The Erfurt Latrine Disaster of 1184
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The Erfurt Latrine Disaster of 1184
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It sounds like satire: a royal court, dozens of nobles, and a latrine floor that gives way beneath them. But this grotesque catastrophe actually happened. In the year 1184, during a political summit convened by the Holy Roman Emperor, a hall packed with German aristocrats collapsed into a cesspit below, killing many and reshaping imperial power in the process.
This is not a metaphor. It’s the story of how some of the most powerful men in medieval Europe drowned in human waste—and how that moment exposed the rot beneath the empire’s surface.
VAULT is a documentary podcast that uncovers real but nearly forgotten events—strange, disturbing, and too often left out of the official record.
🕯️ THE FORGOTTEN RECORD. OPENED.
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