Serpopsychology (WHAT’S CREEPY?) with Dr. Frank McAndrew
The study of WHAT’S CREEPY?
Episode Info
- Guest: Dr. Frank McAndrew
- Date: Oct 1
- Topics: The Brain
- Listen: Original Episode
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About This Episode
Are you creepy? How would you know? What’s “creepy” as opposed to scary or eerie? We talk to the pioneer of this research, Serpopsychologist Dr. Frank McAndrew, a professor emeritus at Knox College. We chat: dates that give you the willies, Weary Willie the Clown, haunted dolls, college goths, dark alleyways, evolutionary neurobiology, what NOT to get Oprah, the line between horror and comedy, the phobia of balloons, dating tips, and why you should re-evaluate your bathmat. Welcome to Spooktober 2025. We have more waiting in the wings for you this month.