Hysterical

About Hysterical

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 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. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Hysterical ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.

Publisher

Audible | Pineapple Street Studios

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

22 Jul 2024

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

21 of 22 episodes have a transcript.

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   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder

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   24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

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   21 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

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Inside a recent episode

Listen Now: My Mom’s Murder

Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I used to work in finance and now work in communications for a large tech company. My life has pretty much always been about work, my family and my friends. My day to day has just never been anything out of the ordinary. Then in June of 2020, a few months into the global pandemic that had us all in lockdown, something happened that changed my life forever. I got this Facebook message from a woman asking me if I was the daughter of Lori Malloy. I had an Aunt Allison from East Providence, Rhode Island. And I was like, sorry, but who are you? And like, what is this? She tells me her name is Louise and some info about my family that I don't understand how she knows. […]

Who has been a guest on Hysterical

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dan Taberski
• Leon Neyfakh
• Gracie Canaan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

1,661 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

27

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

93