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The Dancing Plague of 1518: A Deadly Epidemic That Made People Dance to Death

37 min•11 maj 2026

What would make hundreds of people dance uncontrollably for weeks, until they collapsed?


In 1518, the city of Strasbourg was overtaken by one of the strangest epidemics in recorded history. It wasn’t the plague. It wasn’t war. It was dancing.


Doctors prescribed more dancing. Priests blamed a curse. Musicians were hired to keep the frenzy going. And bodies began to fall.


Could something like this happen again?

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