American Hysteria

American Hysteria explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture – moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, and national misunderstandings. Poet-turned-podcaster Chelsey Weber-Smith tells the strangest stories from American history and examines the forces that create the reality we share, and sometimes, the reality we don't.

Society & Culture
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A MASSIVE SEANCE Live Show Tour with YOU'RE WRO...
1 min
27
I Was a Teenage Poltergeist with Sarah Marshall...
91 min
28
Skibidi Toilet
57 min
29
Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
32 min
30
Context Clues: Brr Skibidi Dop Dop Dop Yes Yes
58 min
31
The Untold History of the NYPD with Chenjerai K...
57 min
32
Taylor Swift Decoded with Pop Music Journalist ...
58 min
33
Elvis is Alive!
65 min
34
Context Clues: The King is Dead Probably
48 min
35
The Disney Gimmick That Conjured a Ghost with J...
51 min
36
Tarantism: Dancing Mania pt. 2 with Sarah Marsh...
75 min
37
Tarantism: Dancing Mania pt. 1 with Sarah Marsh...
58 min
38
Spider Slander: Confronting the Myths with Expe...
39 min
39
The Average Person Swallows Eight Spiders a Yea...
55 min
40
Rewind: Believing in the Blair Witch (Updated!)
22 min
41
Pretendians: Indigenous Identity Fraud with Rob...
51 min
42
A Terrorist Attack on the Furries with Nicky Wo...
50 min
43
Long Live the Ray Cat with Emperor X and Matt K...
55 min
44
Talking to the Future: Nuclear Semiotics
64 min
45
Context Clues: Going Nuclear
40 min
46
Magical Overthinking with Amanda Montell
63 min
47
Francine and the Wolves of Wall Street with Sar...
75 min
48
The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals
63 min
49
When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Jou...
74 min
50
Bigfoot's Big Adventure with Author John O'Connor
51 min