Three's Company: Friday the 13th
The History of Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th is BACK. And not just once this year, baby witches, but THREE TIMES. Yes, 2026 is absolutely unhinged and we should all be afraid.
This week, Alicia and Terra are cracking open the folklore, the fear, and the full chaotic history of the most infamous date on the Gregorian Calendar. We're talking Norse mythology and the death of Baldr (yes, Loki is involved, obviously). We're talking the Last Supper, triskaidekaphobia, and why the number 13 has been considered cursed since at least the 1400s. We're talking real Friday the 13th disasters, including the 1972 Andes plane crash and the 2012 Costa Concordia shipwreck, because apparently this date has notes.
And then we zoom out: Tuesday the 13th, the Ides of March, Italy's fear of the number 17, and the 1980 slasher film that turned a spooky superstition into a full cultural institution.
Is Friday the 13th genuinely cursed? A Christian holdover? A Norse myth remix? A media invention?
It's all of the above, and we couldn't be more delighted.
Three Fridays the 13th in one year. Stay vigilant.
Hosted by Alicia Herder and Terra Keck.
Produced by Marcel Pérez.
Creative Directing by Mallory Jordan.
Music by Kevin MacLeod.
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