66 episodes

A Believer, A Skeptic, and the things that go bump in the night.

Zero Percent Scared explores the tales and the truth behind all things strange and unexplained--join them as they laugh, drink, argue, and get pushed outside their comfort zones.

Zero Percent Scared Sarah Cox

    • Science
    • 5.0 • 52 Ratings

A Believer, A Skeptic, and the things that go bump in the night.

Zero Percent Scared explores the tales and the truth behind all things strange and unexplained--join them as they laugh, drink, argue, and get pushed outside their comfort zones.

    65: Mummies and their cursed bacteria

    65: Mummies and their cursed bacteria

    We've resurfaced - just in time for Halloween. 
    Welcome friends, as Sarah and Dr. Kelly discuss all things mummy -- the hotness in the movies, how mummies were made, why they're so cool, and the curses those hilariously macabre victorians inevitably unleashed upon our earth. 
     
    REFERENCES:
    Robbing Cleopatra's tomb- the first horror movie? Eyptomaaaaaania!!!! How we know about Egyptian mummy embalming. Eating mummies for fun and healing (WTF) The Midnight Library podcast - Corpse Medicine episode!  The Pharoh's curse!  The Unlucky Mummy in the British Museum (where else) Nautilus article on the unlucky mummy psychology. Metagenomic Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Canopic jars  The mummy's curse: historical cohort study  Lord Carnarvon's Death: the curse of aspergillosis (why is it so hard to say tho) Lady Dai, the best preserved mummy ever. Warning, the photos are very real.   
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    64: Halloween stories, expertly judged

    64: Halloween stories, expertly judged

    Join us for a dope selection of scary and bizarre halloween stories! Dr. Kelly Ruggles, our resident skeptical scientist judges these tales and assigns scores, just to get a little math up in here.
    Learn about one Alabama town's very weird child-harassing specter, and hear the terror that inhabits the most haunted road in England! IF YOU DARE!!!!
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    REFERENCES:
    Ghosts of Blue Bell Road, Kent, England.
    Hugging Molly, the weirdest ghost we know. Excellent article, highly recommended!
    Halloween Horror nights by Universal!

    • 35 min
    Sasquatch don't play

    Sasquatch don't play

    The promised third episode of our mega Bigfoot series! In this episode, we go through the strangest stories of Sasquatches attacking, acting creepy as sh!t, or even showing INTERDIMENSIONAL talents!!  Join us, and rate the stories right along with Dr. Kelly.
    FYI, all references available at https://www.zeropercentscared.com
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    REFERENCES:
    Kristen Stewart Hitting Target Demographic -- gay ghost hunting reality show!!
    https://www.autostraddle.com/kristen-stewart-developing-ghost-hunting-reality-tv-show/
    Queers love cryptids!
    https://www.autostraddle.com/nessie-is-my-girlfriend-what-is-it-with-queer-people-and-cryptids-420335/
    Mysterious Universe - pretty good paranormal blog site
    https://mysteriousuniverse.org/
    BFRO's account of Alberts Ostman's bigfoot adventure
    http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?ID=1091
    The ape canyon Sasquatch attacks
    https://bizarreandgrotesque.com/2020/01/15/ape-canyons-bizarre-1924-bigfoot-attack/
    Bigfoot attacks!
    https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/bizarre-and-frightening-accounts-of-bigfoot-attacks/
    WJ Sheehans Terror in the Woods book series -- check these out, they're cheap and really fun
    https://www.amazon.com/W-J-Sheehan/e/B07H2W3KW7?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1638250291&sr=8-1
     
     

    • 1 hr 21 min
    Bigfoot deserves a parade

    Bigfoot deserves a parade

    Hey folks! Here is the much anticipated second installment of our Bigfoot series -- and this is all about the evidence that even Dr. Kelly (the Scully in the relationship) will admit is compelling.
    In this episode, Sarah goes into the best evidence that Bigfoot is a real creature -- and we need to have a parade for her, we all agree.
    All references available at https://www.zeropercentscared.com
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    REFERENCES:
    The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot:
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_man_who_killed_hitler_and_then_the_bigfoot
    Sasquatch legend meets science:
    https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174
    Gigantopithecus:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantopithecus
    The Lying Liar Ray Wallace:
    https://www.bfro.net/news/wallace_faq.asp
    Bigfoot track hoax reward:
    http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/reward.htm
    Jimmy Chilcutt and bigfoot fingerprints:
    https://txsasquatch.blogspot.com/2006/01/jimmy-chilcutt.html
    Mid-tarsal breaks:
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23686391/
    The idiocy, Fabrications and lies of ancient aliens:
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-idiocy-fabrications-and-lies-of-ancient-aliens-86294030/
     

    • 57 min
    Re-release of SCARY CLOWNS for halloween!

    Re-release of SCARY CLOWNS for halloween!

    Hey all! Listen, we know we've been gone a long time, but we ARE BACK!! Tonight for halloween, please enjoy this special re-release of our clowns episode. And join us next week for new content about bigfoot!
     HAPPY HALLOWEEN MY PEOPLE!
    Second: It’s unanimous, nobody likes clowns. Or Disney World. OK fine that last one is just Kelly, but the clown thing is real. Especially when they’re trying to murder you. Let’s phase out the clowns, people. Phase them out.
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    References:
    Big ups to Sparrow Sounds Studios, our fabulous theme music creator Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nations Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures. By Loren Coleman Clown bar fight video Why Clowns Creep Us Out by Frank McAndrew On the Nature of Creepiness. McAndrew and Koehnke A review of empirical evidence on different uncanny valley hypotheses: support for perceptual mismatch of one road to the valley of eeriness. Katsyri et al. Uncanny but not confusing: Multisite study of perceptual category confusion in the Uncanny Valley. Mather et al. Decoder Ring: Clown Panic The disturbing true story of the pied piper of Hamelin Wrinkles the Clown The Wrinkles News Story  
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    • 40 min
    Bigfoot and the Scientists Who Love Her

    Bigfoot and the Scientists Who Love Her

    Friends, hear me out -- there are lots of legit actual scientists who believe in Bigfoot! No, seriously.
    Welcome the one the only Dr. Kelly back as we do a dive into scientists that believe Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Yeti, whatever you might call it, is REAL.
    I'M BEING SERIOUS HERE!
    In this episode Kelly and Sarah discuss the scientists who believe in bigfoot, and the amazing book SASQUATCH: LEGEND MEETS SCIENCE.
    Let us know what you think! Email! stories@zeropercentscared.com
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    Show Notes:
    Bigfoot: Legend Meets Science (Amazon link) Interview w/ Dr. Meldrum on NPRs talk of the nation about Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science Transcript of Jane Goodall's sasquatch comments The Science behind Bigfoot, an interview with Dr. Jeff Meldrum Entering Dubious Realms: Grover Krantz, Science, and Sasquatch (by Brian Regal) Bigfoot genetics thingie Kelly rages about -- "Novel North American Hominins, Next Generation Sequencing of Three Whole Genomes and Associated Studies" Ketchum, M. S., Wojtkiewicz, P. W., Watts, A. B., Spence, D. W., Holzenburg, A. K., Toler, D. G., Prychitko, T. M., Zhang, F., Shoulders, R., Smith, R. (2013) The Man, The Myth, and The Legend of Grover Krantz by Krissy Elliot Struggling with drug or alcohol addiction? We understand, it's ok to struggle. But please, ask for help.
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    • 55 min

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