Grab your trench coat and your sense of skepticism—America is about to plunge into one of its most frantic episodes of fear and finger-pointing. In this episode, we explore the first Red Scare, when bomb plots, labor strikes, and a post-war economic slump convinced many Americans that radicals were hiding behind every mailbox. Enter the Palmer Raids, government surveillance, and a national mood that turned suspicion into sport. It's a whirlwind of paranoia, politics, and headline-grabbing drama that reminds us how quickly a democracy can lose its cool when anxiety runs the show.
