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Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-08-23

Books mentioned on Why We’re Drawn to Death, Crime, & Danger - Coltan Scrivner - #984

2 books · With Coltan Scrivner · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Coltan Scrivner is a behavioral scientist, an expert on morbid curiosity in horror and true‑crime media, and an author. Why are humans so curious about death?

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. World War Z

    Max Brooks · at 52:03

    World War Z by Max Brooks is a post-apocalyptic horror novel structured as a collection of individual accounts following a devastating global zombie conflict.

    Discussed
    “If you think of like World War Z is like an action zombie movie. I mean, that's the perfect combination, right?”
    Coltan Scrivner Why We’re Drawn to Death, Crime, & Danger - Coltan Scrivner - #984 2025-08-23 Listen at 52:03
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. I Am Legend

    Richard Matheson · at 52:09

    I Am Legend by Richard Matheson is a post-apocalyptic horror novel that follows the lone survivor of a pandemic that turns humanity into vampire-like creatures.

    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible