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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the boys swing by the bodega to buy a ticket to financial freedom -- only to find out that winning the lottery can put them straight into an early grave.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:18 - Housekeeping
    00:05:30 - We’re Talking Winning The Lottery
    00:20:15 - Popularity of The Lottery
    00:24:57 - History of The Lottery
    00:34:11 - BetterHelp
    00:36:28 - HelloFresh
    00:38:49 - History of The Lottery Continued
    00:52:21 - Sometimes When You Win, You Lose
    00:55:17 - Jack Whittaker
    01:05:50 - Abraham Shakespeare
    01:26:04 - Evelyn Adams
    01:39:07 - Why Does This Happen to People?
    01:45:43 - How it Could Ruin Our Lives
    01:51:22 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the boys explore a fear of earthquakes that looms over their daily lives in Southern California. But not just any earthquake. The Big One.

    What will it be like when it hits? Will the boys survive? Only one way to find out!

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:02:13 - Housekeeping
    00:09:04 - We’re Talking The Big One
    00:22:54 - Lots Angeles Aside
    00:25:55 - The Big One Continued
    00:27:02:- What to do in an Earthquake
    00:31:02 - Tsunami Talk
    00:38:33 - What is the Big One?
    00:51:18 - What will it do?
    01:25:37 - After The Shaking Stops
    01:38:00 - The Fear Tier

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  • Chris and Ed open the inbox one last time to close out the week of too many treats.

    Thanks for joining us on this 5 episodes in 5 days run to celebrate our anniversary. We'll probably start answering e-mails more quickly now!

  • The week of too many treats continues with ALL HAT MAN ALL THE TIME (plus one little bonus story in there).

    So join us as we go through a bunch of listener-submitted stories chronicling their potential run-ins with the man himself.

  • If you listen to the show, then you know we’re the pits when it comes to e-mail. It’s part that we’re bad about checking, and part that we get overwhelmed when we do. So we thought it would be fun (aka: a long grueling chore) to spend our anniversary trying to make up for year of un-replied to e-mails — RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

    Let’s open the inbox and hit send on the first of 3 listener-engagement-ridden Anniversary BONUS EPISODES.

  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    Inspired by horrifying Halloween rumors of Satanic sacrifice on All Hallow's Eve, the boys take a look back at human sacrifice throughout the centuries. Who practiced it? Why? And what benefits did it really offer society? The answers might shock you.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:15 - Housekeeping
    00:10:41 - We’re Talking Jack O’Lanterns
    00:17:08 - Jack O’Lantern History
    00:35:25 - The Why Files
    00:37:07 - Jack O’Lantern History Continued
    00:53:31 - Pumpkin Chaos
    01:03:09 - 10 Crimes Committed in a Pumpkin Patch
    01:22:10 - Morgue Chocolates
    01:35:09 - The Fear Tier

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    HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

  • Chris and Ed get up to trouble when looking for episode ideas in the Midnight Library in this Astonishing Legends Network crossover.

    Will they be successful at finding any? Or at acting?

    Find out in the Scared All The Time version of the Midnight Library crossover.

  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    Inspired by horrifying Halloween rumors of Satanic sacrifice on All Hallow's Eve, the boys take a look back at human sacrifice throughout the centuries. Who practiced it? Why? And what benefits did it really offer society? The answers might shock you.

    Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:

    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:02:26 - Housekeeping
    00:03:10 - We’re Talking Human Sacrifice
    00:06:52 - What Is It?
    00:11:04 - Why Do It?
    00:19:48 - How Old Is It?
    00:28:57 - Fissured Fred
    00:39:23 - Mass Sacrifice
    00:41:16 - SinsterHood
    00:42:25 - Mass Sacrifice
    00:48:03 - Willing Human Sacrifice
    00:50:01 - Willing Incans
    00:56:50 - Egyptians On Retainer
    01:04:12 - Buried Armies
    01:10:22 - Taking Away The Sins Of The World
    01:17:25 - Sacrifice To The Morning Star
    01:32:13 - Modern Sacrifice Thoughts
    01:34:34 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the boys take a haunted trip around the world to explore the history of the child-eating monster known as the boogeyman. From Michael Myers to pirates to sack-men to an ancient serial killer with the wealth of a billionaire and a body count for the history books, Chris and Ed leave no stone unturned and no closet un-opened in this one.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:24 - Housekeeping
    00:05:44 - We’re Talking The Boogeyman… for a while.
    00:35:56 - Boogeyman World Origins
    00:47:12 - Black Man
    00:51:22 - Bugis
    00:56:38 - Lamia
    01:11:42 - El Cucuy
    01:16:22 - Bag Men
    01:19:16 - Other International Boogeymen
    01:23:33 - English and Native American Boogeymen
    01:27:24 - Gilles de Rais (disclaimer story)
    01:38:02 - End of disclaimer story
    01:39:47 - Other Historical Boogeymen
    01:42:58 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the boys are joined by Ally Malinenko, author of the upcoming middle grade horror book Broken Dolls, to talk about the scariest toy ever created: Dolls! From the uncanny valley, to Victorian doll funerals and the Reborn doll craze, they’ll sift through the toy box to discover what makes dolls so scary.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:24 - Housekeeping
    00:02:48 - Meet Ally Malinenko
    00:08:42 - We’re Talking Dolls
    00:13:59 - The Uncanny Valley
    00:29:04 - A Robots Aside
    00:32:33 - The Uncanny Valley Continued
    00:37:14 - A History of Dolls
    00:39:11 - They Give us the Creeps
    00:54:08 - Reborn Dolls
    01:02:00 - Creepy Doll Media
    01:15:02 - Okiku’s Smile
    01:18:56 - Wish Upon a Hinnagami
    01:25:28 - The Wonderful World of Ally
    01:26:49 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the boys go sicko mode and come down with a case of necrotizing fasciitis...better known as flesh-eating bacteria. They cover the symptoms, the consequences, and what it takes to survive one of the deadliest diseases known to man. Plus: sepsis survivor stories!

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:27 - Housekeeping
    00:06:49 - We’re Talking Flesh-Eating Bacteria
    00:10:04 - Cabin Fever
    00:16:04 - Nico gets Necrotic
    00:20:00 - Necrotizing Fasciitis
    00:29:31 - Tranq
    00:32:49 - The History of Flesh-Eating Diseases
    00:41:32 - What Happens to the Infected
    00:44:50 - FEB Survivor Stories
    00:49:22 - The Case of the Red Leg
    00:59:37 - Gross-ish Part 1 Starts
    01:00:28 - Gross-ish Part 1 Ends
    01:05:45 - Gross-ish Part 2 Starts
    01:11:31 - Gross-ish Part 2 Ends
    01:16:33 - Elenor Follow-Up
    01:22:10 - Sepsis
    01:25:00 - Sepsis Survivor Stories
    01:28:15 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, they gaze deeply into the myths, legends, and scary games surrounding mirrors and are horrified at what gazes back. If you've ever wanted to summon the demonic mirror version of yourself, this is the episode for you!

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:14 - Housekeeping
    00:08:51 - We’re Talking Mirrors
    00:12:39 - Bloody Mary
    00:17:42 - Lady Spades
    00:36:24 - Good Movies, B ad Director Aside
    00:39:11 - The Three Kings
    00:52:00 - The Devil Game
    00:58:20 - Caputo Study and Troxler Effect
    01:03:37 - Mirror Origins
    01:16:55 - John Dee
    01:26:53 - Mirror Phobias
    01:40:27 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, they explore the causes and consequences of one of nature's cruelest traps: the sinkhole. Equal parts science and tragedy, these natural disasters can appear out of nowhere and wreak havoc. They can also create incredible new worlds in some of the most isolated environments on Earth. Also featuring a musical dispatch from the hills of North Carolina!

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:23 - Housekeeping
    00:04:51 - We’re Talking Sinkholes
    00:06:32 - Lake Taco
    00:13:22 - The Science of Sinkholes
    00:18:18 - The Heavenly Pit
    00:22:24 - Sima Humboldt
    00:28:11 - Eating a Bedroom
    00:32:04 - Eating a Neighborhood
    00:39:39 - Eating Classic Cars
    00:44:56 - Eating Your Vacation
    00:47:33 - Eating Passerbyers
    00:51:05 - Feeding Lake Peigneur
    01:00:15 - Feeding The Grandfather
    01:04:17 - Centralia Check-In
    01:12:17 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    In the Season Four premiere, the boys have a paranoid, existential crisis as they prepare to meet their maker in one of the scariest ways possible - instantaneously. Plus: Quantum Immortality. Does it live up to its reputation as one of the most dangerous theories in the world?

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:38 - Roadtrip Thanks-A-Thon
    00:04:57 - Ed’s CAR WRECK
    00:09:05 - Chris’s BIG NEWS
    00:11:48 - Near Sudden Deaths
    00:18:43 - The Philosophy of Sudden Death
    00:25:40 - The Straight Dope on Dying Suddenly
    00:32:34 - A Natural Sudden Death?
    00:34:32 - An Axe Attack Detour
    00:42:02 - Aneurysms
    00:54:53 - Sudden Cardiac Arrest
    01:01:56 - Party Bus Disaster
    01:04:38 - Toxic Potatoes
    01:07:23 - Garage Door Springs
    01:11:26 - Quantum Immortality
    01:29:17 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the boys close out Season Three with the first installment of Scared All The Time: Fear of The Unknown. Using his second grade research as a guide, Chris takes Ed back to the first sighting of Nessie, examines the highs and lows of monster photography, and illustrates how eyewitness sightings can change drastically over time.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:02:14 - Housekeeping w/ Producer Roll Call
    00:06:59 - Introducing The Loch Ness Monster
    00:16:07 - Chris’s Favorite Cryptid
    00:18:48 - Return of True But Strange Unsolved Mysteries
    00:21:33 - Saint Columba
    00:30:56 - Loch Ness Photo File
    00:33:59 - Robert Rhines
    00:48:00 - Naming the Monster
    00:58:08 - Rhines’ Dolphin Party
    01:01:58 - Frank Searle
    01:14:28 - The Lachlan Stuart Photo
    01:16:22 - Alex Campbell
    01:32:35 - Inverness in our Dreams
    01:35:54 - The “Is It Here” Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, poison's on the menu. From Ed's surprising connections to these killer concoctions, to a story of college alcohol poisoning that is as hilarious as it is horrifying, to a rundown of the most dangerous toxins in the world, this episode's so good it should be illegal. Just like every chemical mentioned in the episode!

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:02:11 - Housekeeping
    00:06:15 - Introducing Poison
    00:10:24 - Drug and Alcohol Poisoning
    00:20:30 - The Ten Most Potent Spirits in the World
    00:34:54 - Isopropyl Alcohol
    00:38:47 - Methanol Poisoning
    00:19:04 - College Alcohol Poisoning
    00:50:22 - Historical Poisons
    01:04:04 - Poisons in Nature
    01:08:59 - More Historical Poisons
    00:45:33 - Five Deadliest Modern Poisons
    01:42:53 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, they get on their hands and knees and squeeze into the world of caves. Deep, dark, wet, creature-and-death filled caves. Warning to the claustrophobic: you might want to listen to this one outside.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:42 - Housekeeping
    00:07:00 - ATWWD Mystery!
    00:08:28 - Cave Check-In
    00:11:18 - Cave Media
    00:15:46 - Pennsylvania Caves
    00:19:04 - The Pennsylvania Hermit
    00:24:04 - A Harrowing Hermit Origin Story
    00:36:12 - Cave Treasure
    00:45:33 - Cave Facts!
    00:52:45 - What Lives in Caves (Minus Bats)
    01:05:07 - Desert Shrimp Aside
    01:07:24 - The Mossdale Cavern Disaster
    01:14:14 - The Cave Beneath Phoganica Bay
    01:20:58 - Nutty Putty Cave (The Worst Death Imaginable)
    01:37:05 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, they grit their teeth and hang on as twisters hit the studio. What powers these terrifying tempests? How big can they really get? And are they here to destroy America...or save it?

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:02:33 - Housekeeping
    00:06:34 - Let’s Talk Twisters
    00:10:54 - New England Twisters
    00:13:30 - A Making of Twister Aside
    00:18:17 - Twisters Are Scary
    00:23:09 - The Science of Twisters
    00:27:32 - Not Just For Flatlands
    00:32:02 - The Difference Between Twisters ad Hurricanes
    00:37:56 - Twister’s Dangerous Relatives
    00:43:57 - The Fujita Scale
    00:48:35 - Twister History (aka TWISTORY)
    00:51:00 - Chris’s Greek Comedy Corner
    00:58:17 - Twistory Continued
    01:02:05 - American Twistory
    01:09:34 - America’s Twister
    01:13:45 - The Deadliest Twister
    01:22:35 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the steel-stomached pals bite into tales of American cannibalism - complete with the nastiest details of the Donner Party you never knew. From kuru disease to survival cannibalism to an insane story out of Papua New Guinea, this episode's got it all.

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:02:06 - Producers in Good Standing
    00:04:00 - Pins and Shirts Update
    00:04:40 - 5-Star Review Corner
    00:07:26 - Where We Left Off
    00:09:34 - The Man-Eating Myth
    00:12:55 - The Man-Eating Not-Myth
    00:19:44 - What is Survival Cannibalism?
    00:21:13 - The Donner Party - Pre-Stuck
    00:30:49 - The Donner Party - Post-Stuck
    00:54:28 - Tough Times in Jamestown
    01:00:34 - If You Had to Eat a Human Body
    01:08:22 - Future Cannibalism
    01:10:43 - New Zealand Cannibal Cult
    01:18:37 - The Fear Tier

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  • Join hosts Ed Voccola (Rick and Morty, Bless The Harts) and Chris Cullari (Blumhouse, The Aviary) for a wild trip through the world of what scares them.

    This week, the guys go to ghoul-inary school to learn about the history and horror of feasting on one's own species. And just wait until you hear how some people say goodbye to their loved ones...

    PLUS! Hear Ed eat at one point (chips, not people) AND get drunker!

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    00:00:00 - Intro
    00:01:13 - Housekeeping
    00:09:37 - Initial Thoughts and Disclaimer
    00:13:02 - Cannibalism Isn’t Just For Humans
    00:16:48 - How To Find Our Show Notes
    00:18:23 - Plants vs Caterpillars
    00:23:12 - Frogs vs Frogs
    00:25:02 - Tadpoles vs Tadpoles
    00:33:05 - A Bunch of Malarky
    00:35:23 - Sexual Cannibalism
    00:42:17 - Guys Trying to Survive
    00:45:21 - Human Cannibalism
    00:48:21 - Tasty Terms
    00:51:50 - Meet the Wari’
    00:56:23 - Why Do This?
    01:02:37 - Cannibalism in Europe
    01:05:16 - Symbolic Cannibalism
    01:08:02 - Warfare Cannibalism
    01:10:16 - What It Means to be Human
    01:13:34 - Warfare Cannibalism Continued
    01:16:54 - Wrap Up
    01:20:16 - Uncontacted Tribes Pornography Aside

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