Florida Man

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

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Summary

The Florida Man meme, with its bizarre crime headlines and mugshots, has become one of our most popular and long-lasting social media staples. This episode will explore the strange history of the state that produced our Florida men, from cracker cowboys to rum runners, circus freaks to spring breakers. We’ll also look behind the memes into the dark forces that swirl around America's weirdest superhero. Become a Patron and support our show! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Find our merch at americanhysteria.com American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Co-production and co-editing by Miranda Zickler Co-research and co-editing by Riley Smith Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Voice Acting by Will Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this podcast, we explore fantastical thinking, moral panics, conspiracy theories, and urban
0:13.4	legends, examine the forces that shape our culture and tell the stories that create the
0:20.2	realities we share and sometimes the realities we don't.
0:25.7	I'm your host, Chelsea Weber Smith, and this is American Hescaria.
0:32.7	These people are as stupid as the day is.
0:35.9	This giant snake having this wrestling match with the alligator.
0:39.7	It's the story you really haven't heard, the murder of lobster bull.
0:43.7	Dull in the name of Spring Vacation, relicking with the hilarious abandon of his wacky,
0:49.1	warm, wonderful young people.
0:51.1	No recollection of that happening at all.
0:53.1	This stores us in good liquor.
0:55.6	They tell me what I deal with stupid and all the patience and charges here soon.
1:00.9	Probably go to jail, probably not.
1:03.0	We'll see.
1:08.4	In 2013, a new and uproarious American folk hero rode in on the prehistoric back of a
1:18.5	writhing alligator, a character living with the kind of total abandon that exists only in
1:27.2	the strange swamps of our most humid half forgotten dreams.
1:34.8	In the age of social media clickbait, the meme known as Florida Man became what I believe to be a
1:43.1	permanent archetype, one that continues to gather power through a variety of unhinged mug shots
1:51.0	and bizarre local news headlines such as Florida Man driving with clown mannequin had live grenade
1:59.6	in his pickup truck.
2:01.2	Florida Man tries to evade arrest by cartwheeling away from cops.
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