A study was conducted to prove that spoilers actually create more enjoyment for the reader. The experiment had three specific story genres that were used: mysteries, ironic twists and evocative stories. There were about 819 people involved in the experiment, 176 were males and 643 were females. In the experiment, “Each subject read three of these stories, one spoiled (with the spoiler paragraph presented before the story), one unspoiled (with the story presented without altercations), and one in which the spoiler paragraph was incorporated as the opening paragraph” (Leavitt & Christenfeld, 2011, pg. 1152).
