Episode 211: Charmed (ad-free) (Patreon)

There are a lot of strange corners in the world of folklore, but one of the most unusual also tends to fit into our pockets. And the stories surrounding them are beyond chilling.

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Further Reading

1. “Missing Part of Stonehenge Returned 60 Years On,” BBC News, May 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-48190588.amp.
2. “24 Good Luck Charms from Around the World.” Invaluable. March 5, 2018. https://www.invaluable.com/blog/good-luck-charms
3. “A history of amulets in ten objects.” Science Museum Group Journal. April 9, 2019. http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/issue-11/a-history-of-amulets-in-ten-objects
4. Ellis, Bill. “Why Is a Lucky Rabbit's Foot Lucky? Body Parts as Fetishes.” Journal of Folklore Research. Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan. - Apr., 2002), pp. 58-61. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3814831
5. Eugene J. Bullard. Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. October 12, 2010. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/eugene-j-bullard
6. Gardner, Gerald Brosseau. “British Charms, Amulets and Talismans.” Folklore.
7. Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jun., 1942), pp. 95-103. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1257559
8. “How a Guatemalan Doll is Helping Children Recover From a Terrorist Attack.” Peace Foundation. May 18, 2018. https://www.peace-foundation.org.uk/guatemalan-doll-helping-children-recover-terrorist-attack
9. “Luck and Death: WWI Pilots and their Superstitions.” Smithsonian Magazine. March 20, 2014. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/luck-and-death-wwi-pilots-and-their-superstitions-180950158
10. MacKenzie, S.P. “Beating the Odds: Superstition and Human Agency in RAF Bomber Command, 1942–1945.” War in History Vol. 22, No. 3 (July 2015), p. 383 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098398
11. “Meet Unsinkable Sam: The Cat that Survived Three Ships Sinking in WWII.” ZME Science. September 16, 2021. https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/unsinkable-sam-cat-wwii
12. “Meet Unsinkable Sam, The Legendary Cat Who Survived Three World War II Shipwrecks.” All That’s Interesting. November 12, 2020. https://allthatsinteresting.com/unsinkable-sam
13. “Mojo Hand and Root Bag.” Mojo In Theory and Practice. Accessed April 26, 2022. https://www.luckymojo.com/mojo.html#howmade
14. “Pocket Bible saved World War II veteran’s life.” WKRN News. November 10, 2017. https://www.wkrn.com/news/pocket-bible-saved-world-war-ii-veterans-life
15. “The Legend of Guatemalan Worry Dolls.” Exploring your Mind. Accessed April 27, 2022. https://exploringyourmind.com/legend-guatemalan-worry-dolls
16. “The Legend of the Horseshoe.” Kentucky Derby Museum. March 11, 2014. https://www.derbymuseum.org/Blog/Article/52/The-Legend-of-the-Horseshoe
17. “The “Lucky Little Bell of San Michele.” NewsTime. May 20, 2016. https://www.newstime-mo.com/news/local/the-lucky-little-bell-of-san-michele/article_f6cdb7f8-5956-553c-ab47-ebd1eed78a8a.html
18. “The Pysanka.” Pysanka.info. Accessed April 24, 2022. https://www.pysanky.info/Downloads/Pysanka_files/History%20and%20Legends%20.pdf
19. “The World War I story of Nénette and Rintintin.” National Museum of American History. January 11, 2016. https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/world-war-i-story-n%C3%A9nette-and-rintintin
20. Vukanović, T.P. “Witchcraft in the Central Balkans II: Protection against Witches.” Folklore. Vol. 100, No. 2 (1989), p. 222. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260299
21. “What is a Mexican Milagro?” Zinnia Folk Arts. July 1, 2015. https://zinniafolkarts.com/blogs/news/36153281-what-do-milagros-mean
22. “What Makes a Rabbit's Foot Lucky?” Scientific American. October 26, 2011. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/what-makes-a-rabbits-foot-lucky/#_edn2
23. “Who Knew? Lucky Charms Actually Work.” Psychology Today. September 10, 2013. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-happiness-project/201309/who-knew-lucky-charms-actually-work