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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STARING AT THE SUN ON LSD with Sarah Marshall o...
80 min
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THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE with S...
88 min
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THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST
55 min
54
Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's ...
48 min
55
GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind
40 min
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The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney
55 min
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Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo
71 min
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Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler
67 min
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BALLOON BOY
52 min
60
New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations
109 min
61
HOAX DIARY SPECTACULAR with Sarah Marshall of '...
93 min
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THE RUNAWAY NUN HOAX pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall ...
85 min
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THE RUNAWAY NUN HOAX pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall ...
80 min
64
Luxury Doomsday with 'This is Propaganda'
59 min
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HOAX SPECTACULAR! with You're Wrong About
64 min
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Burlesque This Mess with Comic Stripper Woody S...
74 min
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THONGS
68 min
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Context Clues: Let Me See That Thong
49 min
69
Erasing History with Philosopher Jason Stanley
54 min
70
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with 'You Are Go...
85 min
71
Invasion of the Drones with Podcaster Gabe Lenners
53 min
72
THE JERSEY DEVIL
49 min
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Context Clues: The Devil Went Down to Jersey
47 min
74
You Just Lost The Game with 'Spirits' Podcast
70 min
75
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL pt. 2 with Sarah Mars...
91 min