How Horror Movies and True Crime Can Make You Happier

<p>Halloween isn't just costumes and candy. It's also a time when we indulge our interest in the scary and macabre. But there's also a taboo about gory horror movies and gruesome true crime shows - we often feel that being interested in blood and violence is unhealthy. The opposite is possibly true.&nbsp;</p> <p>Psychologist Coltan Scrivner (author of <a href="https://www.coltanscrivner.com/publications"><em>Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can&rsquo;t Look Away</em></a>) says that watching a scary movie or listening to a murder podcast is perfectly natural and in fact teaches us valuable lessons to enhance our emotional resilience.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>