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.
Episodes (616)
THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST
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Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's High
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GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind
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The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney
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Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo
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Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler
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BALLOON BOY
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New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations
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HOAX DIARY SPECTACULAR with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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THE RUNAWAY NUN HOAX pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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THE RUNAWAY NUN HOAX pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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Luxury Doomsday with 'This is Propaganda'
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HOAX SPECTACULAR! with You're Wrong About
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Burlesque This Mess with Comic Stripper Woody Shticks
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THONGS
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Context Clues: Let Me See That Thong
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Erasing History with Philosopher Jason Stanley
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David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with 'You Are Good' Podcast
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Invasion of the Drones with Podcaster Gabe Lenners
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THE JERSEY DEVIL
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Context Clues: The Devil Went Down to Jersey
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You Just Lost The Game with 'Spirits' Podcast
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CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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(Throwback) An Irresistible Movement with Reproductive Justice Activist Loretta...
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In Pursuit of Pardons with Podcaster Shannon Lynch of 'The Alley: DC’s 8th and...
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(Throwback) The Horror of Hallmark with Podcasters Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed...
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Beyond Belief: Fiction or Fiction with Guide to the Unknown Podcast
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The Great Glawackus Hoax with Pat and Val of Connecticut Cryptids
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THE DONNER PARTY with 'You're Wrong About'
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THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
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Context Clues: All the World Loves a Parade
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Artificial Unintelligence with Perry Carpenter
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Falling for Fascism (re-release)
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BURIED ALIVE!
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Context Clues: Grave Mistakes
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A MASSIVE SEANCE Live Show Tour with YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT
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I WAS A TEENAGE POLTERGEIST with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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SKIBIDI TOILET
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Context Clues: Brr Skibidi Dop Dop Dop Yes Yes
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The Untold History of the NYPD with Chenjerai Kumanyika of Empire City
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Taylor Swift Decoded with Pop Music Journalist Brittany Spanos
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ELVIS IS ALIVE!
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Context Clues: The King is Dead Probably
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The Disney Gimmick That Conjured a Ghost with Jim Perry of Euphomet
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TARANTISM: DANCING MANIA pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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TARANTISM: DANCING MANIA pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
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Spider Slander: Confronting the Myths with Expert Rod Crawford
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THE AVERAGE PERSON SWALLOWS EIGHT SPIDERS A YEAR IN THEIR SLEEP
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Rewind: BELIEVING IN THE BLAIR WITCH (Updated!)
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