Why are so many people drawn to things that should, by all rights, compel them to turn away in horror? Modern science has an answer, and it has everything to do with how the emotion of disgust ...

My friends and I do not yet know who it is ... Horror, though, is not the only genre of what people find scary fun, he said. Many people who would not consider themselves fans of fear enjoy ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with fear researcher Coltan Scrivner about what makes scary things ... RASCOE: People ask me all the time, like, why would you want to be scared? Why do people enjoy ...

The new season of “Very Scary People” premieres Sunday ... crimes and trying to understand what makes people who do such horrible things tick.” A scene from the “Very Scary People ...

There are several possible reasons why people tell ghost stories ... The last category applies to controlling the scary things you’re exposed to—it’s easier to enjoy something terrifying ...