With more than a dozen girls now afflicted with the mystery illness in LeRoy, parents are scared and demanding answers. Chaos erupts when state health officials hold a town meeting, but won’t reveal their findings. When a parent lets the diagnosis slip, it will leave the whole town doubting their doctors, neighbors, and even their own minds. Listen to Hysterical on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge all episodes of Hysterical early and ad-free right now by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting https://wondery.com/links/hysterical/ now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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I was, like, at my locker, and she came up to me and she was like, stuttering, super bad.
I'm like, stop fucking around.
She's like, I can't.
So by the third one, I'm having concerns.
We heard a lot of, like, a yipping sound, a screeching sound.
I even heard, like, a cat meowing.
Were you thinking that other people were faking it?
Yeah, but that, like, I figured out later on, I was like, oh, I'm so sorry that I thought that about you, because here I am, and we're in the same boat now, girlie.
Where did you grow up?
Right here in Genesee County.
I went to Byron Burgeon, which is a tiny combined school one town over from Leroy.
I'm in Leroy, New York, sitting in the living room of Kathy Dunn.
And before I explain who Kathy is, let's just get the white hot controversy out of the way.
How come some people say Leroy?
The richer people call it Leroy?
Cause they wanna sound classy and elegant is almost like.
And then just regular working class, blue collar people call it Leroy.