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When the Dancing Plague took over the city of Strasbourg in 1518, the community took to the streets to dance. But this non-stop, deadly dancing has us wondering… could mind control play a part in this strange epidemic? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad ... Show More

From July to September 1518, the citizens of Strasbourg took to the streets to dance. And dance. And dance. A strange phenomenon took over and led people to dance to their deaths. But what caused this strange plague? And why did it suddenly stop? Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More

When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th century Germany, dozens of ordinary people claimed to be infected by the ‘dancing plague’. What was this mysterious phenomenon? What caused it? And was it even ... Show More

 In 1518, the peasants of Strasbourg, France began dancing and couldn’t stop. Because of it, 15 people were dying per day. Historians don’t know what caused it, but they all agree that it absolutely happened. Today, Bailey tells the puzzling story of a mysterious Dancing Plague t ... Show More

In 1518 a strange sight could be seen all over the town of Strasbourg. Crowds of people dancing unceasingly, unable to control their movements, seemingly heedless of their blistered and bloodied feet. As the contagious dance grew, so did the body count as the frenzied dancers suc ... Show More

One summer day in 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea started dancing. She didn't stop. Her dancing compulsion was contagious, and spread to hundreds of people before it turned deadly. 

Durant l'époque médiévale et jusqu'à la renaissance des épidémie de chorémanie ont secoués l'Europe dans différentes régions!Aussi appelées Danse de Saint-Guy (ou de Saint-Jean-Baptiste) ou épidémie de danses, ces épisodes mystérieux voyaient de 1 à plusieurs centaines de personn ... Show More

In the late 1960s, there were few better places to enjoy a night out in Glasgow than the Barrowland Ballroom.  At weekends, as many as 2000 would cram into the venue to dance away the night.  Among them, was one of the UK's most notorious mysoginistic murderers, whose true identi ... Show More

Le roman d'Horace McCoy, "On achève bien les chevaux", dont Sidney Pollack tira, en 1969, un film remarqué, évoque avec force ces marathons de danse organisés pendant la Grande Dépression, qui frappa les États-Unis durant les années 1930. Ils voyaient s'affronter des couples de d ... Show More