What Was the Dancing Plague of 1518

In July 1518 in Strasbourg, hundreds of people started dancing in the streets and could not stop. Some danced for days. Some danced until they collapsed and died. Five hundred years later, the dancing plague of 1518 is still one of history's strangest unexplained events. Was it mass hysteria, poisoned bread, or something else? Here is the dark history of the Strasbourg dancing mania. #dancingplague #dancingplague1518 #strasbourgdancingplague #dancingmania #choreomania #darkhistory #historyfacts #unexplainedhistory #medievalhistory #weirdhistory #darkhistoryshorts #historyshorts