The genre of horror–and the holiday of Halloween–allow us to safely explore our fears. We construct a fence between the unknown, and ourselves and our loved ones. Horror and Halloween allow us to approach that fence, peek over it or through it, maybe throw things at it. Then we go safely home at night, far away from our dark security fence to our safe, warmly-lit home.

Horror and Halloween allow us to explore true fear, which is that sudden jolt at 3 a.m. when you think that maybe there is a weakness in the fence or one of the gates might be unlatched. Or maybe you heard one of those eerie noises that only comes from the wrong side of the fence.

Do you go out on the dark and check, or do you hide under your blankets and wait for the safety of dawn?

Welcome to the rehearsal for that choice, Dollop-style.

coulrophobia: fear of clowns

• Episode 4: Ghosts
• Dollopween 2: Vintage Halloween Costumes
• Dollopween 14: Phantom Clown From Nopetown

aquaphobia: fear of water

• Dollopween 9: Creepy Families
• Dollopween 15: Scary Movies for the Squeamish

arachnophobia: fear of spiders

• Pretty Little Aussie Fuzzy-Wuzzy

odontophobia: fear of dentists/dentistry

• Episode 13: Colonial Teeth
• Episode 99: Radium Girls

taphophobia: fear of being buried alive

• Episode 101: The Death of George Washington
• Edgar Allan Poe

thalassophobia: fear of the sea

• Episode 8: The Dolphin
• Dollopween 9: Creepy Families

claustrophobia: fear of enclosure

• Dollopween 11: Man v. Elements
• Dollopween 15: Scary Movies for the Squeamish

chionophobia: fear of snow

• Dollopween 3: John Lawson House
• Episode 101: The Death of George Washington
• Episode 108: Douglas Mawson

agoraphobia: fear of being too far from a safe place

• Dollopween 23: Unable to Take a Deep Breath
• Episode 105: Denver Spiderman

athazagoraphobia: being forgotten or ignored

• Episode 11: Lobotomy
• Book Review: My Lobotomy
• Dear Dr. Freeman
• Episode 62: John Brinkley
• Episode 93: The Three Jesuses
• Episode 95: Henry Heimlich

atomosophobia: fear of atomic explosions

• Episode 20: David Hahn
• No one needs that many smoke detectors
• Episode 72: The Hanford Site
• Atomic Frontier Days
• Episode 99: Radium Girls

aviophobia: fear of flying

• Episode 29: The Pinto
• Special episode: Dole Plane Race
• The News Machine Never Changes
• Episode 113: Reg Spiers

bibliophobia: fear of books/learning

I am afraid of people who have this fear.

• Episode 11: Lobotomy
• Book Review: My Lobotomy
• Dear Dr. Freeman

bufonophobia: fear of toads

• Australian Tour 2: Cane Toads!

leporiphobia: fear of rabbits

• Australian Tour 2: Bunnies!

cacophobia: fear of ugliness

• Episode 50: Ugly Laws
• Episode 53: Battle of the Pants
• Dollopween 16: AHS plus The Dollop

ageteophobia: fear of insanity

Welcome to the Dollop

agrizoophobia: fear of wild animals

• Episode 30: The Taxidermist
• Episode 104: The Hippo Plot
• The Hippo Plot Thickens
• Episode 111: The Emu War
• Australian Tour 2: Cane Toads!
• Australian Tour 2: Bunnies!

aichmophobia: fear of needles/pointed objects

• Episode 11: Lobotomy
• Book Review: My Lobotomy
• Dear Dr. Freeman
• Episode 62: John Brinkley
• Balls, glorious balls, in your balls

alektorophobia: fear of chickens

Episode 73: Mike the Chicken

astrophobia: fear of stars/celestial space

Episode 60: Comet Panic

Now, you know I would never leave you alone in the dark, without arming you with a book. Books are weapons against fear. I have a very special instructional manual to help you wind your way through the darkness to check the security of your fence, and to make it back safely to your warm bed and the light.

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