Episode 103: Pizzagate / 1518 Dancing Plague
Welcome to another day in paradise, Queerdos! We’ve got even more tales of the weird and the wild. First, in our True Crime Story, Edie gives us a primer on Pizzagate: a fake conspiracy theory with real consequences. Next, in our Spoopy Tale, Miss tells us about a bunch of European peasants at the end of the Middle Ages who danced till they dropped—and then some. So order up some cheese pizza, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready for this week’s show. Let’s dive in!
Pizzagate
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/327515/alt-right-conspiracy-theorists-obsess-over-comet-ping-pong/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/10/10/election-2016s-collateral-damage-skittles-tic-tacs/
https://rollcall.com/2016/05/13/report-bill-clinton-flew-on-disgraced-donors-jet-26-times/
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/us/ghislaine-maxwell-pilot/index.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump-epic-bromance
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/mg7xjb/how-hackers-broke-into-john-podesta-and-colin-powells-gmail-accounts
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/20/13308108/wikileaks-podesta-hillary-clinton
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/pizzagate.html
https://time.com/4590255/pizzagate-fake-news-what-to-know/
https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/789143692540055552
https://archive.is/q6byH
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/david-brock-hillary-clinton-correct-the-record/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/technology/fact-check-this-pizzeria-is-not-a-child-trafficking-site.html?_r=1
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jack-posobiec-pizzagate-and-seth-rich-conspiracy-theorist-has-top-secret-security-clearance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/12/04/d-c-police-respond-to-report-of-a-man-with-a-gun-at-comet-ping-pong-restaurant/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pizzagate-gunman-records-video-for-daughters-saying-he-standing-up-for-children/
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/07/07/theres-nothing-you-can-do-legacy-pizzagate
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/edgar-welch-comet-pizza-fake-news.html
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-pizzagate-gunman-is-out-of-prison-conspiracy-theories-are-out-of-control/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/north-carolina-man-sentenced-four-year-prison-term-armed-assault-northwest-washington
1518
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/bizarre-dance-epidemic-of-summer-1518-strasbourg
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607#What-is-mass-hysteria?
