October 13th...Friday the 13th: Origins

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 138. This time we examine the year 1307, as King Philip the 4th of France has the Knights Templar arrested and begins the superstition of Friday the 13th.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

https://billpetro.com/history-of-friday-the-13th/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/origin-friday-13th-bradley-hayden-phd

https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/friday-the-13th-origin/798563

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/why-friday-13-unlucky-explained/index.html

https://www.trueactivist.com/the-history-behind-friday-the-13th/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/160512-friday-13-knights-templar-superstition

https://www.history.com/news/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-number-13

https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/the-knights-templar

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/curse-jacques-de-molay-templars-005431

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Thorin_and_Company

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Photo: 

http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2017/10/Templars_burned_British-Library_E049620-Horizontal.jpeg