Jason Gaston

In 1184, some of the most powerful men in the Holy Roman Empire gathered in Erfurt, Germany, to settle an important political dispute.

Then the floor collapsed.

And underneath them was a gigantic medieval cesspit.

Yes. This actually happened.

Welcome to the absolutely unbelievable story of the Erfurt Latrine Disaster, one of the strangest, grossest, and most humiliating catastrophes in medieval history. What began as a serious political meeting involving King Henry VI, nobles, clergy, and regional leaders suddenly became the kind of disaster that sounds less like history and more like something invented by a twelve-year-old.

In this episode, we're diving into the bizarre events of July 26, 1184, the feud that brought everyone together, medieval sanitation, questionable architecture, collapsing floorboards, and the day European politics quite literally went down the toilet.

Because sometimes history gives us kings, battles, and empires.

And sometimes it gives us dozens of aristocrats falling into a poop pit.

💩 Medieval history has rarely been this disgusting.

If you enjoy weird history, bizarre historical events, strange true stories, medieval disasters, and the parts of history your teachers probably didn't spend enough time talking about, you're definitely in the right place.

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