Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, by Margee Kerr
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Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, by Margee Kerr
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For as long as we’ve gathered by campfires to tell ghost stories, humans have always loved a good scare. From the splatter flicks of the 70s, to Japan’s obsession with drowned girls, to creepy modern experiences like the overnight ghost hunt at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, the horror industry has thrived across time and cultures. Our obsession with getting scared is obvious to anyone who visits ScareHouse, a haunted house in Pittsburgh that is annually ranked among the scariest in the country, and has become a booming attraction with nearly 150 employees and lines wrapping around the block. It even has its own sociologist, who conducts surveys and observations to make its performances ever more terrifying. Her name is Margee Kerr.
In this surprising, scary, entertaining audiobook, Kerr puts her expertise to the test. Not merely content to observe others’ fear, she confronts it in the form of things like skydiving, paranormal investigations, and a visit to Japan’s infamous “suicide forest.” In her willingness to explore the world’s scariest attractions, Kerr shows why we seek out terror even when there is plenty to fear in everyday life. Whether she’s dangling by a cable from a 116-story tower or experiencing New York City’s “Extreme Haunt,” BlackOut, in which participants are handcuffed, forced to crawl through dark tunnels, and given a gun and told to shoot someone, Kerr parses the elements of fear with humor and the precision of an expert.
Along the way, she takes a personal journey that leads to valuable insights about what we fear―and what it says about who we are.
Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, by Margee Kerr- Amazon Sales Rank: #2932008 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-29
- Released on: 2015-09-22
- Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x .50" w x 5.25" l,
- Running time: 7 Hours
- Binding: MP3 CD
Review “Visceral… Entertaining…The encouraging message is that we should… feel the fear and do it anyway.” —Wall Street Journal“Margee Kerr is a fear junkie. Roller coasters, haunted houses, heights, abandoned prisons, ghosts (well, maybe), even death — she confronts them with the relentlessness of a zombie Terminator. … [She] mixes enough self-awareness and insight with her tales of fright to make the book campfire-worthy. Scream may not haunt you outright, but it stays with you, mainly by showing how the scariest place in the world is inside your own head.” —Washington Post“While describing her experiences, Kerr insightfully reviews the physical effects of feeling fear… For people who wonder why they like to be scared, these experiments offer some clues. For those afraid of being afraid, Kerr’s own enthusiasm gives them reasons to try it.” —Publishers Weekly“Kerr takes readers on a journey on which they will experience the world’s most frightening and terrifying places firsthand… As Kerr explores places that make people tremble, she shares her personal dread on each of these destinations, which makes the book even more captivating… While complete with scientific information, this well-written, fascinating book is accessible to the general public.” —Library Journal“Instead of sterile analyses, Scream is a science travelogue that gets up close and personal with the facts of freaking out. Kerr’s journey through the world, and human body, to face down fear is exciting, informative, and scary good.” —Aaron Sagers, paranormal pop culture expert, journalist, and Travel Channel host“A fascinating account of how fear works in our bodies and societies, and a window into the surprising benefits of confronting our worst nightmares.” —Bess Lovejoy, author of Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
About the Author Margee Kerr has a PhD in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she currently teaches. She is also a nationally recognized expert on professional haunted houses and works year-round for the ScareHouse haunted house, analyzing data on customers and employees to make its attractions scarier. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Parade, Atlantic Monthly, and NPR’s Science Friday, among other places. She is also the coinvestigator on the country’s first-of-its-kind study measuring fear in the real world, collecting data on how the brain and body respond in real-life threatening situations. She lives in Pittsburgh.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Fun read; a bit all over the place. By AJ. I picked up Scream as my first read of October. I love scary things (even though I'm a coward and I tend to watch horror movies through my finger), and I wanted to learn more from someone who spends her life learning about fear.Kerr is a vivid writer, and I could feel my heart rate increasing as she described her time on the CN Tower -- a place where, as a native Torontonian, I've *still* been too scared to venture. She doesn't just talk about physical scares, though -- she also talks about supernatural fears, living in day-to-day terror, and human experiences with death. One of my favourite chapters was her description of going into Japan's Suicide Forest -- a place I've heard about multiple times and would like to visit. The book also left me with a lot to think about -- although I've always loved horror, I'm now reevaluating my affection for the genre after her chapter on Bogota.She is also excellent at providing footnotes to more in-depth research on various areas, and I made many notes of books and concepts that I'd like to look into after finishing the book.Although I enjoyed what I read, a lot of it seemed unfocused. The anecdotes and asides that Kerr provides are all very interesting, but the book often felt too meandering. In part, I think this is because I expected a more academic book, while it ended up being scientific-background-meets-introspective-essay. I also take issue with a sociologist claiming to be a scientist, but that's another argument for another day, and neither here nor there. :)For these reasons, I find myself in an odd place with how to rate this book because, although I enjoyed reading it and don't regret picking it up, I also don't feel like I want to recommend it. I suppose it's a good general read for those who want a general introduction to how your brain responds to fear, as well as a series of (often touching) personal essays about purposely getting scared out of your own skin around the world.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A Fun Read on a Fascinating Subject. By Mr.Opinionated This book as an amazing mix of enjoyable stories from the multitude of places Dr. Kerr traveled to for her writings and exploration of her own fears. The data, theories and information about fear placed throughout greatly increased my "I need to learn more about that" and "I need to go there" lists. A very entertaining read that was very hard to put down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about why we fear things and/or experience some wonderful places around the country and world where she ventured to experience these things. Her journey into the study of her own fears is personal, touching, exciting and engaging.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. For your scary bucket list By Bedeviled Haberdasher The idea of taking a microscopic view of one's own fear is intriguing, and after reading this I find myself eager to try it myself. I was curious to see how Kerr would create a study of fear using herself as the guinea pig. After all, isn't that a bit...subjective? But her writing is approachable, not too technical, and she's able to tell us her experiences as they happened and then show us how science dices up our basest reaction into categories. Fear does end up being the only thing we should fear.The only issue I really took with this book was Kerr's tendency towards the Humble Brag. That made some parts a little eye-rolly for me, but that's ok. I walked away from this book with a huge list of adventures I wanted to go on, and the best way to make the most of them.
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