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Stunningly Stupid Moral Panics From History
Public panic – especially of the moral kind – has cropped up with regular frequency to plague societies throughout history. Take the First Red Scare, a period of mass public fear that…
American History
The History of the FBI, Part 3: Hoover, Prohibition, and Organized Crime
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover, a young justice department lawyer, responded to the anarchist attacks and…
Cold War
American Hysteria: 5 Witch Hunts That Rocked the U.S. in the 20th Century
Arrest, capture, imprisonment. Hysteria of fear drives witch hunts. The sensation surrounding the short-lived Salem Witch Trials from 1692 to…