94: Paranormal Psychology & Defunct Halloween Traditions

Let's Learn Everything!

Tom Lum

Education, Comedy, Learning, Tiktok, Science, Friends

4.8 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

We know ghosts aren't real, but what is real is the way our brains make us imagine the creepy things that go bump in the night. What about our psychology makes it so easy to be spooked? And we've all heard of costumes and pumpkin carving, but what are the weirdest old Halloween traditions, and what can we take into our own traditions?

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0:00.0	I did not add anything to the Halloween theme this year because I thought you guys could add a spooky sound. Oh, okay. It will become a permanent addition to the Halloween theme. Brilliant. Nice. What can I do that all upset? Are we each doing one? Oh, just play it. And then you can just say it over it. Okay. Oh, okay. Or you can do one right now.
0:21.5	You want to audition?
0:22.3	No, no, no. Play it. Play it. Oh, oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Why? It sounds like a puppy. Oh, oh, oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. We have some copies up for adoption.
0:40.6	Woo! We have some puppies up for adoption. It's alive!
0:44.6	It's alive!
0:47.7	As the wind howls outside and the thunder crashes,
0:54.9	we are tucked cozy inside for this edition.
0:59.7	This spooky edition of Let's Learn Everything, the show where we learn anything, anything and everything, terrifying.
1:10.1	Ah! Okay. Today... Anything and everything terrifying.
1:12.1	Okay.
1:19.6	Today we are going to cover a mystifying.
1:21.0	That's not the right word.
1:24.3	Today we are going to cover a... I can't think of another synonym for terrifying.
1:29.3	You could go spooky science topic. Yeah.
1:30.3	Spooky, lame.
1:32.3	Bye.
1:33.3	Bye.
1:34.3	Sintillating.
1:35.3	Scealating.
1:38.3	Skeleton shattering, science topic.
1:41.3	Skeleton shattering.
1:43.3	Never heard that. Those were always in my life. Today, Shattering science topic. Skeleton shattering.
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