In 2011, a group of high school cheerleaders began exhibiting a bizarre mix of neurological symptoms: ticks, twitches, and very strange outbursts. Desperate parents and school administrators looked to material factors. Was it mold in the school buildings? A contaminated water source? But what if the cause of the contagion wasn't coming from their physical environment at all? In Wondry and Pineapple Street Studio's newest podcast, called Hysterical, host Dan Tabersky, dives into one of the most shocking outbreaks in American history, a medical mystery that had ripple effects well beyond the tight-knick community where it began. As their symptoms got worse and began to spread, the girls and their families took matters into their own hands, and their search for answers brought a media firestorm down upon their small town. Soon enough, the entire nation was trying to solve the medical mystery From Dr. Drew to Erin Brockovich. Belived by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem witch trials, Hysterical is a podcast about the desire to be believed and what happens when the world tells you it's all in your head. I'm about to play you a with one. In other words, developing a rare disease, not that rare. That's why it be so scary when the symptoms you're experiencing all add up to a mystery. When that teenage girl sent her video out into the void, she wasn't sure she'd get anything back besides her own echo. But she does. WNDRI app or on Apple podcasts.

with one. In other words, developing a rare disease, not that rare. That's why it be so scary when the symptoms you're experiencing all add up to a mystery. When that teenage girl sent her video out into the void, she wasn't sure she'd get anything back besides her own echo. But she does. WNDRI app or on Apple podcasts.

WNDRI app or on Apple podcasts.