TRUE CRIME

TRUE CRIME

To this day, glossy tabloids show the face of a six-year-old pageant girl murdered in a wine cellar in 1996, and 20 years later, an NBC special about the unsolved case still pulled in more viewers than the Emmys. Over the last few years, America has experienced a serious boom in True Crime entertainment; endless docuseries, TV shows, films, podcasts, and books, but our fascination with crimes that have nothing at all to do with us is a part of American history, and in fact, a part of human history as well. On this episode we will explore our most sensational boogiemen: uncaught sadistic geniuses, sociopathic hippy cults, allegedly handsome men with broken arms calling you into their cars, and silent killers slipping into your window at night. But we will also chart our historical reactions to this content, our intrinsic desire to become armchair sleuths and what that says about the psychology and biology of this thing called Justice, and how the public fear of these rare, sensationalized murders has aided Law and Order policies by making us all into future victims. Please consider donating to the Insight Prison Project American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Produced and edited by Clear Commo Studios Research and cowriting assisted by Riley Smith Co-Produced by Miranda Zickler Voice Acting by Will Rogers Become a Patron for extra episodes, interviews, and videos monthly! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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WAR ON CHRISTMAS (Rerelease)

WAR ON CHRISTMAS (Rerelease)

In this classic episode, learn about the battles fought for and against this controversial American holiday from the Puritans to the present as well as some of the forgotten traditions that may change...

26 Dec 202153min

ALIEN ABDUCTIONS (part two)

ALIEN ABDUCTIONS (part two)

For part two of our series, we will look at skeptics' explanations for the alien abduction phenomenon to see what factors they believe may be creating these visions: repressed memory hypnotherapy, sle...

20 Dec 202155min

ALIEN ABDUCTIONS (part one)

ALIEN ABDUCTIONS (part one)

For part one of our two-part series, we will learn about the lives of some of the most influential abductees and the people who've studied them in order to set the stage for part two, in which we will...

13 Dec 202158min

The Polyamorous Cult of Ayn Rand: 'Hysteria Home Companion' Patreon Sneak Peak

The Polyamorous Cult of Ayn Rand: 'Hysteria Home Companion' Patreon Sneak Peak

Here's a little more information about our new Patron's-only talk show Hysteria Home Companion, in which producer Miranda Zickler and I dive deeper into the show's current topic and share all the goss...

2 Dec 20215min

Am I Good? With 'You Are Good' Podcast Hosts Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed

Am I Good? With 'You Are Good' Podcast Hosts Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed

Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed host the feelings/movie podcast 'You Are Good'. On this episode, we talk about our own self-esteem, the movies that made us, and break down the secular myths we've create...

22 Nov 202153min

THE SELF-ESTEEM MOVEMENT

THE SELF-ESTEEM MOVEMENT

In the late 1980s, a New Age America began telling children that they were special, that if they just believed in themselves all their dreams would come true. Not only that, but spiritual seekers and ...

15 Nov 202152min

Context Clues: Get Rich Quick

Context Clues: Get Rich Quick

This rerelease episode is about America's lifelong obsession with Get Rich Quick magical thinking. It will help us put into context next week's brand new episode called Self-Esteem and the magical thi...

8 Nov 202154min

NEW PATREON SHOW: Hysteria Home Companion

NEW PATREON SHOW: Hysteria Home Companion

If you want to learn more about the topics covered on American Hysteria, subscribe to our Patreon talk show with myself and producer Miranda Zickler in which we gossip about all the juicy stuff left o...

1 Nov 20211min

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