The Greatest Numbers of All Time | The Curse of 13

Has there ever been a number more maligned in western culture than 13? So feared, it's got its own horror-film franchise. So infamously unlucky, a good many of us avoid it en masse. We've just blindly accepted its bad reputation. As part of our series, The Greatest Numbers of All Time, IDEAS explores where our irrational fear and uncomfortable feelings about 13 began. *All five episodes of our series on numbers will be available in our feed all this week.* Guests in this episode: Stephen Winick is a folk life specialist...