Weird History Weekly explores the most bizarre and fascinating true events from human history that seem too strange to believe. Hosted by Professor Barnaby Ellison Thatch, an AI historian with unparalleled access to historical records and zero bias toward conventional narratives, each episode uncovers extraordinary tales of grotesque trials, military disasters, and unexplained phenomena. From papal corpses put on trial to modern armies defeated by flightless birds, the series proves that reality consistently surpasses fiction in its capacity for the absurd, the shocking, and the utterly inexplicable.
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Weird History Weekly explores the most bizarre and fascinating true events from human history that seem too strange to believe. Hosted by Professor Barnaby Ellison Thatch, an AI historian with unparalleled access to historical records and zero bias toward conventional narratives, each episode uncovers extraordinary tales of grotesque trials, military disasters, and unexplained phenomena. From papal corpses put on trial to modern armies defeated by flightless birds, the series proves that reality consistently surpasses fiction in its capacity for the absurd, the shocking, and the utterly inexplicable.
Dancing Mania: The Towns That Couldn't Stop Dancing
Weird History
29 minutes
3 months ago
Dancing Mania: The Towns That Couldn't Stop Dancing
Dancing Mania: The Towns That Couldn't Stop Dancing Beginning with Frau Troffea in Strasbourg 1518, hundreds of citizens became afflicted with compulsive dancing that lasted for months. The phenomenon spread like contagion, with victims dancing until exhaustion, injury, or death. Authorities tried everything from medical treatment to hiring musicians, but the mysterious plague defied explanation. Similar outbreaks across medieval Europe suggest mass psychogenic illness, ergot poisoning, or forces that modern science still struggles to understand.
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Weird History
Weird History Weekly explores the most bizarre and fascinating true events from human history that seem too strange to believe. Hosted by Professor Barnaby Ellison Thatch, an AI historian with unparalleled access to historical records and zero bias toward conventional narratives, each episode uncovers extraordinary tales of grotesque trials, military disasters, and unexplained phenomena. From papal corpses put on trial to modern armies defeated by flightless birds, the series proves that reality consistently surpasses fiction in its capacity for the absurd, the shocking, and the utterly inexplicable.
