Hello, dear listeners.

October marches on, and so our spooky coverage continues, not just on our feed, but on American

hysteria.

We had the privilege and the pleasure of sitting down with Chelsea Weber Smith, the poet-turned

podcaster, and host of a podcast that explores how fantastical thinking has shaped our culture.

Everything from moral panics to urban legends, hoaxes, crazes, fringe beliefs, national misunderstandings, and even...

Film Curses!

Please enjoy a preview of our conversation with Chelsea on cursed films.

Are they real, or is there something more insidious at play?

If you enjoy this preview, head on over to American Hysteria to check out our episode with Chelsea

and otherwise we'll catch you on Monday.

You're trying to sell the idea that a movie is real to suspend people's disbelief.

And here comes this idea that it's so real that it haunted the people on set.

And you could actually, it's risky for you to watch this.

Yes.

Yeah.

It's a great sales pitch.

What went wrong is a podcast that takes a loving look at Hollywood's most disastrous movie productions and happens to be one of my favorite shows out there.

Hosts Chris Winterbauer and Lizzie Bassett join me to tell the stories of three allegedly cursed horror movies,

the potentially paranormal forces that affected their productions and releases,

as well as the tragedies and unexplained events that befell the cast, crew, and sometimes even the audiences.

Were these films really possessed by dangerous otherworldly energy?

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