Delusions, Madness, and Mania
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+humoraqid=1554506380as=gatewayasr=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=7C5VLPZPFS1Gakeywords=a+time+to+dance+a+time+to+dieaqid=1554506328as=gatewayasprefix=a+time+to+dance+a+tim%2Caps%2C196asr=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=UTF8apd_rd_i=1539849589apd_rd_r=7327f8cb-596c-11e9-9d06-a332060cea22apd_rd_w=bUYh7apd_rd_wg=evXypapf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797dapf_rd_r=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBFapsc=1arefRID=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+Crowdsaqid=1554763437as=gatewayasr=8-1 http://www.projectcontinua.org/antoinette-bourignon/ Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Violin's Stinger - SlowSad Stinger Composer: Jonathan Edward Carlile Comedy Klezmer Circus Composer: Hakan Eriksson Tense Hands Stinger Shadows Hang Stinger Composer: Numsi Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm a Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!
