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The Black Death and the Jews in 10 Minutes
Uncover the terrifying intersection of a global pandemic and mass hysteria in our episode on The Black Death and the Jews. As the bubonic plague ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, killing nearly half the population, a desperate and terrified public sought a supernatural explanation for the invisible killer. In this installment, we explore the explosive rise of the "Conspiracy of the Wells," the baseless and lethal myth that Jews were deliberately poisoning community water sources to destroy Christendom. We'll analyze the horrific waves of violence that followed, including the systematic…
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