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American Hysteria explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture – moral panics, urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, and national misunderstandings. Poet-turned-podcaster Chelsey Weber-Smith tells the strangest stories from American history and examines the forces that create the reality we share, and sometimes, the reality we don't.
Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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Welcome to Crawlspace, a true crime podcast brought to you by Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna, the producers and hosts of the Missing Maura Murray and Missing podcasts. Crawlspace is where crime meets culture. On occasion, Tim & Lance are joined by Jennifer Amell who originally brought her investigation of Suitcase Jane Doe to the show and since has worked closely with them on a number of other cold cases. Since Crawlspace’s inception in 2017, an incredible number of guests have contributed ...
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366 // JonBenét Ramsey Investigation w/ John Anderson
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have the pleasure of speaking for the first time with former homicide detective, turned full-time author after retiring from a 30-year law enforcement career, John Wesley Anderson. John joins to discuss his excellent new book, LOU AND JONBENÉT: A Legendary Lawman's Quest To Sol…
Cartoons of satanic witch cults, Illuminati world domination, demonic homosexuals, and the pressing choice of hell or salvation were the horror hallmarks of Baptist indie comic artist Jack Chick's sensational world, his stories told through small booklets that his fans were instructed to leave anywhere a stranger might stumble across them. With a b…
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365 // Brianna Maitland at 19 Years Missing
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In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with private investigator Lou Barry about the disappearance of Brianna Maitland. And Bruce Maitland speaks about his non-profit Private Investigations For the Missing. It's been 19 years since Brianna went missing from Montgomery, Vermont in 2004. In the past couple of years…
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364 // The Haunting of Jackie Hernandez - Part 2
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode - PART TWO OF TWO - Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna continue their conversation about the absolutely riveting & terrifying story of Jackie Hernandez with friend of the show, Christy Arnhart. Starting in 1989 and continuing for years, Jackie was haunted by a malicious poltergeist, an entity that not only tormen…
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Juvenile "Justice" with Josie Duffy Rice
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This week, criminal justice correspondent Josie Duffy Rice dives into America’s obsession with prosecuting children. From 19th century houses of refuge to modern day detention centers, we comb through the tangled braids of juvenile incarceration, tough on crime fallacies, as well as criminality and its dark shadow of capitalism. Please take care wh…
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Context Clues: A Cartoonish Hell Awaits You
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Chick Tracts, what are they? You'll find out in our upcoming three-part series that covers a fundamentalist comic artist who was a hidden architect of the satanic panic, illuminati, and gay agenda hysterias. Jack Chick printed hundreds of millions of his bible tracts, small stapled together cartoon booklets full of blood sacrificing witches, evil s…
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363 // The Haunting of Jackie Hernandez - Part 1
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode - PART ONE OF TWO - Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by friend of the show, Christy Arnhart who brings to the table the absolutely riveting and terrifying story of Jackie Hernandez. Starting in 1989 and continuing for years, Jackie was haunted by a malicious poltergeist, an entity that not only torme…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are totally grossed out by the topics their guest brings to the table. Not really, but the brilliant Erika Engelhaupt has some morbid curiosity which she strings together in her book, Gory Details - Adventures From The Dark Side of Science. The conversations touches upon how cri…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by one of the strongest voices in the industry. Bob Ruff is an old friend who has dedicated his life to painstakingly proving the innocence of the wrongfully convicted. With the assistance of experts and inclusion of his audience, Bob has used his show, Truth & Justic…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have the pleasure of hanging with another great friend and telling some spooky stories. Jim Harold of Jim Harold's Campfire takes some time to tell us some tales of his past, his favorite Campfire story and his thoughts on some esoteric concepts. A really fun listen not to be m…
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Chris McCandless with Blair Braverman
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This week, survival correspondent Blair Braverman tells Sarah the story of a Supertramp. In 1996, Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild described a young man, Chris McCandless, who changed his name, walked into the Alaskan bush, and died after mistakenly eating a toxic plant. Or did he? Now, Sarah and Blair talk about the McCandless archive and its leg…
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359 // Subscription Show - Jessica Stacks, Julian Sands, Death Fetish
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In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell discuss actor Julian Sands's disappearance from Mount Baldy in California, our latest Crawlspace episode with authors LaDonna Humphrey and Alecia Lockhart about the dark world of death fetish, and finally we speak about the disappearance of Jessica Stacks from New …
You're Wrong About is going back on tour! We're doing a bunch of live shows in North America—me, producer and musician Carolyn Kendrick, and some fabulous guests—and we hope you come think about some stuff, and also that you laugh. Doing the four shows we did last September was the highlight of my year, nay, my post-2019 life. And just being in a r…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna explore the dark and dangerous world of death fetish. They have two amazing advocates joining them, LaDonna Humphrey & Alecia Lockhart, co-authors of Strangled and experts in this seedy community. Their relationship was born from a moment in Alecia's past that was revealed to be…
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OMG WTF UFOs with Jim Perry of Euphomet
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Are we being invaded?? I sure thought so. Today we are talking quite animatedly to our official paranormal correspondent Jim Perry of the podcast Euphomet, a documentary series that explores the unknown and our relationship to it. This episode includes our thoughts on the recent unidentified aerial phenomena, the first UFO hysteria of the 1940s, an…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna introduce a new friend! Rebekah is the host of the fantastic show, Criminology & Coffee which has enormously successful YouTube and TikTok channels. Rebekah's heavy focus on advocacy, the victim experience and ethical coverage elevates her to a level that very few creators rise…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna hop on a high-energy, love-filled ride with the one and only Patrick Hinds of True Crime Obsessed and the Obsessed Network. In addition to discussing last year's and this year's Obsessed Fest, they riff on true crime news and some true crime documentaries that have piqued their…
This week, a tale of two Shawns/Seans, their impossible dream, and the file sharing service that lived fast, died young, and helped create the internet as we know it. Plus, Metallica. Here's where to find Niko: Website Newsletter Twitter Resources cited in the show introduction: The Racial Roots Behind the Term "Nappy" on NPR's Code Switch https://…
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. We'll look at the moral panic that cropped up around Talking Angela, and take a look at how urban legends are often a patchwork of clumsy crowdsourc…
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355 // Super Bowl Mysteries w/ John Lordan
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have a great time with old friend Mr. John Lordan. The three of them each bring a story to the table, all having some connection to The Super Bowl. John discusses the mysterious disappearance of Abbie Flynn from Gloucester MA as she prepared for a Super Bowl Party w/friends. Ti…
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354 // Feminist Analysis of Mass Murder w/Professor Liz Yardley
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have one of the most thought-provoking and informative conversations of the year as they are joined again by friend of the show, the brilliant Professor Elizabeth Yardley. The focus is on Professor Yardley's article, co-written by award winning crime analysis & founder of the P…
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Urban Legends in the Internet Wilderness with the Digital Folklore Podcast
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For this episode we chat about the sensational tales of cyberspace, from Slenderman to the Momo suicide game, with the guys behind the new podcast Digital Folklore, an immersive experience that explores online culture, internet monsters, memes, and urban legends as an accessible and entertaining way to learn about academic folklore concepts. We'll …
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353 // The Weirdest Fears w/ Larry Mullins
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have the privilege to hang with a new friend who hosts one of the best new shows out there. His name is Larry Mullins and the show is, Your Weirdest Fears. This was probably the most fun interview Tim and Lance have had in a long time. Larry's personality is infectious and the c…
Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure is a podcast about a family on the fringe who convinced tens of thousands of people across the globe to buy a miracle liquid made of poison, the international conspiracy they ignited, and the people who fought to take them down. Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure is a Neon Hum Media, Bloomberg & Sony Music Entertainment product…
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352 // Serial Killer Christopher Wilder - Part 2
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell discuss serial killer Christopher Wilder. This is part 2 of 2. Check out our Crawlspace subscription service where we have a bonus show and ad-free episodes! https://crawlspace.supportingcast.fm/ Thanks to Maryann White for the research on Christopher Wilder. T…
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Karen Carpenter Part 2 with Carolyn Kendrick
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In this episode, Carolyn and Sarah follow Karen from the height of her fame through her struggle to find independence, her attempts at eating disorder recovery, and finally to her death on February 4, 1983, when she was just 32 years old. Then it's time to sing a song. We extensively discuss eating disorders, disordered eating, and everything that …
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351 // Serial Killer Christopher Wilder - Part 1
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell discuss serial killer Christopher Wilder. This is part 1 of 2. Check out our Crawlspace subscription service where we have a bonus show and ad-free episodes! https://crawlspace.supportingcast.fm/ Thanks to Maryann White for the research on Christopher Wilder. T…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with old friend Maggie Freleng and new friend Jason Flom. Together, Maggie & Jason work tirelessly (and heroically) to advocate for the wrongfully convicted and in a growing number of cases, overturn those convictions. Listen to their show, Wrongful Conviction here: https:…
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Valentine's Show A Go-Go Livestream announcement!
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Join us for a Valentine's Day live stream, presented by Moment. We'll be joined by Jamie Loftus and we'll be serenaded by Carolyn Kendrick. It's a You're Wrong About Valentine's Day Variety Show. February 14th 5 PM Pacific, 8 PM Eastern, 9:30 PM Newfoundland Tickets are $10, or $15 if you want to stick around for a Q & A. https://www.moment.co/your…
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When Naked Swimming was Required in Gym Class with Journalist Robin Washington
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Nope, it's not an urban legend! Today we are talking to journalist and filmmaker Robin Washington who, like a huge number of boys in high school between the 1920s and 1970s, was required to swim naked during gym class. Not only has Robin created documentaries like the PBS film You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow!, he is also a founder of the Alliance o…
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349 // Don't Pick Up the Phone w/Javier Leiva
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with a great friend in the true crime world, the hard-working Javier Leiva from the Pretend Podcast. The speak a bit about Javier's series on hoaxes and pranks that go well over the ethical and legal limits before digging in on Javier's work uncovering the disturbing detai…
Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have a wonderful chat with new friends, Suruthi Bala & Hannah McGuire of the award winning British podcast, Red Handed. The main topic of conversation is the brutal and senseless quadruple homicide that happened in Moscow Idaho in November of 2022. Those murdered were Kaylee Go…
Extry! Extry! New podcast by Josie Duffy Rice! — In 1968, five Black girls escaped from the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, a so-called “reform school” outside of Montgomery, Alabama. These girls were not the first children to run away from the institution, which everyone called Mt. Meigs. Children tried to escape all the time, desper…
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Karen Carpenter Part 1 with Carolyn Kendrick
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Long ago and oh so far away, Carolyn and Sarah fell in love with Karen Carpenter when they saw her drum. We examine her meteoric rise. CONTENT WARNING: Karen Carpenter died in 1983 of complications from an eating disorder. Most of our eating disorder discussion will take place in Part II, but we never quite get away from the topic here either. Plea…
In 1974, running naked in public became a major fad led by students on college campuses across the nation. This provocative prank was surprisingly well-received, considered a playful call back to the college fads of yore like the riotous panty raids that burned across campuses in the 1950s. We'll look at the most outrageous moments from these craze…
In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell speak about the tragic disappearance and death of Amber Tuccaro from Edmonton, Canada. Amber went missing on August 18th, 2010 and her remains were located on September 1st, 2012. Those with information regarding the case can contact Alberta RCMP at 780-412-5261 or…
Dr. Ronald Dante is a talented hypnotist (and not an actual doctor) whose mind-bending schemes span decades. Dante worked the smoke-filled nightclubs of 1960s Hollywood and rode the self-help craze of the 1980s and 90s, hypnotizing women out of their fortunes, taking out hits on his rivals and opening up one of the biggest fake universities in hist…
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346 // Camp Hill Prison Riot w/ Suave & Kevin
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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by old friends Kevin McCracken and Pulitzer Prize winner, David Luis #Suave Gonzalez. Kevin & Suave produce and host the tour de force show, Death By Incarceration. They are embarking upon an 8 part series which shines a scrutinizing spotlight on the October 25th, 19…
This episode will give context for our upcoming topic called The Streaking Craze using excerpts from previous shows including: Terrorism Pt. 1 Mind Control Teenage Sex For ad-free, early episodes and bonus content became a Patron at patreon.com/americanhysteria This episode was co-produced by Riley Swedelius-Smith Edited by Miranda Zickler Produced…
Check out our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from both the Missing and Crawlspace shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Use promo code, "Missing" for your first month FREE! Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by a very unique guest, Mr. …
