There were many gruesome ways to die in the medieval period, but perhaps the most horrendous deaths on record, occurred at a royal court in the german city of Erfurt, where a floor collapse plunged a room full of nobles into an excrement filled pit below.

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Intro - 0:00
Erfurt, 1184 - 0:32
The Royal Court - 1:40
Disaster Strikes - 2:14
The Aftermath - 3:00