Hold Me, I'm Scared

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Life is like a haunted house: it's a lot easier to get through with your bestie. Join hosts Charles and Bailey as they discuss common (and not-so-common) fears, phobias, and things that go bump in the night. It's a scary world out there, so hold on to the


    • Sep 25, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 30: Drugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 84:29


    "I think we have the potential to be great people, but right now we're just good people." Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/30notes

    Episode 29: Campfire Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 83:49


    "I'm Bloodybones and you're Rawhead." Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/29notes

    Episode 28: Teachers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 105:41


    "I really really really love Nickelback." All sources available at hims.fireside.fm/28notes

    Episode 27: Lost & Abandoned

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 113:41


    "That's horse girl behavior." Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/27notes

    Episode 26: Kidnapping

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 97:20


    "Sometimes it is the stranger in the white van." National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/26notes

    Episode 25: Travel Horror Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 95:15


    "Have you checked the whole cruise ship?" Sources available at hmis.fireside.fm/25notes

    Episode 24: Mythology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 81:08


    "Apparently it was a very hot bull." All sources available at hmis.fireside.fm/24notes

    Episode 23: Hauntings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 90:48


    "We are talking about hauntings...and not just our traumatic pasts." All sources available at hims.fireside.fm/23notes

    Episode 22: Stalking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 98:27


    "You cannot have love without respect." Some resources for those experiencing stalking are stalkingawareness.org (SPARC's website), the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800.656.HOPE (4673), The Network/La Red LGBTQ Hotline: 800-832-1901, and the Love is Respect Hotline (for teens and young adults:) 1-866-331-9474. More resources can be found through SPARC's website. All sources available at hmis.fireside.fm/22notes

    Episode 21: Natural Disasters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 82:56


    "I wanna watch you bleed out. I wanna watch." Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/21notes

    Episode 20: Cannibalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 90:02


    "Risk it for the human brisket." Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/20notes

    Episode 19: Doctors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 91:20


    "#goodeggclub" Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/19notes

    Episode 18: Time Travel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 68:23


    "Make wormhole long." Find all sources at hmis.fireside.fm/18notes

    Episode 17: Cryptids

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 76:31


    "Like I said, the head of Ben Franklin came swooping down at me, breathing fire." All sources can be found at hmis.fireside.fm/17notes.

    Episode 16: Conspiracy Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 111:33


    Episode 15: Serial Killers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 121:35


    ""Ted Bundy was a solid 3. On a good day." Find all sources at hmis.fm/15notes

    Episode 14: Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 90:33


    "The truth is out there." Find all sources at hmis.fm/14notes

    Episode 13: Psychics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 87:46


    "Ace of cups, upright. You're a bitch." All sources can be found at https://hmis.fireside.fm/13notes.

    Episode 12: A Very Creepy Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 69:40


    "I don't know if you'll want to answer this." Find sources at https://hmis.fireside.fm/12notes.

    Episode 11: Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 82:03


    "I think God and I have a final destination situation going on." Find all sources at https://hmis.fireside.fm/11notes.

    Episode 10: Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 85:24


    "Why is everyone so horny for the dove?" Find all sources at https://hmis.fireside.fm/10notes.

    Episode 9: Psychological Experiments

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 65:55


    "You need to keep the government out of your brain maze." Sources: Facts & Figures: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-experimental-psychology-2795784 https://www.bestmastersinpsychology.com/faq/what-is-experimental-psychology/#:~:text=GO!&text=Experimental%20psychology%20examines%20relationships%20between,relationships%20between%20cognition%20and%20behavior. Charles' Report: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Kaplan-5/publication/12043387TheAversionProject-PsychiatricabusesintheSouthAfricanDefenceForceduringtheApartheidEra/links/5694d5da08aeab58a9a4111a/TheAversion-Project-Psychiatric-abuses-in-the-South-AfricanDefence-Force-during-the-Apartheid-Era.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jul/29/chrismcgreal https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535952/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko Bailey's Report: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/07/28/25-years-of-nightmares/cb836420-9c72-4d3c-ae60-70a8f13c4ceb/ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/children-of-the-mentally-de-patterned-say-montreal-doctors-treatment-irrevocably-changed-their-lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DonaldEwenCameron

    Episode 8: Vermin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 64:27


    "You'd have to pick the rat pants." Sources Facts & Figures: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/what-are-the-most-common-phobias-and-what-are-the-psychological-causes-of-them/ https://www.mypmp.net/2017/08/17/vermin-in-history/ Bailey's Report: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_torture https://historyofyesterday.com/rat-torture-bc17cf72400b http://torturemuseum.net/en/torture-by-rats/ Charles' Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXbo5ubYS9I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta2rF6Syi0U https://www.rentokil.com/fj/termite/termite-faq/

    Episode 7: The Woods

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 60:00


    Trigger Warning: Talk of suicide. Charles' story ends at 32:30. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 **Crisis Text Line: Text "home" to 741741. "Go touch that tree." Sources: Charles' story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8 Bailey's Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchJnrZgz-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhoputBellaintheWychElm%3F https://crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/ https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm-1b69a2870114

    Episode 6: Cults

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 110:21


    "But I do think that if a hot girl was like 'I am the key to solving all of your problems' I would be like, 'sure, here's my life savings.'" Sources: Facts & Figures Cult Education Institute FACT (Families against Cult Teachings) Bailey's Story https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/2/8/the-ant-hill-kids https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1993/9/27/under-the-spell-of-a-madman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Th%C3%A9riault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mowEU6uD2xs&t=142s Charles' Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7mBbXxJYA https://www.liliatarawa.com/ https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/why-they-wear-blue-the-weirdest-customs-from-inside-gloriavale.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Pn6By7mFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEj7nRS-48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAYSBY8hnhg

    Episode 5: Amusement Parks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 86:06


    "A slide with teeth really doesn't bode well." Sources Facts & Figures: https://www.tripsavvy.com/theme-park-ride-deaths-3267516#:~:text=Amusement%20Ride%20Injury%20Statistics,coaster%20deaths%20are%20extremely%20rare.&text=The%20overall%20finding%20was%200.62%20injuries%20per%20million%20rides%20in%202017. Charles' report: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismaland Bailey's report: https://www.si.com/lifestyle/2019/07/01/action-park-new-jersey-water-park-rides-history-stories-mulvihill https://www.newsweek.com/5-craziest-stories-about-new-jerseys-infamous-action-park-1516411 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

    Episode 4: Urban Legends

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 68:19


    "Hook car door man hand. Very popular." Sources: Facts & Figures https://www.livescience.com/7107-urban-legends-start-persist.html Bailey's Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlenderManstabbing https://abcnews.go.com/US/slender-man-stabbing-victim-speaks-publicly-time-situation/story?id=66268385 https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/TheSlenderMan Charles' Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcXWXzyyNY&t=1s

    Episode 3: Thalassophobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 79:33


    "There are so many things about the ocean to be afraid of." Sources: "I Shouldn't Be Alive: Fear in the Freefall" "I Shouldn't Be Alive: Shark Attack Survival Story" https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/fear-of-the-ocean#bottom-line https://www.uta.edu/utamagazine/archive-issues/winter_2002/features/storm.html "No Victims Only Survivors: 10 Lessons for Survival" by Deborah Scaling Kiley

    Episode 2: Demonic Possession

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 71:58


    "Christians, call me." Sources: “A Haunting” Season 2 Episode 6: “Where Demons Dwell” https://demonicpedia.com/possession/david-glatzel-possession/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrialofArneCheyenneJohnson https://allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KgSp94nCZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRYlU1s9pFE&t=80s https://allthatsinteresting.com/anneliese-michel-exorcism

    Episode 1: Aviophobia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 57:42


    Charles and Bailey discuss aviophobia- the fear of flying. You'll laugh, you'll scream, you still won't know what "hydraulics" means. Story sources: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/feb/21/plane-crashes Season 4, Episode 9 of "I Survived" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EthiopianAirlinesFlight_961

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