THE STRANGEST TRUE CASES OF MASS HYSTERIA: Meowing, Twitching, Laughing, and Dancing to Death

When terror takes hold of the mind, whole communities descend into madness—meowing like beasts, dancing to exhaustion, and vanishing into the grip of something seemingly paranormal and demonic.

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IN THIS EPISODE: Nuns that meow like cats, people who can’t stop laughing maniacally, an entire high school begins twitching… even the Salem witch trials. Just a few of the 8 cases of mass hysteria I’ll be sharing with you. *** January 7, 1950, events began in what became one of the strangest disappearances of the middle twentieth century – the vanishing of a West Point cadet. *** Visitors to Calke Abbey have reported a strange atmosphere of sadness and foreboding and many have reported being scared by the sounds of a tin whistle. *** We’ve all heard of the Bermuda Triangle – but there are strange, anomalies worldwide – and one in Russia is known as the “M Triangle”. *** As far back as the 19th century, a hairy monster has been frightening guests of an Irish castle. *** When living in a home built in the 1800s, it might be expected to have something paranormal living with you.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:13.141 = Show Open
00:03:19.677 = Whispering Ghost of Calke Abbey
00:07:03.615 = The M Triangle
00:16:54.708 = Hairy Monster Frightening Guests At An Irish Castle
00:21:55.288 = The Haunted Farmhouse
00:30:28.274 = The Vanished Cadet
00:57:24.932 = Strange Cases of Mass Hysteria
01:10:32.285 = The Rearview (Fictional Story)
01:16:19.799 = Betty Bites (Fictional Story)
01:19:39.546 = Show Close

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Whistling Ghost of Calke Abbey”: https://tinyurl.com/y53zgov3
“The M-Triangle”: https://tinyurl.com/y582ymo6
“Arkaim Anomalous Zone”: https://tinyurl.com/y465d3u7
“Hairy Monster Frightening The Guests Of The Irish Castle”: https://tinyurl.com/y5gbnbx2
“The Haunted Farmhouse”: https://tinyurl.com/yyncsbyo
“Strange Cases of Mass Hysteria”: https://tinyurl.com/y6ja9ezo
“The Vanished Cadet”: https://tinyurl.com/y4h8et3p
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Originally aired: December 01, 2018

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TAGS:
mass hysteria, collective delusion, dancing plague, meowing nuns, Salem witch trials, Tanganyika laughter epidemic, Muhnochwa, Halifax slasher, historical mass hysteria, bizarre true stories, paranormal events, unexplained phenomena, psychological horror, group psychosis, creepy history, strange epidemics, human mind mysteries, occult history, mass hallucination, supernatural events, weird true crime, haunted history, folklore and legends, spooky mass events