Weird Epidemics, Part One: From Sweating to P...

Has anyone ever told you you resemble a celebrity? Have you ever thought of making this resemblance your job? In today’s Classic episode, Ben, Noel and Casey explore real-life stories of body doubles, from World War II to surprisingly recent events.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...  Show more

Back in seventeenth century England, William Lilly was a big deal. As the preeminent astrologer of his day, pretty much everyone followed his research, predictions, and writing. Yet as Ben, Noel and Max discover in today's episode, Lilly was also an occasional detective -- and wh ...  Show more

Nuns meowing like cats. School girls laughing uncontrollably. People dancing in the streets until they die from exhaustion. Cristen and Caroline dig into the fascinating history of mass hysterias, why some think it's on the rise today and how it seems to affect more girls and ...

This week the boys breakdown the bizarre, highly controversial phenomenon of Mass Hysteria by analyzing some of the strangest cases of Mass Hysteria... Through Time! From dancing plagues to laughing to death, it's gonna be mass hysterical!

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Throughout history, flashes of group mania have taken hold of entire societies without warning. From dancing 'til you're dead, to laughing yourself into a stupor for days on end, the people struck down by these so-called plagues certainly weren’t having a good time, despite what ...  Show more

Ketchup on tacos? Going to the airport 5 hours before a flight? Hitting your head 8 times on a pillow to get 8 hours of sleep? In hindsight, it all seems....Weird AF! Jess and Camilla go over some "normal but not so normal" submissions from the CALL IT CREW and cannot stop giggli ...  Show more