The Dancing Plague: Europe's Weirdest Medieval Rave

One woman started dancing in the streets of Strasbourg in 1518. Then dozens joined her. Then hundreds. And some of them danced until they died.In this episode of Lit Epic History, we dive into the bizarre and haunting mystery of the Dancing Plague of 1518 — a six-week outbreak of unstoppable dancing that baffled medieval doctors and still confuses historians today. Was it poisoned bread? Mass hysteria? Religious panic? Or something deeper about what happens when a community is pushed beyond its limits?Because sometimes the strangest events in history reveal the most uncomfortable truths about human psychology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.