Episode 57 - They Ate What? & Instances of Mass Hysteria
On this week’s episode, Erika covers the stories of two, YES two different cannibals. The first story is of Joe Metheny. Joe grew up in Maryland with his mother and 5 siblings. After high school, Joe joined the Navy and would end up dabbling in heroin and sadly became addicted. This changed him in many ways and led to the dark life he would soon lead. For a very long time, Joe was able to get away with murder after murder, all while running his very own BBQ Roadside stand. Hmm…Think about that! YUCK
Then Erika dives into the story of Egyptian Model Omaima Nelson, born in Cairo, Egypt and then immigrated to the US in 1986. She met William “Bill” Nelson in October of 1991 and only after knowing him for a few days they got married. By the end of November their marriage and relationship were falling apart. Per Omaima, Bill constantly sexually assaulted her from the get-go and she finally had enough of Bill. So, she would take the idea of Thanksgiving leftovers to a whole new level in her own way of solving the problem.
Erika pulled her sources from:
www.allthatsinteresting.com/Joe Metheny Made His Victims Into Burgers – And Sold Them To Unsuspecting Customers/All That's Interesting/Katie Serena/June 28, 2021
www.allthatsinteresting.com/Omaima Nelson Endured Her Husband’s Abuse –Until She Killed Him AndCooked His Head/All That's Interesting/Katie Serena / January 30, 2019
www.murderpedia.org
www.wikipedia.en.org
Then Amber covers instances of mass hysteria. "In sociology and psychology, mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary through a population and society". Amber is going to walk you through a handful of the most well known and bizarre cases of mass hysteria.
Amber pulled her sources from:
www.NYdailynews.com “Cases of Mass Hysteria throughout History” Jennifer Golding 9-18-2015
www.viralnova.com/masshysteria “15 Times People were Consumed by Mass Hysteria”
Wikipedia
www.medicalnewstoday.com “Mass Hysteria: An Epidemic of the Mind”
www.historycollection.com “12 of Historys most baffling mass hysteria outbreakd”
www.simplicable.com “13 examples of mass hysteria” John Spacey 3-2-2021
www.howstuffworks.com “10 strangest mass hysteria” Melanie Ralzicki MnManus
