Hidden History - Special Preview!

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Dr. Harini Bhat discusses the Dancing plague of 1518 in Strasbourg, exploring one of history's strangest epidemics.

Check out Hidden History! In this preview, Dr. Harini Bhat discusses the Dancing plague of 1518. The city of Strasbourg was overtaken by one of the strangest epidemics in recorded history. It wasn't the plague, it wasn't a war, it was dancing. Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Genevieve Manion

Guest: Dr. Harini Bhat

Topics covered

• dancing plague
• epidemics
• mass hysteria
• history
• medical oddities

Keywords

• Dancing plague
• 1518
• Strasbourg
• mass hysteria
• unexplained phenomena

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Places: Strasbourg

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