Anderson collected personal narratives describing what used to scare informants as children. Included are stories of a child who saw part of a movie where a lion mauled a family, a girl who was afraid of the large black drain in the deep end of the pool, and a child who continues to struggle with her childhood fear of having her mother die. The project was written for an English 391 class taught by Dr. Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2010.