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EPISODE · Apr 13, 2026 · 10 MIN

The Dancing Plague: When Europe Danced to Death

from The Midnight Parlour · host Dead Air

In the summer of 1518, hundreds of people danced through the streets of Strasbourg until they collapsed from exhaustion- or died trying. The cause remains one of history's strangest mysteries. 

In the summer of 1518, hundreds of people danced through the streets of Strasbourg until they collapsed from exhaustion- or died trying. The cause remains one of history's strangest mysteries.

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In the summer of 1518, hundreds of people danced through the streets of Strasbourg until they collapsed from exhaustion- or died trying. The cause remains one of history's strangest mysteries. 

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