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
76
Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler
67 min
77
BALLOON BOY
52 min
78
New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations
109 min
79
HOAX DIARY SPECTACULAR with Sarah Marshall of '...
93 min
80
THE RUNAWAY NUN HOAX pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall ...
85 min
81
THE RUNAWAY NUN HOAX pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall ...
80 min
82
Luxury Doomsday with 'This is Propaganda'
59 min
83
HOAX SPECTACULAR! with You're Wrong About
64 min
84
Burlesque This Mess with Comic Stripper Woody S...
74 min
85
THONGS
68 min
86
Context Clues: Let Me See That Thong
49 min
87
Erasing History with Philosopher Jason Stanley
54 min
88
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with 'You Are Go...
85 min
89
Invasion of the Drones with Podcaster Gabe Lenners
53 min
90
THE JERSEY DEVIL
49 min
91
Context Clues: The Devil Went Down to Jersey
47 min
92
You Just Lost The Game with 'Spirits' Podcast
70 min
93
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL pt. 2 with Sarah Mars...
91 min
94
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL pt. 1 with Sarah Mars...
77 min
95
(Throwback) An Irresistible Movement with Repro...
51 min
96
In Pursuit of Pardons with Podcaster Shannon Ly...
60 min
97
(Throwback) The Horror of Hallmark with Podcast...
57 min
98
Beyond Belief: Fiction or Fiction with Guide to...
66 min
99
The Great Glawackus Hoax with Pat and Val of Co...
52 min
100
THE DONNER PARTY with 'You're Wrong About'
66 min