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AFTER SHOCK: On this week's show we talk about a disease known as Parrot Fever that frightened the nation in 1929, leading to parrots being abandoned in the streets and thrown overboard from ships. But just as quickly, the hysteria gave way to ridicule as America and the media made Parrot Fever into a joke, a made-up illness, a silly panic. But in reality, sickness and death struck 20% of those who contracted Parrot Fever, and though the concern was overblown, the denial of its existence was too.\xa0\n\nAmerican Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith\nProduced and edited by Clear Commo Studios\nResearch assisted by Riley Smith\n\nBecome a Patron for extra episodes, interviews, and videos monthly!\nFollow American Hysteria on social media:\nTwitter: @AmerHysteria\nInstagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices