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Jul 7, 2020 45 min

Pont-Saint-Esprit Poisoning

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In August 1951, residents of the small French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit suddenly started having terrifying hallucinations. Some people imagined lions and tigers were coming to eat them, a man jumped out of a window thinking he was a dragonfly. At least seven people died, over 50 people were taken to the local asylum in straitjackets and hundreds were affected. What caused this mysterious case of mass insanity? THEORIES: The CIA spiked bread with LSD as part of a mind control experiment, ergot poisoning from contaminated rye crops, mercury poisoning from fungicides used to treat grains, werewolves. ALSO: Ali’s dad told her a story about moldy bread curing pneumonia. Maria thinks Jeremy Piven is an excellent businessman. — EMAIL US: [email protected] LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL: 626-604-6262 — FOLLOW US: Twitter Instagram Reddit Facebook — To join our Patreon click HERE — MERCH: https://webcrawlerspod.com —

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