Alaina

And unlike many of the earlier dancing plagues, which were recounted a lot, like they would kind of change over time, like folklore, this one, this particular one in 1518, was very well documented. Like it's a real event that is very documented. It's appeared in everything from historical text, news accounts, church and medical documents. It's like in a lot of things.

And unlike many of the earlier dancing plagues, which were recounted a lot, like they would kind of change over time, like folklore, this one, this particular one in 1518, was very well documented. Like it's a real event that is very documented. It's appeared in everything from historical text, news accounts, church and medical documents. It's like in a lot of things.

And according to many of these documents, the woman who started the plague was brought to a church devoted to... Can we guess? St. Vincent. St. Vitus. Oh, Vitus. My bad. Maybe St.

And according to many of these documents, the woman who started the plague was brought to a church devoted to... Can we guess? St. Vincent. St. Vitus. Oh, Vitus. My bad. Maybe St.

Who knows? A few days after she started dancing, they were brought, she was brought to a church devoted to him and she was cured.

Who knows? A few days after she started dancing, they were brought, she was brought to a church devoted to him and she was cured.

They're still going.

They're still going.

They're trying to chop the head off the snake and see if it all falls.

They're trying to chop the head off the snake and see if it all falls.

Yeah, maybe if Frau stops. No, they all just kept going. Because in the days after that, others started joining more even. As soon as her absence was felt, they were like, we need to beef this up. Let's dance for her. So in order to curtail the mania, the city forbade musicians to perform publicly. Aw, boo. Which, like, lame. That sucks. Yeah. Kind of a killjoy.

Yeah, maybe if Frau stops. No, they all just kept going. Because in the days after that, others started joining more even. As soon as her absence was felt, they were like, we need to beef this up. Let's dance for her. So in order to curtail the mania, the city forbade musicians to perform publicly. Aw, boo. Which, like, lame. That sucks. Yeah. Kind of a killjoy.

And eventually started taking the dancers one by one to the St. Vitus Church to get treatment. And no matter how quickly they removed the dancers off the streets to St. Vitus' church there, they were just replaced by new dancers. People would just show up. It's like one leaves, five more come. Yeah. They had alternates.

And eventually started taking the dancers one by one to the St. Vitus Church to get treatment. And no matter how quickly they removed the dancers off the streets to St. Vitus' church there, they were just replaced by new dancers. People would just show up. It's like one leaves, five more come. Yeah. They had alternates.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Let's go. Yeah. I know. They were like, we can really get big here. This is our spot. They're like running around the dancers being like, listen to my demo. Get a record deal out here. Now, in the decades and centuries that followed this, dancing plagues continued across Europe with significant events occurring in the 16th and 17th centuries in Switzerland and Italy.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Let's go. Yeah. I know. They were like, we can really get big here. This is our spot. They're like running around the dancers being like, listen to my demo. Get a record deal out here. Now, in the decades and centuries that followed this, dancing plagues continued across Europe with significant events occurring in the 16th and 17th centuries in Switzerland and Italy.

And there hasn't been, like, a really documented case of dancing mania in a lot of centuries. But Tarentism, which is, like, thought to be kind of similar, has been documented in Italy as recently as the 1950s. Oh, shit. So...

And there hasn't been, like, a really documented case of dancing mania in a lot of centuries. But Tarentism, which is, like, thought to be kind of similar, has been documented in Italy as recently as the 1950s. Oh, shit. So...

Yeah, it is kind of dancing, but it's like a little different because they claim it's from a spider. Okay. Like you get bit by a tarantula, which I didn't even know they had tarantulas in Italy. That was news to me. I don't think I knew that either. I don't know where I thought tarantulas were. Australia. I think everything's in Australia.

Yeah, it is kind of dancing, but it's like a little different because they claim it's from a spider. Okay. Like you get bit by a tarantula, which I didn't even know they had tarantulas in Italy. That was news to me. I don't think I knew that either. I don't know where I thought tarantulas were. Australia. I think everything's in Australia.