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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Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day with Riley ...
75 min
52
Bot Farms and the Troll Toll with Perry Carpenter
71 min
53
BLOODY MARY
60 min
54
SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION with Sarah Marshal...
99 min
55
12 Ft Skeleton (rewind)
61 min
56
Horror Movie Curses with 'What Went Wrong' Podcast
90 min
57
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with Liz "Cos...
64 min
58
The Kennedy Curse with George Civeris
74 min
59
HOUDINI'S AFTERLIFE with Sarah Marshall and Tim...
64 min
60
#Elsagate (rewind)
45 min
61
The Disturbing World of Mobile Game Ads with 'P...
75 min
62
Dear Chelsey and Ask Sarah Marshall
71 min
63
DEAR ABBY AND ANN LANDERS
70 min
64
Titanic in Real Time with Riley Swedelius-Smith
60 min
65
Polybius: The Arcade Conspiracy
38 min
66
Not Just a Phase: Goths Through History with Ch...
72 min
67
The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journalist M...
57 min
68
The FBI's White Christian Nation with Lerone A....
81 min
69
STARING AT THE SUN ON LSD with Sarah Marshall o...
80 min
70
THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE with S...
88 min
71
THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST
55 min
72
Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's ...
48 min
73
GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind
40 min
74
The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney
55 min
75
Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo
71 min