The Dancing Plague: Episode 2 – The Theories: What Caused the Dancing Plague?

"Was it poisoned bread? Mass hysteria? Or a curse from a saint? After hundreds of people danced to their deaths in 1518, theories emerged to explain the madness — but none fully answered the question: why couldn’t they stop? Like and subscribe to explore the leading theories behind the Dancing Plague."

Dive into the ergot poisoning theory: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496052/

Read about the mass psychogenic illness theory: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-danced-itself-to-death

Smithsonian breakdown of hysteria vs. fungus: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dancing-plague-of-1518-125951/