During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the strange affliction, spent an entire month dancing, and some even died. Amy dives into the hows and whys of the disease.
Show Notes:



<a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/why-was-there-so-much-dancing-medieval-times/">HistoryExtra.com: Medieval Dancing</a>
<a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/the-medieval-dance-of-death/">HistoryExtra.com: The Medieval Dance of Death</a>
<a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/7-moments-in-history-you-might-think-are-made-up-but-arent/">HistoryExtra,com: 7 Oddest Moments in History</a>

During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the strange affliction, spent an entire month dancing, and some even died. Amy dives into the hows and whys of the disease. Show Notes: HistoryExtra.com: Medieval Dancing HistoryExtra.com: The Medieval Dance of Death HistoryExtra,com: 7 Oddest Moments in History

During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the strange affliction, spent an entire month dancing, and some even died. Amy dives into the hows and whys of the disease.
Show Notes:



<a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/why-was-there-so-much-dancing-medieval-times/" rel="noopener noreferrer">HistoryExtra.com: Medieval Dancing</a>
<a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/the-medieval-dance-of-death/" rel="noopener noreferrer">HistoryExtra.com: The Medieval Dance of Death</a>
<a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/7-moments-in-history-you-might-think-are-made-up-but-arent/" rel="noopener noreferrer">HistoryExtra,com: 7 Oddest Moments in History</a>

172: Dancing Plague

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science &amp; history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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