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What The Ghost? - The Devil's Dance

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The Mystery of the Devil's Dance

Life in the Middle Ages was extremely difficult. Average life expectancy for millions of people was less than 30 years. Compulsive behaviour is far from uncommon during difficult times. The combined emotional and physical stress that medieval Europeans lived through could well have led to hallucinations, whether a spectral strain of music or even a whole crowd of dances.

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