Скачать или смотреть 1518: The Year a City Danced Until It Died

History is often stranger—and much darker—than any horror movie. In 897 AD, the city of Rome witnessed a spectacle so grotesque that it remains the ultimate "black mark" on the papacy. It was called the Cadaver Synod, and it was a literal trial of a dead man.

In this video, we dive into the vengeful madness of Pope Stephen VI, a man so consumed by political hatred that he refused to let his predecessor, Pope Formosus, rest in peace.

Inside this episode:

The Exhumation: Why a 9-month-old corpse was dug up and dressed in royal papal vestments.

The Courtroom Horror: The "Trial of the Dead" where a terrified teenage deacon had to speak for a rotting body.

The Sentence: The brutal mutilation of the corpse and its final "execution" in the Tiber River.

The Aftermath: How a massive earthquake and a public uprising brought a violent end to the trial's orchestrator.

This isn't just a story about religion; it’s a story of political obsession, psychological warfare, and the lengths people will go to for revenge.

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