The 10 Best American Hysteria Podcast Episodes
1) The Curse of the Lottery
Have you ever heard of the Curse of the Lottery? The legend that most, if not all big winners eventually face everything from bankruptcy to untimely death? We’ll explore whether there is any truth to ...Show More
2) Stranger Danger
This episode explores the evolution of American's bogeyman, the Stranger, and reveals how rare these types of kidnappings really are. Through looking at the sensational child snatching crimes that hav...Show More
3) Haunted Dolls [rewind]
Please enjoy this rewind of last year's Halloween special called Haunted Dolls. Coming up next week we'll start our Halloween series called 'The 12 ft. Skeleton.' Then we'll be teaming up with our sib...Show More
4) The Killer Crossdresser with Horror Analysts BJ and Harmony Colangelo
To unpack the movie trope of the Murderous Man in a Dress, prolific horror film analysts and writers BJ and Harmony Colangelo discuss with me all the complicated trans and drag “representation” in mov...Show More
5) Trash Talk Shows
There are few pieces of popular culture as problematic as the trash talk shows of the 1980s and 90s. Many of us remember Jerry Springer, Geraldo, Jenny Jones, and so many others trying to outdo each o...Show More
6) Monsters
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...Show More
7) We Are All Pro Wrestlers with Entertainment Journalist BJ Colangelo
Pop culture correspondent and major Pro Wrestling fan BJ Colangelo and I discuss the quirky history of this manly soap opera, its changing landscape in terms of gender and sexuality, as well as the co...Show More
We Are All Pro Wrestlers with Entertainment Journalist BJ Colangelo
1:14:21 | Jan 8th, 2024
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8) The Calm Down: The Morality of Drugs and the Opioid Crisis
This week we will be discussing the history of drug panic in the United States and its effects in the present day. My guest is Sarah Deutsch, a friend of mine from high school who received her masters...Show More
9) The End of the World
It has been said that the apocalypse is as American as apple pie, and for our season finale we are exploring different versions of the end of the world, the hyper-religious, the new age, and the scien...Show More
10) Talking Angela
In 2014, an urban legend formed around a cartoon cat chatbot when rumors spread across social media that a child predator was operating the app, actually visible in the reflection of her big blue eyes...Show More