Defined as:
a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
The Dancing Plague-1518
Strasbourg, France people started dancing until they couldn't
dance any more. It started off with two women dancing in the streets, and
eventually others began to join until there were over four hundred people
dancing in the streets for days. People started dying from strokes, heart attacks, and exhaustion.
The Salem Witch Trials-1692
Hundreds of people died after being accused of being witches. Witches were said to pinch, bite, and strike fear into people. The witches would be hung, pressed, or put in jail until they died. The hysteria about everyone being witches only lasted for three months.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM
Hundreds of people died after being accused of being witches. Witches were said to pinch, bite, and strike fear into people. The witches would be hung, pressed, or put in jail until they died. The hysteria about everyone being witches only lasted for three months.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM
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