THE EXORCIST!

Never fear skeptics, we've got the lowdown on excorcism science as well!

Joining us today is a mystery guest Medical Doctor, standing in for Kelly Ruggles.

Stuff we discuss:

The exorcism of Roland Doe

Can spirits use telephones?

Placebo Controls, Exorcism, and the Devil

5 - Get it together, Spirits! Mar 16, 2019

Should Kelly burn an Ouija board? Should Sarah chill the eff out and let Kelly burn an Ouija board?

Sarah's note - no, friends don't let friends become possessed by evil.

On this episode, we cover the history of the scariest piece of cardboard in existence -- the OUIJA BOARD! Join us for disturbing tales of people consumed by Ouija board addiction, and stay for the fascinating science!

Email us -- stories@zeropercentscared.com -- we would love to hear from you!

You can also check out the website: www.zeropercentscared.com

Kelly's science links:

Review of ideo-motor action: Stock & Stock (2004): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14685855
Ouija experiment: Gauchou et al., 2012: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810012000402
Faraday's Ouija Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=88&v=cma5Zn7xrWU

Other things we talk about in the episode:

Wild thing Podcast (it's about bigfoot, not Ouija, but it is so good, guys): https://www.foxtopus.ink/wildthing/
The Fox sisters - a sad story of kids taken advantage of: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/11/04/in-the-joints-of-their-toes/
The Ouija board possession that inspired the exorcist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe

Ouija's perplexing rules: https://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/ouistit.html
The complete Gulf Breeze 6 predictions: https://unbelievable.fandom.com/wiki/Complete_list_of_predictions_from_the_Gulf_Breeze_6
The Zozo Phenomenon: https://www.amazon.com/Zozo-Phenomenon-Darren-Evans/dp/1942157118

4 -Murder House Hypothesis - (Minisode 1) Mar 09, 2019

On today’s first official minisode, Kelly gives us the lowdown on the scientific method. Tune in to learn what a real-life scientist thinks about tiny invisible unicorns, murder houses, and how we would prove a house was haunted.

Bill Gates, if you’re listening, we will gladly accept funding for this study.

Email us! stories@zeropercentscared.com seriously would love to hear from you guys!

Or check out the website: www.zeropercentscared.com

Stuff we talk about:

Tiny Invisible Unicorns where?? https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/178/Unfalsifiability

The Journal of Parapsychology!!!

https://www.rhine.org/what-we-do/journal-of-parapsychology.html

How to hunt ghosts:

https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/how-to-ghost-hunt

Ghost hunting gear for our experiment 101

https://www.ghoststop.com/Ghost-Hunting-101-a/144.htm

Most Haunted, which Sarah likes a lot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Haunted

3 - Heal me, Crystals! Feb 27, 2019

Can crystals cure a coma? Does putting porous rocks in your genitals increase your sex drive? Can amber necklaces reduce teething pain? Was Sarah a gem-stealing adolescent? Listen to hear answers to these questions and more!