We told you we had some surprises in store! This week, BSP drops the Livestream episode we did for Pride48. In it, we talk mass hysteria, a phenomena that sounds straightforward, but in reality, is crazy bizarre. For example, Cody’s first story is about an epidemic of meowing and biting nuns (you read that right). After that, Chris talks about the Dancing Plague of 1518. Cody then takes us to India, where he discusses cosmic face scratchers. After that, Chris tells a very weird story about genital retraction, and then finishes up with the infamous case of the toxic Gloria Ramirez. Drinks/food in this episode are Coke and Mixed Nuts.


Advisory: 0:00s-0:13s
Intro music: 0:13s-0:40s
Topic: 0:40s-4:40m
Drinks: 4:40m-6:56m
History: 6:56m-11:40m
Meowing Nun’s: 11:40m-18:41m
Dancing Plague: 18:41m-23:53m
Face Scratcher: 23:53m-30:43m
Koro: 30:43m-36:22m
New York Tourettes: 36:22m-38:49m
Gloria Ramirez: 38:49m-45:30m
Skeptic: 45:30m-51:56m
Believer: 51:56m-54:08m
BS Weekly: 54:08m-54:55m
Plugs: 54:55m-58:20m
Outro music: 58:20m-58:53m

Original Music: “Berghain” by Monkey Warhol

Links

History:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607.php

Dancing Plague
http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/the-dancing-plague-of-1518.html
https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantism

Koro
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-late-1960s-singapore-was-gripped-with-a-genital-panic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(medicine)

BSWeekly
http://news.statetimes.in/three-dozen-students-crying-inconsolably-in-kathua/