Mon. 10/31 - Queen Victoria's Halloween Ragers

<p><strong><em>Dispatches from the Recreational Fear Lab on why being scared might be a healthy thing. And the raucous Halloween parties Queen Victoria used to throw in Scotland. </em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at<a href="http://betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFF</a></li><li>Indeed, <a href="http://indeed.com/goodnews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indeed.com/goodnews</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://slate.com/technology/2022/10/halloween-why-we-love-to-be-scared.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Director of the Recreational Fear Lab Explains Why We Love to Be Scared</a> (Slate)</li><li><a href="https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/the-monarch-who-loved-scots-spooky-traditions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The monarch who loved Scots' spooky traditions</a> (Scottish Field)</li><li><a href="https://archive.org/embed/queenvictoriashi0000vict" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queen Victoria's highland journals</a> (Internet Archive)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://poets.org/poem/halloween" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Halloween by Robert Burns</a> (Academy of American Poets)</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/5etuRYJCa_c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Halloween - Robert Burns</a> (MindYerLanguage?, YouTube)</li><li><a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-hot-100-top-10-anti-hero-1235163664/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taylor Swift Makes History as First Artist With Entire Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100, Led by 'Anti-Hero' at No. 1</a> (Billboard)</li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li></ul><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com