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Title: You really can be scared to death—here’s how
Post by: rangerrebew on October 31, 2018, 12:25:51 pm

You really can be scared to death—here’s how

But don't freak out.
By Eleanor Cummins October 29, 2018
 

The Baskerville Effect is one name for the process by which fear can kill.

As Halloween rolls around once more, with goblins and ghouls lurking around every corner, the pre-deceased among us are left wondering: What about fright? Can it kill?

The answer is an emphatic “yes.”

https://www.popsci.com/scared-to-death (https://www.popsci.com/scared-to-death)