Dancing Mania
The Morbid Curiosity Podcast
Hallie Lloyd
4.8 • 646 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In 1518, the city of Strasbourg was consumed by a strange epidemic: hundreds were struck by the irresistible urge to dance until they died. This incident of Dancing Mania was not the first, and no one knew the cause of such strange behaviour. In this episode, we discuss several incidents of dancing mania, as well as the theories - past and present - about its origin.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, listeners. Before we begin, I'd like to apologize for the lateness of this episode. |
| 0:05.9 | If you've been on any of our social media outlets, you'll know the reason why. The reason this |
| 0:10.8 | episode is late is because I recently had a baby, nicknamed the Mini Morbeteer by Jordan and the other |
| 0:17.0 | MCP patrons. Thank you to everyone who checked in with me via email. That was very kind of you. |
| 0:22.6 | I didn't mean to worry you. I just like keeping my private and work life separate. This new |
| 0:27.5 | responsibility may have slowed me down when it comes to episodes, but it hasn't stopped me. |
| 0:32.5 | You can expect more new episodes, but they will be few and far between for a while. I'm also working on updating |
| 0:38.5 | older episodes, but those are only being released on Patreon for now, at all tiers of patronage. |
| 0:44.4 | Thank you for your patience. This episode was suggested by listeners Adam and Donald. If you'd like |
| 0:50.4 | to suggest a topic, you can do so on Facebook and Instagram at Morbid Curiosity Podcast, |
| 0:55.5 | on Twitter at Morbid Podcast, and on our website, |
| 0:59.5 | www.morbidCuriositypodcast.com. Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved. |
| 1:22.1 | Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has gripped hundreds of people throughout the ages. |
| 1:30.3 | I am one of those people. My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. |
| 1:38.3 | ... The |
| 1:47.0 | The History is full of strange events, events that even today are unexplainable. |
| 2:13.6 | These events are sometimes recorded by the people who experienced them, but more often by those who have heard about them second-hand. |
| 2:21.3 | Despite attempts by modern researchers to discover the reason behind such strange happenings, were often left without any conclusive answers. |
| 2:29.3 | One of these strange events took place in the German town of Strasbourg, now technically in France, |
| 2:35.8 | one of the largest cities in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages. According to Dr. |
| 2:41.6 | John Waller of Michigan State University, on July 14, 1518, in the heat of summer, a woman |
| 2:48.9 | known as Frau Trofea began dancing. It's unknown if music was playing, |
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