Introducing American Hysteria

Introducing American Hysteria

American Hysteria is a brand new podcast exploring our moral panics, urban legends, and conspiracy theories, how they shape our psychology and culture, and why we end up believing them. Host Chelsey Weber-Smith will attempt to understand why we fear the wrong things, explore how these fears shape our past, present, and future in sometimes hilarious and sometimes devastating ways, and also what these bizarre panics might be covering up. Topics range from Stranger Danger to Poisoned Halloween Candy to Satanic Panic to the Illuminati. Subscribe now where ever you get your podcasts. The first two episodes drop November 12th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show with 'This Ends At Prom'

The Rocky Horror Picture Show with 'This Ends At Prom'

In honor of my favorite movie's 50th anniversary, I wanted to share an episode about The Rocky Horror Picture Show with all of you unconventional conventionalists, one that I recently recorded with my...

1 Des 20251h 28min

Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three

Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three

On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The tiny local police department launches an investigation but finds little physical evidence to lead them to a ...

26 Nov 20258min

THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (rewind)

THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (rewind)

Brace yourselves, we are marching along with the Macy's Parade to learn about the chaos energy that has always animated this cultural institution, from its explosive balloon disasters to its surprisin...

24 Nov 202553min

The Devil We Know with Sarah Marshall

The Devil We Know with Sarah Marshall

Sarah Marshall of You're Wrong About joins me to wade back into the tall tales that devil-spawned the friendship we have today. In honor of her brand new podcast miniseries from the CBC called The Dev...

17 Nov 20251h 28min

Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day with Riley Swedelius-Smith and Miranda Zickler

Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day with Riley Swedelius-Smith and Miranda Zickler

Our associate producer (and my brother) Riley Swedelius-Smith is here to tell our producer Miranda Zickler and me about the chaotic opening day of The Happiest Place on Earth way back in 1955. We’ll ...

10 Nov 20251h 17min

Bot Farms and the Troll Toll with Perry Carpenter

Bot Farms and the Troll Toll with Perry Carpenter

Have you ever wondered if the person you are arguing with in a social media comment section is really a person at all? Perry Carpenter is a cybersecurity expert, author of FAIK: A Practical Guide to L...

3 Nov 20251h 14min

BLOODY MARY

BLOODY MARY

Bloody Mary...Bloody Mary...Bloody Mary...For our Halloween special, we are going to trace the history of the slumber party ritual known as Bloody Mary in which a young summoner stands in the dark in ...

27 Okt 20251h 3min

Spontaneous Human Combustion with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

Spontaneous Human Combustion with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

Sarah Marshall is here to teach me about the confounding phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion in which a person is found almost totally incinerated with no explanation, seeming to have burst int...

20 Okt 20251h 42min

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