In recent years, we’ve all become intimately familiar with pandemics and biological contagions. But, what happens when it’s the mind that’s infected? When communities under stress let fear overcome reason, and hysteria is the virus that spreads, what horrors await? This is Hysterical, a show about some of the most horrifying, bizarre, and strange episodes of mass hysteria in human history.

This is the official podcast of the Raven Reads YouTube channel. Enjoy stories from the main channel almost every night.

Let’s tell some scary stories together.

The world is full of strange stories. Let’s get into some of them.

From aliens and UFOS to lights in the skies and strange visions, if it’s cosmic and alien-adjacent we’ll cover the stories here.

The woods are vast and beautiful. But, they also hold horrors. These are stories from the deep woods that will make you want to stay in the city forever.

For hundreds of years, we’ve been dying to be beautiful. Sometimes literally. This podcast is a 24-part deep dive into the dark history of the beauty industry, the price we pay for perfection, the societal pressures that drive us to pay that price, and what it says about us.