Pardon the filler for tonight but this has not been a great morning for me. Not terrible, but usually Friday the 13th is actually a pretty good day for me, at least when compared to the rest of the year. Maybe it’s because I was born on a Friday the 13th, which would explain a lot of my life if I were superstitious, and today is the birthday of my late mother and her still with us twin brother. I don’t know, but for some reason today is terrible. I’m not superstitious but enough people are that individually the number 13 is considered unlucky and people only like Friday because it’s the end of the work week for most people. Put them together and the fear begins.
From the YouTube channel History Calling we have a look at all the potential origins of this terrible day that don’t involve insane mothers and undead sons in hockey masks. Are you scared of this day?