Episode 188 - The History of Contagious Curses
Lunatics Radio Hour: The History of Horror

Episode 188 - The History of Contagious Curses

B2Upper-intermediateApril 28, 202643 min

This week, Abby and Alan dive into the folklore behind horror’s most contagious curses, from The Ring to Smile to It Follows. Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep. Sources BBC article by Quinn Hargitai: The Strange Power of The Evil EyeA psmag.com article on The Aye-Aye and The Finger of Death by Jason BittelCollider article by Gabrielle Grady: The Ring is Ba...

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Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. My name is Abby Branker. I'm sitting here with Alan Kudan. Hi.

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We are talking about contagious curses. Contagious curses. Curses that can be passed from person to person. Isn't, I feel like most curses get passed

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from person to person. I don't think so. I think a lot of times there's a curse that somebody puts on another person.

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