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Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria

By Robert W. Baloh, Robert E. Bartholomew
Narrated by: George Newbern
Unabridged — 9 hours, 3 minutes
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By Robert W. Baloh, Robert E. Bartholomew
Narrated by: George Newbern
Unabridged — 9 hours, 3 minutes
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A scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.

The authors provide dozens of examples of kindred episodes of mass hysteria throughout history, in addition to psychosomatic conditions and even the role of insects in triggering outbreaks.

It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media ha...