264 Episodes

  1. Furby's Revenge

    Published: 17/07/2023

  2. Hot Dog Urban Legends with Comedian Jamie Loftus

    Published: 3/07/2023

  3. The Cannibal Pig People of Pig Hill

    Published: 26/06/2023

  4. My Pronouns are Jack/Ass with Podcaster Harmony Colangelo of 'This Ends at Prom'

    Published: 12/06/2023

  5. Jackass

    Published: 5/06/2023

  6. Context Clues: Welcome to Jackass

    Published: 29/05/2023

  7. Unabandoned with Podcaster Blake Pfeil of 'All-American Ruins'

    Published: 15/05/2023

  8. The Ghost Children of Munger Road

    Published: 8/05/2023

  9. Interview with the Ex-Vampire (pt. 2) with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

    Published: 17/04/2023

  10. Interview with the Ex-Vampire (pt. 1) with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

    Published: 10/04/2023

  11. Chick Tracts pt. 3

    Published: 3/04/2023

  12. Chick Tracts pt. 2

    Published: 27/03/2023

  13. Chick Tracts pt. 1

    Published: 20/03/2023

  14. Context Clues: A Cartoonish Hell Awaits You

    Published: 13/03/2023

  15. OMG WTF UFOs with Jim Perry of Euphomet

    Published: 20/02/2023

  16. Talking Angela

    Published: 13/02/2023

  17. Urban Legends in the Internet Wilderness with the Digital Folklore Podcast

    Published: 6/02/2023

  18. Introducing: Deadly Cure

    Published: 1/02/2023

  19. When Naked Swimming was Required in Gym Class with Journalist Robin Washington

    Published: 23/01/2023

  20. The Streaking Craze

    Published: 16/01/2023

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American Hysteria explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture – moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, and national misunderstandings. Poet-turned-podcaster Chelsey Weber-Smith tells the strangest stories from American history and examines the forces that create the reality we share, and sometimes, the reality we don't.

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