Episode 188 - The History of Contagious Curses

This week, Abby and Alan dive into the folklore behind horror’s most contagious curses, from The Ring to Smile to It Follows.

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Sources

• BBC article by Quinn Hargitai: The Strange Power of The Evil Eye
• A psmag.com article on The Aye-Aye and The Finger of Death by Jason Bittel
• Collider article by Gabrielle Grady: The Ring is Based on A Haunting Ghost Story
• The Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition by Frederick Thomas Elworthy.
• Yale Tropical Resource Institute Article by Eleanor Sterling, PhD Candidate: The Aye-Aye Lemur of Madagascar: Feeding Ecology, Social Behavior, and Microhabitat
• James George Frazer in The Golden Bough
• An Anthropology Review article by Claudine Casser: Contagious Magic - Items that have been in contact, remain connected 
• https://www.bellwitchcave.com/bell-witch-legend/

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