Video - Dancing Plague of 1518: The Deadly Dance

Did you know that in medieval Europe, people believed that dancing could cause mass hysteria and death? During the Dancing Plague of 1518, a woman in Strasbourg, France started dancing in the streets uncontrollably. Within weeks, over 400 people joined her, dancing day and night with no rest. Many danced themselves to exhaustion, suffered heart attacks, or even died. Doctors were baffled, attributing the phenomenon to "hot blood." It remains a mystery to this day, with theories ranging from mass hysteria to ergot poisoning. Just imagine a world where dancing could be deadly!