The Plague (2005)

It began much like the common cold Yet within a day fever took over black swellings the size of baseballs appeared on the neck and finally a highly contagious bloody cough quickly sealed the victims fate During the worst biological disaster in the history of mankind the socalled black death released an indiscriminate fury which shook the very foundations of human order Religious hysteria began to break out and in desperation frenzied masses scrambled to find a scapegoat When all was said and done nearly onethird of Europes population had been completely wiped out and devastated survivors were left to contend with a world forever changed both socially and economically In this featurelength special THE HISTORY CHANNEL investigates the origins of this devastating moment in human history and explores the many questions surrounding the terrifying possibility of a modernday biological threat