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

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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

Mayhem! at the Minecraft Movie with BJ Colangelo

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...

19 Mai 20251h 9min

BALLOON BOY

BALLOON BOY

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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HOAX DIARY SPECTACULAR with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

HOAX DIARY SPECTACULAR with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

Sarah Marshall takes me on a journey through two possible historical literary deceptions and asks me to try to figure out what is real, what is fake, and what it all means. This is a sibling to our re...

28 Apr 20251h 36min

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