American Hysteria

American Hysteria


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Francine and the Wolves of Wall Street with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
April 22, 2024

Sarah Marshall joins me to chat about how, in 1968, one unsuspecting young woman’s bustline almost caused a stock market bust when thousands of Wall Street employees became obsessed with watching her walk to work. I also tell Sarah about an absurd 20-year

The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals
April 01, 2024

In the late 1950s, an organization known as SINA started a campaign with the mission of clothing naked animals for the sake of decency. Today we will look at this bizarre moral crusade and its leader, whose life you'll have to hear about to believe. Beco

When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Journalist Tom Risen
March 25, 2024

Journalist and author Tom Risen is here to tell me about some of the real conspiracies that the CIA and the FBI were involved in from the 50s to the 70s and how, in 1975, one senator finally took these agencies to task, revealing shocking truths that woul

When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Journalist Tom Risen
March 25, 2024

Journalist and author Tom Risen is here to tell me about some of the real conspiracies that the CIA and the FBI were involved in from the 50s to the 70s and how, in 1975, one senator finally took these agencies to task, revealing shocking truths that woul

Bigfoot's Big Adventure with Author John O'Connor
March 18, 2024

John O'Connor is the author of The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster, a cross-country adventure and investigation into the lore around Bigfoot as well as the personalities of those who spend their lives chasing this elusiv

Gang Initiations pt. 2
March 04, 2024

For the second part of this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are continuing to explore various tall tales of ruthless gang initiations from the 1990s onward, as well as looking at the sweeping anti-gang laws of the 80s and 90s that had devastating effect

Gang Initiations pt. 1
February 26, 2024

For this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are answering a listener message about a story of street gangs initiating wannabes with frightening rituals including driving around with their headlights off and murdering the first good samaritan who gives them

Context Clues: Ganging Up
February 19, 2024

'Gang Initiations' is the topic of our upcoming series, and this episode will provide extra context using excerpts from three previous episodesUrban Legends, Drugs, and Dangerous Teens.Become a Patron to support our show and get early ad-free episodes

Alligators in the Sewer with 'You're Wrong About' [Live at SketchFest]
February 12, 2024

Live at SF Sketchfest, Sarah Marshall tells me about the urban-legendary alligators in the sewers of New York City. But of course, that's only one of the many manholes we open.Make sure you listen to You're Wrong About!Leave us a message on our Urban L

The Paranormal Entertainment Industry with Sapphire Sandalo and Jim Perry
January 22, 2024

Today I'm joined by paranormal corespondent Jim Perry of the podcast Euphomet and Sapphire Sandalo of the podcast Stories With Sapphire as well as the TV shows Ghost Town Terror, Paranormal Caught On Camera, and Paranormal Nightshift. We'll discuss what i