Welcome to What The Heck season 2! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but one of the stories we've covered has been solved. In this special episode, released on Friday the 13th, Glen is going to look at the origins behind the unluckiest day of the calendar. The idea of Friday the 13th being unlucky is a pervasive one, lying in superstition. There are, in fact, many different possibilites of why it's unlucky. Even so, the specific day and date combination comes from a more modern place, and isn't hundreds of years old. Why is Friday involved in this? What reasons do we have for this superstition? Is the day really that unlucky? Join Glen as he tells the story and looks at all the theories!

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