In this special Halloween two-parter, Jess and Lolo dive into the wild, weird world of curses — the spooky kind, the biblical kind, and the ones that sneak up on you through a mirror. Ancient Irish curses, old-school hexes, and whether you might be spiritually Teflon… or a high-risk hex magnet.

Don’t miss Part 2, dropping October 23rd, with even more terrifying tales, legendary hexes, and famous spooky cursed objects.

🎃 And on October 30th, tune in for our special Halloween episode packed with creepy stories to make your skin crawl.

https://shows.acast.com/messy-minded-podcast

Sources include:

Oxford Dictionary of Superstitions – Opie & Tatem

Cursed Objects – J.W. Ocker (for haunted items and cultural fear of curses)

The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland – Steve Roud

Folklore and the Supernatural – Jacqueline Simpson

History.com – “The Kennedy Curse”

Road & Track – “The Story Behind James Dean’s Cursed Car”

The Burning of Bridget Cleary – Angela Bourke

Irish Folklore Commission Archives

The Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition – Frederick Thomas Elworthy

The Mexican American Folk Healing Tradition – Robert T. Trotter II

Magical Household – Scott Cunningham & David Harrington

Folklife Today – Salt in Superstition

Yurei: The Japanese Ghost – Zack Davisson

Signs, Cures, and Witchery: German Appalachian Folklore – Gerald Milnes

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries – W.Y. Evans-Wentz

Music by SoundPlusUS Label and Mr. Lex Oleksii Bezalov for "Spark Groove", Geoff Harvey "Spellcraft", ProgressiveTape "Gaslight Waltz", Jerome Chauvel "Middle Eastern Desert", Nick Panek "Energetic Rockabilly Instrumental", Denis Pavlov Music "Magical Ritual Shaman Amazonian Indians", Geoff Harvey "The Secret Room"

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