Shiver-inducing science not for the faint of heart.
No one studies fear quite like Margee Kerr. A sociologist who moonlights
at one of America's scariest and most popular haunted houses, she has
seen grown men laugh, cry, and push their loved ones aside as they run
away in terror. And she's kept careful notes on what triggers these
responses and why.
Fear is a universal human experience, but do we really understand it? If
we're so terrified of monsters and serial killers, why do we flock to
the theaters to see them? Why do people avoid thinking about death, but
jump out of planes and swim with sharks? For Kerr, there was only one
way to find out.
In this eye-opening, adventurous book, she takes us on a tour of the
world's scariest experiences: into an abandoned prison long after dark,
hanging by a cord from the highest tower in the Western hemisphere, and
deep into Japan's mysterious suicide forest. She even goes on a ghost
hunt with a group of paranormal adventurers. Along the way, Kerr shows
us the surprising science from the newest studies of fear -- what it
means, how it works, and what it can do for us. Full of entertaining
science and the thrills of a good ghost story, this book will make you
think, laugh -- and scream.
