Hysterical
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Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York. What is causing their sudden, often violent symptoms? Is there something in the water or inside the school? Or is it “all in their head?” The series examines the outbreak in LeRoy, NY, believed by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials. In his search for answers, Dan Taberski (9/12, Missing Richard Simmons, Running from Cops) explores other seemingly inexplicable events of the last few years – CIA officers being crippled with nausea and vertigo; cops OD'ing from exposure to fentanyl – and discovers they’re far more connected than we realize. From Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios, this 7-part series forces us to grapple with the mysteries of our own minds, and reckon with a contagion that we thought was long dead, but may be the defining disorder of our time. Listen to Hysterical on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge all episodes of Hysterical early and ad-free right now by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/hysterical/ now.
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Interesting subject. Missed some opportunities.
vor 2 Tagen
Interesting story, but I did feel like the host didn’t press people who were perpetuating ideas that had been proven false enough. Seems to give a lot of credit to people based on their jobs (lawyer, federal worker) even if it has nothing to do with healthcare and what they’re trying to say is that the health professionals are wrong. Especially egregious in regards to a prosecutor who can’t even say the name of drugs vehemently claims to have ODed from an intractable amount of a safe drug. I do think not touching on how often women with mysterious illnesses get wrongful disregarded as having it “all in their head” when they’re sincerely, physically ill. I feel like this podcast was a good start and an interesting subject, but underbaked.
I say Leh-Roy
vor 1 Tag
Loved this podcast. Fascinating mystery, great soundscape (the music had a White Lotus vibe), and I always enjoy listening to Dan Taberski tell a story. As a transplant to WNY I was tickled they mentioned the bad pronunciations, but they failed to mention Chili, which is pronounced Chai-Lie!
really good but…
4 days ago
the storytelling and pacing were good, I loved the narrator, BUT I was really disappointed that there was little mention of medical misogyny. admittedly, I’m coming into this biased because I have lupus, a relatively uncommon autoimmune disorder diagnosed primarily in women. however, a doctor found evidence of a rare and new disorder in these girls and just because something is rare or previously unrecognized does not mean that they are faking it. in mine and many other experiences, doctors tend to assume that women are faking every symptom if they can’t find a clear cause. I did like that they talked about the men who experienced Havana syndrome because it gave some implicit acknowledgement that this phenomena happens in both sexes. but even if it was just to say “this is beyond the scope of this podcast, but it exists,” I think that would’ve been important to mention the role of sexism in the medical community more explicitly.
Amazing story!
vor 2 Tagen
Loved everything about this show until…the last episode. Where are the parents of that last girl (Rose) that was interviewed? Yikes!! Trailer trash at it’s finest. Other than her whole show was epic!
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- Years Active2K
- Episodes10
- RatingExplicit
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