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
History
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THE DEVIL WE KNOW with Sarah Marshall
86 min
27
Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day with Riley ...
75 min
28
Bot Farms and the Troll Toll with Perry Carpenter
71 min
29
BLOODY MARY
60 min
30
SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION with Sarah Marshal...
99 min
31
12 Ft Skeleton (rewind)
61 min
32
Horror Movie Curses with 'What Went Wrong' Podcast
90 min
33
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with Liz "Cos...
64 min
34
The Kennedy Curse with George Civeris
74 min
35
HOUDINI'S AFTERLIFE with Sarah Marshall and Tim...
64 min
36
#Elsagate (rewind)
45 min
37
Introducing: Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Cr...
8 min
38
The Disturbing World of Mobile Game Ads with 'P...
75 min
39
Dear Chelsey and Ask Sarah Marshall
71 min
40
DEAR ABBY AND ANN LANDERS
70 min
41
Titanic in Real Time with Riley Swedelius-Smith
60 min
42
Polybius: The Arcade Conspiracy
38 min
43
Not Just a Phase: Goths Through History with Ch...
72 min
44
The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journalist M...
57 min
45
The FBI's White Christian Nation with Lerone A....
81 min
46
Listen Now: American Scandal
6 min
47
STARING AT THE SUN ON LSD with Sarah Marshall o...
80 min
48
THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE with S...
88 min
49
THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST
55 min
50
Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's ...
48 min