The Dancing Plague of 1518

In the sweltering summer of 1518, a bizarre epidemic swept through Strasbourg. It began with one woman dancing uncontrollably in the streets—and within weeks, hundreds joined her in a fatal, frenzied dance they couldn't stop.

History's Dark Chapters transports you to this medieval nightmare where famine, disease, and religious upheaval set the stage for one of history's most puzzling mass psychogenic illnesses.