Rewind: Monsters

Rewind: Monsters

We need a little extra time for Horror Movies II, so here is a re-release of a very related and very important episode. Monsters come from the darkness, from the depth of lakes and swamps, from the shadows of forests and hills, and live too in the dark parts of all of us. However, this episode is less about Bigfoot and more about the idea of the monstrous, and how it has been used as a tool to demonize black folks since the first slave ships landed in America, both through folktales and famous works of fiction. We also explore how Darwin's theory of evolution affected white Americans and led to the actual creation of human zoos that displayed African people as both the missing link and blood-thirsty monsters. Become a Patron! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journalist Miles Klee

The Imaginary Gods of ChatGPT with Journalist Miles Klee

Miles Klee is the author of a recent Rolling Stone article titled People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies which tells the stories of ChatGPT users who have come to believe that t...

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The FBI's White Christian Nation with Lerone A. Martin

The FBI's White Christian Nation with Lerone A. Martin

Lerone A. Martin is the author of The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism . For this episode, Lerone explains how the FBI, led by J. Edgar ...

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Listen Now: American Scandal

Listen Now: American Scandal

Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage. Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and soc...

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Staring at the Sun on LSD with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

Staring at the Sun on LSD with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

Have you ever heard the urban legend about the group of hippie college students that went blind while staring at the sun during an LSD trip? This tale became a very powerful anecdote in the 1960s as p...

7 Jul 20251h 22min

The Call is Coming From Inside the House with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

The Call is Coming From Inside the House with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

You've probably heard the urban legend called the Babysitter and the Man Upstairs or at least know the idiom it inspired: “The call is coming from inside the house.” Sarah Marshall of the podcasts You...

30 Jun 20251h 31min

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...

16 Jun 202551min

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...

9 Jun 202542min

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