Ep. 148 - The Haunting of Girlstown

Between 2006 and 2007, something strange was happening in a girls school in Mexico. More than 600 students began complaining of phantom pains in their legs and other mysterious ailments. But what was even stranger was the fact that the girls also began to believe their school was cursed by evil spirits.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Merchandise Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-conspirators-podcast?ref_id=13696 Notes: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14117464.flashback-hundreds-blackburn-pupils-hit-fainting-frenzy/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1962-laughter-epidemic-of-tanganyika-was-no-jokehttps://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21242299/outbreak-girlstown-chalco-world-villages-villa-de-las-ninashttps://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/world/americas/16mexico.htmlhttps://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteriahttps://www.vice.com/en/article/exqyzp/how-does-mass-hysteria-take-over-a-school Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices