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Delusions, Madness, and Mania
Manage episode 231365459 series 2478258
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+humor&qid=1554506380&s=gateway&sr=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=7C5VLPZPFS1G&keywords=a+time+to+dance+a+time+to+die&qid=1554506328&s=gateway&sprefix=a+time+to+dance+a+tim%2Caps%2C196&sr=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=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1539849589&pd_rd_r=7327f8cb-596c-11e9-9d06-a332060cea22&pd_rd_w=bUYh7&pd_rd_wg=evXyp&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBF&psc=1&refRID=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+Crowds&qid=1554763437&s=gateway&sr=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 & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!53 episodes
Manage episode 231365459 series 2478258
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+humor&qid=1554506380&s=gateway&sr=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=7C5VLPZPFS1G&keywords=a+time+to+dance+a+time+to+die&qid=1554506328&s=gateway&sprefix=a+time+to+dance+a+tim%2Caps%2C196&sr=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=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1539849589&pd_rd_r=7327f8cb-596c-11e9-9d06-a332060cea22&pd_rd_w=bUYh7&pd_rd_wg=evXyp&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBF&psc=1&refRID=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+Crowds&qid=1554763437&s=gateway&sr=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 & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!53 episodes
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