Sweating Sickness: Deadly Tudor Plague

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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Myths, Folklore, Mystery, History, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Murder, Ufos, True Crime, Paranormal, Supernatural, Serial Killers

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It's a medical-history-mystery: the Sweating Sickness. Things get clammy as Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling ask what was this deadly disease? What happened when Anne Boleyn got it? And why were sufferers sewn into their bedsheets?

Edited by Nick Thomson. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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0:36.6	The friary stirs before sunrise, the usual toll of the bell calling the brothers to prayer.
0:39.9	Brother Matthew wakes with a start.
0:42.3	His chest is tight.
0:43.8	He's breathing laboured.
0:46.2	A faint chill ripples through him,
0:48.5	though the summer air is yet warm.
0:53.1	He wipes his brow and rises diligently to prepare for matins. By the time he reaches the chapel, though,
0:56.8	a dull ache has infiltrated his limbs. He falters during the liturgy, clutching at the wooden
1:03.2	pew for support, then steadies himself once more. Come mid-morning, after a short rest,
1:11.7	Brother Matthew returns to his duties.
1:14.6	Though his pace is slow, his movements are heavy.
1:18.6	Sweat pours from his body now, soaking his habit.
1:22.4	His stomach churns unpredictably,
1:24.6	and his hands tremble as he fumbles with the tools of his work in the herb garden.
1:29.3	He can no longer ignore the foreboding sense that something is not as it ought to be.
1:37.3	By midday, Brother Matthew can no longer stand.
1:41.3	He collapses onto a bench in the cloister, his face pale and glistening,
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