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In medieval Europe, strange illnesses were often explained through religion, superstition, or fear of divine punishment. Yet few events were as disturbing or as poorly understood as the outbreak in ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. On this day — July 14 — in 1518, a woman called Frau ...

In the summer of 1518, hundreds of citizens in the city of Strasbourg were suddenly overcome by a strange plague that made them dance uncontrollably. They danced, unwillingly, for hours on end; for ...

ON A SUMMER’S day in 1518, a woman walked out of her house in Strasbourg and started to dance energetically in the street. Apart from stolen moments for sleep, she did not stop for six days. Crowds ...

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Sick Moves! (or The Dancing Plague of 1518) dares ask the question - ever wonder what might happen if you couldn't stop grooving to the music? One town in the 16th century found out the hard way. With ...

A new college graduate strapped with debt, graphic novelist Kate Beaton headed for a well-paying job in the far-flung oil fields of Alberta. There the Cape Breton native discovered an alien universe ...