Ranked #1
Episode 21: Mass Hysteria
Episode 21: Mass Hysteria
How is it possible that huge groups of people can all fall ill or be incapacitated by a physical sickness no doctor can ... Read more
11 Feb 2019
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31mins
Ranked #2
Episode 6: Your Brain on Music
Episode 6: Your Brain on Music
Music has a powerful effect on humans. Across time, cultures, and age, it is a constant presence, and the physiological ... Read more
22 Aug 2016
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14mins
Ranked #3
Episode 22: The Gruesome Case of the Killer Maids
Episode 22: The Gruesome Case of the Killer Maids
February 2nd, 1933 was a frosty evening in Le Mans, France. When Monsieur René Lancelin got to his front door, he found ... Read more
14 Oct 2019
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27mins
Ranked #4
Episode 3: Hypnosis On Trial
Episode 3: Hypnosis On Trial
What is hypnosis and does it have a place in our legal system? For over 100 years, the debate has raged on. Join us for ... Read more
2 May 2016
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19mins
Ranked #5
Episode 8: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
Episode 8: The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
In honor of the Halloween season, we are bringing you a mini-episode: a case study of a real-life horror story, caught i... Read more
29 Oct 2016
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13mins
Ranked #6
Episode 9: Killer Profile
Episode 9: Killer Profile
Is it possible to catch the criminal by studying the crime? How much can we rely on science to stop murder? Join us as w... Read more
23 Feb 2017
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22mins
Ranked #7
Episode 20: The First Women
Episode 20: The First Women
Before the second-wave feminist movement of the 1960s, psychological study was largely the study of (mostly white) men, ... Read more
21 Jan 2019
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31mins
Ranked #8
Episode 7: The Insanity Defense
Episode 7: The Insanity Defense
Who is sane and who is not? What exactly is an insanity plea? Can you be too insane to be guilty of a crime? Join us as ... Read more
21 Sep 2016
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22mins
Ranked #9
Episode 10: Persuasion
Episode 10: Persuasion
Why are some people better at convincing others to see the world their way? As far as psychology is concerned, it has a ... Read more
7 Jul 2017
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25mins
Ranked #10
Episode 19: The Doppelgänger Delusion
Episode 19: The Doppelgänger Delusion
Capgras Syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which a person believes that people around them have been replaced with do... Read more
7 Jan 2019
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23mins
Ranked #11
Episode 11: Cults & Persuasion
Episode 11: Cults & Persuasion
Persuasion and cults seem to go hand-in-hand. Campaigns to convert people to religious and political movements have alwa... Read more
24 Jul 2017
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18mins
Ranked #12
Episode 4: Soldier's Heart
Episode 4: Soldier's Heart
Throughout time, the lasting effects of trauma have been called many things: "nostalgia," "soldier's heart," "shell shoc... Read more
6 Jul 2016
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18mins
Ranked #13
Episode 24: The Death Penalty
Episode 24: The Death Penalty
There are few topics that bring on as much emotional outrage and heated argument as the death penalty. It’s the kind of ... Read more
11 Nov 2019
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30mins
Ranked #14
Episode 12: American Asylums & The Kirkbride Plan
Episode 12: American Asylums & The Kirkbride Plan
There are many terrifying stories about the misery endured by patients in 19th century asylums, and while they seem too ... Read more
26 Aug 2018
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21mins
Ranked #15
Episode 23: The Tell-Tale Heart
Episode 23: The Tell-Tale Heart
For this year’s annual Halloween story time, we bring you another horror classic with a psychological undercurrent, a to... Read more
28 Oct 2019
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29mins