Episode 529: Mass Hysteria Through Time
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The Symptoms of Mass Hysteria
Dancing plagues are the earliest recorded instances of what we now call mass sociogenic illness. The dancing plague started in the 11th century and occurred regularly until the mid 17th century. Unaddressed or worse, encouraged the symptoms of mass motor hysteria can last weeks or months. If it's encouraged or if people simply take it seriously as say a mass demonic movement then it quickly spreads from person to person.
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