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American Hysteria

Rewind: The Mandela Effect

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture, History

4.43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In preparation for our upcoming *Weirdest Episode of All Time*, we are rereleasing this minisode on a mysterious phenomenon where large numbers of people remember an event or cultural detail differently than it really was. From the spelling of 'Berenstain Bears' to the funeral procession of Nelson Mandela, people have explored these cognitive discrepancies through the lens of both mass psychology and of course, the multiverse theory. We'll see how the internet expanded these odd mis-memories into an enormous world all their own. Next week, we'll look at the #Elsagate controversy of 2017, when scores of uncanny valley-esque hauntingly inappropriate videos were discovered on YouTube Kids. We'll try to get to the bottom of whether it is a mass conspiracy to hypnotically groom children or the result of an algorithm we no longer control. That's next Monday! Become a Patron to get access to Chelsey's other podcast Walk with Me American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Produced by Miranda Zickler Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Find our merch at americanhysteria.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.5

Hey everybody.

0:32.0

This is a rerelease of one of our favorite episodes

0:35.7

in preparation for next week's episode called Elsa Gate,

0:41.0

which is definitely the weirdest episode in the history of our show.

0:47.9

We'll tell you all about the uncovering of thousands

0:52.0

of uncanny valley-esque, hauntingly inappropriate videos

0:57.4

discovered on YouTube kids back in 2017.

1:02.2

We'll explore this shocking revelation, which

1:06.0

is either a mask and conspiracy to hypnotically groomed children

1:10.5

or the result of an algorithm gone frighteningly rogue.

1:16.0

This episode, The Mandela Effect, explores

1:19.2

another bizarre moment in internet history,

1:22.6

a mysterious phenomenon in which large numbers of people

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