Throughout history, people have been fascinated by curses, suspected others have been cursed, have wanted to curse their enemies, and wanted curses removed. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what are curses, how they work, and how worried about them should we be.
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Links for this episode:
- The book Ancient Christian Magic
- The book Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
- The book Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century
- Jon Ronson’s book The Men Who Stare at Goats
- Saco River Curse
- Squandro
- Bucksport Witch’s Foot Curse
- Legends of Jonathan Buck
- Voodoo Dolls
- Article on Ancient Treaties Involving Curses
- Execration Texts
- Curse Tablets
- “My Name Is John Wellington Wells”
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Mysterious Headlines
- James Randi Passes at Age 92
- Animation of Somerton Man (Episode 73; thanks to Darryn McNamara of Adelaide, S. Australia)
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