THE WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH
American Hysteria24 Tammi 2022

THE WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH

The Westboro Baptist Church outraged both sides of the political spectrum throughout the 90s, 2000s and 2010s, picketing the funerals of AIDS victims and soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, touting their loud and always shockingly foul-mouth message that America was doomed because we had accepted homosexuality. Today we explore their most memorable “antics”, the life of their asshole leader and the family that makes up most of their following, trying our best to demystify one of America’s most infamous pop-culture supervillains. CW: homophobia, religious abuse, death Become a Patron and support our show! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Find our merch at americanhysteria.com American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Research and co-writing by Riley Smith Co-produced and edited by Miranda Zickler Voice Acting by Will Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST

THE HIPPIE BABYSITTER BABY ROAST

Have you ever heard the urban legend about the babysitter who takes LSD and accidentally bakes a baby in the oven believing it to be a raw turkey? For this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we will explo...

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Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's High

Context Clues: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's High

This episode will give some extra context for our upcoming urban legend episodes: The Hippie Babysitter and the Baby Roast, The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs, and the one where the college students...

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GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind

GENDER REVEAL PARTIES: Pride Rewind

Happy Pride month to all who observe! This is a rerelease of one of our favorite episodes. Over the last ten years, Gender Reveal Parties have exploded, figuratively and literally. Parents, communitie...

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The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney

The Last Prison Rodeo with Journalist Adam Mahoney

Since 1965, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, has held an incredibly popular public event known as the Prison Rodeo where incarcerated men participate for cash prizes in contests...

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Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo

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Over the last couple months, groups of Minecraft fans have been making TikTok videos of themselves wrecking havoc in theaters across the nation when their favorite moment of the new Minecraft movie pl...

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Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler

Lost Boy Larry with Producer Miranda Zickler

In 1973, mysterious communications from a young boy came over CB radios in the Southwest, leading to a massive search and rescue mission that generated far more questions than answers. For this episod...

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BALLOON BOY

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In 2009, the news reported live as a six-year-old boy careened through the air at 7,000 feet trapped inside a homemade balloon craft. Millions tuned into the harrowing saga, but once the balloon final...

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New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations

New Context: Gang Accusations and Initiations

Right now we are seeing accusations of gang associations used to to justify abducting immigrants off the street and sending them to either US detention centers or the Terrorism Confinement Center in E...

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