Episode 529: Mass Hysteria Through Time
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The Different Types of Mass Hysteria
Today we're going to explore two kinds of mass hysteria's. One is collective delusions in which a large group of people succumb to a certain false rumor or assertion then turn that rumor into an accepted reality. The other is the idea of mass psychogenic illness where people actually become afflicted with an illness without any pathogen or catalyst other than social and cultural influences. This would be like mass exorcisms, things of that nature.
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