Our Halloween Open Mic
Featuring poems, fiction, nonfiction, AND A GROUP SONG with work by Sarah Marshall (You're Wrong About, You Are Good), Alex Steed (You Are Good), BJ Colangelo (This Ends at Prom), Will Rogers (Guide t...
31 Okt 202243min
Halloween Sadism from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Here’s a preview from a podcast that's right up your dark alley! On Cautionary Tales, bestselling author Tim Harford finds the morals in moments from the greatest mistakes and tragic catastrophes of t...
28 Okt 202216min
HAUNTED DOLLS
We'll see how possessed playthings have crept their way into the dark attic of America: Thomas Edison's little monsters, a demonic Raggedy Ann, a living ventriloquist dummy, a deadly voodoo curse, and...
24 Okt 202258min
Context Clues: The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls
To get you ready for our upcoming episode called Haunted Dolls, we have selected some excerpts on Furby urban legends, demon-possessed toys, and uncanny killer clowns. Listen to Furby here Listen to ...
17 Okt 202237min
Rainbow Fentanyl: Poisoned Halloween Candy Rerelease
Our most classic American urban legend is back with a vengeance, promising to ruin Halloween yet again. With an updated introduction to our 2018 episode, we'll explore the newest fearful iteration: Ra...
11 Okt 202244min
Halloween is Millennial Christmas with Podcaster Sarah Marshall of You're Wrong About
To get an extended director's cut of this episode, become a patron: patreon.com/americanhysteria For this Halloween Party, we are joined by our favorite undead friend Sarah Marshall, and she and I wil...
3 Okt 20221h 2min
FLORIDA SCAM
Not unlike the bubble markets of Beanie Babies and Cryptocurrency, the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s was a chaotic craze that caused the largest migration in American history. This episode follows th...
19 Sep 202237min
FLORIDA MAN
The Florida Man meme, with its bizarre crime headlines and mugshots, has become one of our most popular and long-lasting social media staples. This episode will explore the strange history of the stat...
12 Sep 202259min
