Meowing nuns, deadly dancing, and a fever for flowers! Get swept away with Jennifer and Max as they explore maniacal moments from history, when entire populaces were abruptly compelled into incredibly strange behaviors!
Delusions, Madness, and Mania
Show Notes:
Tanzania Laughing Epidemic
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic
https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria
http://listverse.com/2009/03/16/top-10-bizarre-cases-of-mass-hysteria/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1962-laughter-epidemic-of-tanganyika-was-no-joke
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/tanganyika-laughter-epidemic-1962-around-1000-people-hysterically-laughing-one-year/
http://rltz.blogspot.com/2007/05/from-central-african-medical-journal.html
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/02/tanganyika-laughter-epidemic-of-1962.html
https://www.amazon.com/Humor-Code-Global-Search-Things/dp/1451665415/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mcGraw+code+of+humor&qid=1554506380&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spell
The Dancing Plague of 1518
Sources:
https://owlcation.com/humanities/dancing-plague-of-1518
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/07/10/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/
https://www.amazon.com/Time-Dance-Die-Extraordinary-Dancing/dp/1848310218/ref=sr_1_2?crid=7C5VLPZPFS1G&keywords=a+time+to+dance+a+time+to+die&qid=1554506328&s=gateway&sprefix=a+time+to+dance+a+tim%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-2
Tulip Mania
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160419-tulip-mania-the-flowers-that-cost-more-than-houses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles MacKay:
https://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-Crowds/dp/1539849589/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/139-3407924-6566600?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1539849589&pd_rd_r=7327f8cb-596c-11e9-9d06-a332060cea22&pd_rd_w=bUYh7&pd_rd_wg=evXyp&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBF&psc=1&refRID=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBF
Weird Sisters
Sources:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/12/middle-ages-mass-hysteria
https://historycollection.co/12-historys-baffling-mass-hysteria-outbreaks/3/
https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria
The Lille Boarding School Hysteria
Sources:
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles McKay
https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-ebook/dp/B004TP6B1O/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Memoirs+of+Extraordinary+Popular+Delusions+and+the+Madness+of+Crowds&qid=1554763437&s=gateway&sr=8-1
http://www.projectcontinua.org/antoinette-bourignon/
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12 Days of Christmas Ghost Stories - Day 4
12 Days of Christmas Ghost Stories - Day 3
12 Days of Christmas Ghost Stories - Day 2
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The Secret Life of Plants
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