The Dancing Epidemic That Killed People
In 1518, residents of Strasbourg suddenly began dancing uncontrollably in the streets.
What started with one woman quickly spread to hundreds — with no music and no obvious cause.
They danced for days on end, some collapsing from exhaustion and even dying.
Contemporary records describe physicians blaming “hot blood” and prescribing more dancing.
Modern theories include mass hysteria, ergot poisoning, and psychological stress — but no one knows for sure.
This bizarre event remains one of history’s strangest unsolved mysteries.
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