Hysterical

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Named 2025 Ambies© Podcast of the Year, 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 cripple...

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What to Listen to Next - MrBallen's Medical MysteriesAug 27, 2024

A compact handoff into Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries, framed by a Minnesota food-poisoning mystery.

Hysterical closes with a recommendation for Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries, leaning into listeners who are drawn to real-life oddities and psychological intrigue.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Introducing: Origin Stories

    Sep 11, 2025·35m
  2. 2

    Listen Now: Flesh and Code

    Jul 14, 2025·9m
  3. 3

    Listen Now: Liberty Lost

    Jun 23, 2025·6m
  4. 4

    Listen Now: Death County, PA

    Apr 28, 2025·6m
  5. 5

    Listen Now: Legacy

    Apr 13, 2025·9m
  6. 6

    Listen Now: Don’t Cross Kat

    Mar 31, 2025·6m
  7. 7

    What to Listen to Next - MrBallen's Medical Mysteries

    A boy in Minnesota is rushed to the emergency room with severe stomach pains, and within days, cases of the same illness begin appearing across the state and beyond.

    Aug 27, 2024·32m·2 clips
  8. 8

    We're Gucci

    Aug 26, 2024·41m
  9. 9

    Into the Multiverse

    Aug 19, 2024·41m
  10. 10

    Alive and Well

    Aug 12, 2024·41m
  11. 11

    Listen Now: 9/12

    Aug 5, 2024·36m
  12. 12

    Waiting for Brockovich

    Jul 29, 2024·37m
  13. 13

    We Have Another One

    Jul 25, 2024·37m
  14. 14

    All In Your Head

    Jul 22, 2024·34m
  15. 15

    Outbreak

    Jul 1, 2024·29m
  16. 16

    Introducing: Hysterical

    Jun 26, 2024·3m