Mass hysteria
Subject in Social Sciences
Mass hysteria has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark rejects the theory that the afflicted girls perpetrated a hoax, arguing the practical Puritans would have seen through it and something unexplained started the panic.
“they would have seen right through a couple of girls just planning a hoax or carrying out a hoax. So there has to be something there at the beginning”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know (Oct 31, 2026) · Listen from 20:39
Podcasts
- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You KnowStuff You Should Know · Oct 31, 2026 · 50 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant revisit the 1692 Salem witch trials, examining their causes, key villains, spectral evidence, the victims, and how the panic ended.