In July 1518, Frau Troffea stepped out into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance a fervent dance. She danced through the day - and through the night. 

In fact, she wouldn't stop dancing for somewhere between four and six days - and during that time 34 other people would join her. Over the course of the month, some 400 people would dance in the streets of Strasbourg.

But this wasn't fun. 

They couldn't stop. They writhed in pain, they screamed for help, they begged for mercy. But still, they danced.

We explore the Dance Plague of 1518, and the wider world of Mass Psychogenic Illness! 

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly supported by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

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In July 1518, Frau Troffea stepped out into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance a fervent dance. She danced through the day - and through the night. In fact, she wouldn't stop dancing for somewhere between four and six days - and during that time 34 other people would join her. Over the course of the month, some 400 people would dance in the streets of Strasbourg. But this wasn't fun. They couldn't stop. They writhed in pain, they screamed for help, they begged for mercy. But still, they danced. We explore the Dance Plague of 1518, and the wider world of Mass Psychogenic Illness! The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly supported by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. -------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania#cite_ref-Marks_6-0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lod/vol3/dancing_mania.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121013075434/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/01/dancing-death-mystery.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160932708000379?via%3Dihub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(fairy_tale) http://hca.gilead.org.il/red_shoe.html http://thewisdomdaily.com/a-twisted-tale-of-a-town-that-was-whipped-into-a-fatal-dance-frenzy/ http://www.thepostmortempost.com/tag/frau-troffea/ https://listverse.com/2016/11/07/10-twisted-facts-about-the-dancing-plagues/ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6QQEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PP6&dq=dancing+plague&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=dancing%20plague&f=false

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed. 

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed.

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