How Hearing Voices Works

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been convinced you heard a voice -- shout, a whisper, someone speaking directly to you -- only to turn around and realize no one was there? This experience is more common than we might comfortably imagine. For millennia, people who heard voices in their heads were considered prophets, lunatics, or vessels of infernal forces. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the nature of this particular paracusia -- ultimately learning modern science still struggles to understand what may well be a conspiracy within your own brain.

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0:00.0	In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer.
0:11.5	The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
0:15.8	Oh my goodness, we did connect to Innocent Man.
0:19.1	I'm Beth Shelburn from Lava for Good Podcasts.
0:22.6	This is Ear Witness.
0:24.9	Welcome to Ear Witness on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:29.9	podcasts.
0:32.4	Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect.
0:36.4	Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student-teacher relationship
0:40.9	on our favorite show.
0:42.5	We're Suzy Banna-Karim and Jessica Bennett, posts of the new podcast in retrospect.
0:47.2	Where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from the past that shaped us and probably
0:51.3	you.
0:52.3	To try to understand what it taught us about the world and our place in it.
0:55.0	You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.
0:58.2	Listen to In Retrospect on my iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find
1:02.4	your favorite shows.
1:04.0	See that sign?
1:05.7	Employees only.
1:06.7	That means keep out, buddy.
1:08.3	It's just for us by-well employees.
1:10.5	This is where we talk freely about all the stuff happening in the world.
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