Serpopsychology (WHAT’S CREEPY?) with Frank McAndrew

2025-10-01 · 70 min · episode 471 · 11 entities

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Are you creepy? How would you know? What’s “creepy” as opposed to scary or eerie? We talk to the pioneer of this research, Serpopsychologist, Dr. Frank McAndrew, a professor emeritus at Knox College. We chat: dates that give you the willies, Weary Willie the Clown, haunted dolls, college goths, dark alleyways, evolutionary neurobiology, what NOT to get Oprah, the line between horror and comedy, the phobia of balloons, dating tips, and why you should re-evaluate your bathmat. Welcome to Spooktober 2025. We have more waiting in the wings for you this month. Visit Dr. McAndrew's website and follow him on Google Scholar , Facebook , and Bluesky A donation went to WTVP , the PBS affiliate for Central Illinois More episode sources and links Other episodes you may enjoy: Spooktober: Topics to Startle and Love , Fearology (FEAR) , Demonology (EVIL SPIRITS) , Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE) , Speleology (CAVES) , Quasithanatology (NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES) , Thanatology (DEATH & DYING) , Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) , Human Technomorphology (SWAPPING OUT BODY PARTS) , Systems Biology (MEDICAL MATHEMATICS) , Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES) , Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) , Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.