Why Are Things Creepy?

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SOURCES & more creepy stuff below:
John Bergeron's SINGING ANDROIDS [videos]:
website:
SHAYE ST. John [videos]:
"Die in a week" image from MarbleHornets:
Nightmare-fuel image collections:
(Gallery)
dot jpg??
scared of heights? don't watch this:
More info about "The Hands Resist Him" painting:
Creepypasta (unnerving stories):
aphobia: people who don't feel fear:
sad, terrifying study on learning fear (Little Albert Experiment):
scariest things:
fear processing in brain:
Stephen King on types of scary stuff:
Claude Levi Strauss on masks and why CLOWNS ARE SCARY: /
Uncanny Valley:
image metrics video:
paper on "creepiness":
famous Cognitive Dissonace study on behavior [with video]:
High Place Phenomenon study:
HPP paper:
terrible and terrific etymology (it's called "amelioration"):
Laurie Lipton does GREAT creepy drawings: /
creepy people LITERALLY give you chills:
creepy things kids say: /
these are scary:
creepy subreddits (some may be nsfw):
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what I listened to while researching this episode (playlist):
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music by
trip hop and 'spooky' music from