mass hysteria
Teenage Girls Are Developing Uncontrollable Tics During Lockdown
Psychiatrists are describing an "explosion of tics" as more and more girls are sent home for twitching, shouting, hitting and collapsing at school.
The Colorado Mystery Drones Weren’t Real
The mysterious drone sightings that captured national attention were a classic case of mass hysteria.
Mass Panic: It’s Not Clear That Colorado’s Mystery Drones Even Exist
Drone hobbyists say the media and the FAA regularly uses drone panic to enact strict regulations.
McDonald’s Realizing Now Is Not a Great Time to Have a Creepy-Ass Clown as Your Mascot
When these idiots finally wipe off their makeup and we’re able to objectively look back on this period of clown-driven paranoia, we’ll recognize that right now is a real low point.
Here’s What's Causing Outbreaks of Mass Hysteria in Schools
Behind the mysterious incidents of spirit sightings, mass fainting, and strange tics happening in schools across the globe.
We're All Going to Be Killed by Giant Hornets
After getting stung by one of these monster hornets the size of a small mouse, a toxin dissolves your skin at the sting site, leading to searing pain, and, in the likely event that you’re stung 30 or more times, anaphylactic shock and kidney failure.
Beat Hysterics: Diagnosing the Great Dance Plague of 1518
When Frau Troffea took to furiously dancing in the middle of a road in Strasbourg, France, in the summer of 1518, no one would join her. In a time of widespread hand wringing, confusion and fear over women succumbing to the cultish clutches of demonic...