The Tanganyika Laughing Illness: Death Sentence with a Chuckle

The Tanganyika Laughing Illness: Death Sentence with a Chuckle

From Squishy Logic: True Crime, Mysteries, Pop Culture, Conspiracies & more w/Comedians by Kd Hinken, Nathan Parish & various artists/comedians

March 20, 2026 · 1h 59m · Season 12 · Episode 16

About this episode

The episode explores the 1962 Tanganikya Laughter Epidemic and its unexplained effects on the victims.

#198 Like and follow to help feed a hungry comedian today. This week, funny people & squishy connoisseurs Kd Hinken and Nathan Parish take a look at the 1962 Tanganikya Laughter Epidemic that saw a region of Africa (big enough for 14 school closures) taken over by not just endless fits of laughter, but a host of other mental tortures that are still unexplained to this day or at least agreed upon.) What happened to the victims? Where did it start? & what was so goddamn funny? They answer all of this and more while trying to throw the squishiest of logic at it to figure out the answers. Plus they chat about everything going on in the world right now as per usual. Stop being butt munchers, come get squishy with us. X: https://x.com/SquishyLogicPod Facebook (Kd Comedy) : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063793270891 YouTube (Kd): https://www.youtube.com/@KdComedian23 YouTube (Squishy Logic Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@SquishyLogic Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/KdComedyPodcasts

People in this episode

Hosts: Kd Hinken, Nathan Parish

Topics covered

  • laughter epidemic
  • mental health
  • mystery
  • true crime
  • Africa
  • comedy

Keywords

  • Tanganikya
  • laughter epidemic
  • mental tortures
  • 1962
  • Africa
  • comedy
  • mystery

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Places: Tanganikya, Africa

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