09.05.2023 - By Ladies & Tangents
Honestly, if you're wanting to learn about the city who danced themselves to death from people with any intellectual integrity, go listen now to This Podcast Will Kill You ep. 40. If you're ok with listening to 40 minutes on hypothetical monkey infestations, wet shower ghosts and whatever the fuck a flergin dergin is, then go ahead and hit download for this episode. Save it for a day when you need a little joy and want to experience a history mystery about a town's spontaneous dancing that turned deadly.
https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death