The Day 200 Children Mysteriously Collapsed - The Hollinwell Incident

In the summer of 1980, thousands of people arrived at the Hollinwell Showground for their annual celebration. The day started like any other... but by the end, almost 300 attendees would end up in hospital. The cause? We have absolutely no idea.
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Edited by Philip Shacklady

[@LowercaseNumber1]

Hearing how Kit hit his head a bunch as a kid really explains a lot…

[@ThisParanormalLife]

tHe mAnTis MAn is ReaL i sswear 😂 😂 😂 😂 - kit

[@AshHughesMagic]

I heard his name isn't even kit. It's just all his subconscious remembers is "get the med kit". And he assumed he was the "kit" and his parent didn't have the hear to tell him.

[@MemphisGal03]

Rory's glasses look nice

[@loveisallthatexists]

The audio effects in the episode are OUTSTANDING! 11/10 👏🏽✨️

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

that Sir Phil (not related to Sir Eel) he can be found in a few videos 👻 he is paranormal at audio editing 👻

[@CellphoneFilms4G]

give the sound editor a raise omg

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

Sir Phil approves of your comment 👍he puts in work

[@ThisParanormalLife]

We've taken note of Editor Phil's contribution this week. As a form of raise, we have allowed him an extra half egg in his monthly ration (0 eggs)

[@barneyjones6273]

Portsmouth Sinfonia playing in the background? Love it!!!

[@SallyShocks]

I am really happy to see you guys more often 😊 Hope you are save ❤

[@Evie_Enby]

Weirdly enough, Sonny Moore is the real name of Skrillex, which does sound like it would be a good name for a pesticide.

[@ThisParanormalLife]

Sooooo true!

[@a_felid]

Love that as soon as I heard "Don't touch the floor" my brain also immediately thought *the floor is lava*... But then my next thought was to wonder if that is specifically a Millennial thing, then thinking it feels like an eternal/universal game (Pompeii anyone? Ok, that was in bad taste...😆), but ultimately having no memory of ever being taught it. I do know that I have taught it to children though. We need to consult some for sure old folks. For science.

[@jenk4545]

Sounds like textbook mass hysteria to me. One kid faints because he's tired or nervous. The next kid faints because she skipped breakfast. The next kid passes out blowing his trumpet too hard. Other kids see them getting attention and want in on it, or get scared and work themselves into hysteria. Parents become hysterical and start dropping too. The horse is just an anecdote and that part probably didn't happen.

[@OwenThomas-b2q]

Just what a MIB would say...

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

Owen if you could just look at this pen i am holding up near your face that would be great sir (📸 flash occurs)

[@ElectricAmoeba]

rory's glasses ❤

[@sugarysalt7541]

I use sound powers to control minds when I yell "DIN-DINS" around my dog

[@TeamEthicsDK]

The brown note was pretty weird. It didn’t do anything in the shitting department but I did feel it all over as if someone was drilling outside. My body was feeling the tremble even though the sound was just in my ears (wearing AirPods). It was kinda weird.

[@ShanoElizabeth]

i got them switched i thought kitt had the glasses

[@a_felid]

A combination of infrasound and mass psychogenic illness *might* explain the babies and horses being affected.

[@clifftrawley2457]

Omg the censoring is epic

[@ThisParanormalLife]

😂

[@EUKBIKER]

OH GOD WHEN THEY PLAYED THE BROWN NOTE, I SHIT MYSELF! I mean i am on the toilet having a poo but still, I SHIT MYSELF I NEED TO GO WIPE!

[@TheeBobaFatt]

Did anybody else notice that rory kept upping the number of victims 😂😂 started at 100 by the end of the show it was up to 400

[@ThisParanormalLife]

😂

[@TheeBobaFatt]

​@@ThisParanormalLifeIts a no from me too just for that fact

[@a_felid]

A female human I know says, "The glasses upped Rory's hotness factor so much I got completely distracted and had to rewind, only to find that the '97 Chicago bulls joke I laughed so hard at was actually originated by Kit. 😂 (Perfectly the combination is pretty much the extent of my knowledge/memory too. 😁) Throw in the ironic opening questions and there's not much more a dual UK/US citizen girl raised by scientists could wish for in a podcast. ❤" As a cat I apologize for such a display of emotion without an attempt to manipulate you. My lack of opposable thumbs makes typing slow and renders my keyboard access liable to hijacking.

[@ThisParanormalLife]

😂thank you so much for listening! We wholeheartedly welcome our new cat overlords

[@91n3tr33]

Sometimes its ergot with St. Anthony’s Fire & sometimes it’s mass hysteria

[@erm_actually-l5o]

are u posting on mondays now?

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

depends on one's timezone they normally release it around 1 to 2 am England time so if you're in usa it could be still Monday

[@erm_actually-l5o]

@ oh thx 👍❤️

[@TalonsUmbra]

Sick.

[@danesinthedaisies]

Rory’s glasses look great, but is it just me or do the frames appear to be floating on his face. Is this merely a trick of the camera or are they, in fact, being held up by ghostly forces?

[@ThisParanormalLife]

You were right! These are ghoul goggles. Ghoulgles.

[@msboogie3338]

omg i hope i'm the first person that gets to say that horses don't vomit

[@msboogie3338]

ALSO ONCE AGAIN BATS ARE THE SOLUTION TO CHEMICAL PESTICIDES

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

omg please don't yell at me jk 👻 bats 🦇 are our furry friends of the sky 👍🦇

[@jsergiejcottrell1988]

*Knock, Knock* "Hellooooo. I have appeared to shit myself"

[@ThisParanormalLife]

😂😂😂

[@ShanoElizabeth]

if anyone is watching this on a laptop use the sparkle emoji

[@Poladroid2]

Paranormal megashit and it's only January!

[@ThisParanormalLife]

We really got paranormal megashit before GTA 6

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

probably some type of gas with those symptoms maybe a ghost had some paranormal gas and knocked everyone out maybe he had some bad curry that night 👻👻👻

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

because some part of my brain twitched over the herbicide comment and it not being that dangerous to people. I did a quick google. Sarin gas and agent Orange are both in that area. Also only half way in the show. But I don't feel its anything contagious hysteria type of thing. As that wouldn't affect babies let alone a horse. Seems to me like maybe something like Gas floated in to this area.

[@AccessEuroOutside32]

gas is my theory as well that carbon monoxide be some nasty stuff especially since its undetectable without proper equipment

[@i81too]

Brown nose? That's not paranormal

[@craigygilmore]

Do you need a sports guy?

[@MemphisGal03]

First!