264 Episodes

  1. Furby's Revenge

    Published: 7/17/2023
  2. Hot Dog Urban Legends with Comedian Jamie Loftus

    Published: 7/3/2023
  3. The Cannibal Pig People of Pig Hill

    Published: 6/26/2023
  4. My Pronouns are Jack/Ass with Podcaster Harmony Colangelo of 'This Ends at Prom'

    Published: 6/12/2023
  5. Jackass

    Published: 6/5/2023
  6. Context Clues: Welcome to Jackass

    Published: 5/29/2023
  7. Unabandoned with Podcaster Blake Pfeil of 'All-American Ruins'

    Published: 5/15/2023
  8. The Ghost Children of Munger Road

    Published: 5/8/2023
  9. Interview with the Ex-Vampire (pt. 2) with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

    Published: 4/17/2023
  10. Interview with the Ex-Vampire (pt. 1) with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'

    Published: 4/10/2023
  11. Chick Tracts pt. 3

    Published: 4/3/2023
  12. Chick Tracts pt. 2

    Published: 3/27/2023
  13. Chick Tracts pt. 1

    Published: 3/20/2023
  14. Context Clues: A Cartoonish Hell Awaits You

    Published: 3/13/2023
  15. OMG WTF UFOs with Jim Perry of Euphomet

    Published: 2/20/2023
  16. Talking Angela

    Published: 2/13/2023
  17. Urban Legends in the Internet Wilderness with the Digital Folklore Podcast

    Published: 2/6/2023
  18. Introducing: Deadly Cure

    Published: 2/1/2023
  19. When Naked Swimming was Required in Gym Class with Journalist Robin Washington

    Published: 1/23/2023
  20. The Streaking Craze

    Published: 1/16/2023

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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.