Corn Mazes with Chelsey Weber-Smith

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Culture, Politics, History

4.6 • 23K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Can you find your way out of the maize? The corn maze has become an enduring attraction of the American autumnal experience, seen at touristy family farms next to pumpkin patches and haunted houses. But what are the historical roots of this iconic living puzzle? Sarah guides the eternally-lost Chelsey Weber-Smith through the twists and turns of the corn’s corridors and reveals the hidden architects that walk behind the rows. More Chelsey Weber-Smith: www.americanhysteriapodcast.com Mr. Jeff's...

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0:00.0	You see no cornucopias in adult life.
0:04.1	And elementary school prepared us for so many cornucopias.
0:19.7	Welcome to your wrong about, the podcast where sometimes we get lost in the maze.
0:24.1	I'm Sarah Marshall, and with me this week is our dear friend, Chelsea Weber-Smith, the host of American hysteria, and a maze enthusiast.
0:32.5	I am not a maze enthusiast, but I am a corn enthusiast, and between our two worlds, we have brought you
0:38.7	this episode on the history of the corn maze. What are they? Where did they come from? And why?
0:46.4	And also, why are they so dang much fun? I love doing this episode with Chelsea. You can find their
0:53.6	work over at American Astoria.
0:55.8	We also have done a bunch of episodes together over here. I've gone on that show to talk about
1:02.1	chicken soup for the soul and babysitters and urban legends and so many more wonderful
1:10.1	and sometimes scary things. And over in our bonus episodes
1:14.6	on Patreon and Apple Plus subscriptions, you can find a new bonus that I had such a good time doing
1:21.8	as well talking about Bigfoot, the man, or is he, the myth, the legend, with the woman the myth, the legend,
1:32.3	Lulu Miller.
1:33.9	And we had such a good time.
1:35.6	I hope you listen.
1:37.3	And if you don't just enjoy the forest.
1:40.1	You never know who you're going to run into when you get lost.
1:44.7	And that's it for me.
1:46.5	Enjoy this episode.
1:48.3	Enjoy the maze.
1:49.6	Thank you so much for being here.
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