Episode 173 - The History of Isolation and Winter Horror

This week Abby and Alan continue exploring the intersection of winter and horror, this time through the lens of of isolation. 

Sources: 

• A Medical News Today article by Danielle Dresdon: What to know about cabin fever.
• JAMA Network, scientific study by Eugene Ziskind, M.D. called Isolation Stress in Medical and Mental Illness
• PubMed study from 2021, Social Isolation and Psychosis: An Investigation of social interactions and paranoia in daily life 
• Study we found on PubMed from 2008: Psychological effects of polar expeditions
• And another study listed on PubMed The role of circadian phase in sleep and performance during Antarctic winter expeditions from 2022
• Slash Film article by Danielle Ryan: The Haunted History Behind The Shinings Stanley Hotel
• SyFy article by Josh Weiss: The Thing Oral History: Cast and Crew Reveal Secrets of John Carpenter's Sci-Fi Horror Masterpiece

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