The Rougarou has haunted the Louisiana bayou for centuries — but its origins trace back to medieval France, where people were executed not for what they did, but for what their neighbors feared they had become.
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A Cursed Tomb, a Ghost Ship With No Crew, and the Worst Way a President Has Ever Died | #MWD
A woman famous for being covered head-to-toe in hair, a ghost ship that drifted the Atlantic for eighteen months with no one aboard, an unsolved triple murder on a frozen lakeshore, and a world leader whose staff had to use scissors to separate him from his mistress. | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 16 | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD
A Screaming Ghost of a Beheaded Queen, a 500,000-Year-Old Spark Plug, Why Friday the 13th Is Cursed | #MWD
Today we’ve got a date so loaded with bad luck that some people literally refuse to leave the house. There are arrests that may have cursed an entire day of the week forever, a ghost that hasn’t stopped screaming in almost five hundred years, a spark plug that shouldn’t exist, and a diamond so big it makes the Hope Diamond look like something you’d find in a gumball machine. Oh — and an entire city blew up. Happy Friday the 13th! | IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 13 | The Morning Weird Darkness #MWD
The Calabash Curse | Death on a Caribbean Steamer | “Bound East for Haiti” CBSRMT
When the captain of a Caribbean tramp steamer falls mysteriously ill and his lovesick first mate predicts he’ll never reach port alive, a young doctor discovers that some curses can’t be cured with medicine. | “Bound East for Haiti” | #RetroRadio EP0584
A Holy Man Cursed This Family’s Home, Then It Started Catching Fire Every Day
A poor family in a remote Indian village claims a wandering sadhu cursed their house after being denied bread, and now fires erupt without warning or explanation in a home with no electricity.
Rosemary’s Baby | The Horror Film’s Curse & Real Cases of Demonic Pregnancy!
Rosemary’s Baby was a hit novel that became an iconic film, only to bring woe to nearly everyone who made it. We’ll look at the film which many people believe to be cursed. We’ll look at some real-life cases of women who believed they were pregnant with a demon child! And how can you tell if YOU are pregnant with the child of Lucifer?
She Was Chosen Before She Was Born | A Civil War Curse 20 Years in the Making
Twenty years after a Civil War tragedy burned his mansion to the ground, a vengeful father’s ghost still waits by the river bend for the girl who will replace the daughter he lost. | “The Phantom House” | #RetroRadio EP0580
CURSED SANDS | Something Was Waiting for Us in the Abandoned City We Found in Kuwait
In 1991, a Marine tank crew got separated from their unit during a sandstorm in the Kuwaiti desert. Four Marines followed a strange signal to an ancient city that wasn’t on any map and never known to exist. Only one of them made it back.
The Perfect Christmas Tree Has a Curse Attached
When Mrs. Hostutler finally found the perfect Christmas tree, she never stopped to wonder why it was growing out of a grave.
The Hospital Patient With An Impossible Gift That Was Also a Horrible Curse
A mysterious man collapses on the steps of a church with no identification and no explanation — but when patients near him start making impossible recoveries, a nurse discovers his gift comes with a devastating price.
The Christmas Curse That Takes All Of The Men in My Family
Thirty years ago, Eric watched his 40-year-old father walk out to meet a group of carolers and never came back. Now it’s Christmas Eve, and Eric just turned 40 himself.
The Voodoo Cursed Guitar That Destroyed a Musician’s Life
When Patrick Cross bought a Flying V guitar that survived a fatal bar fire in Michigan, he had no idea the instrument harbored an evil entity that would cost him his job, his health, and nearly his sanity.
THE WHITE WEREWOLF OF HARTZ MOUNTAINS: A Family’s Lycanthropic Blood Curse Returns
When a father relocates his family to an isolated cabin in the Hartz Mountains to escape his dark past, a mysterious white wolf begins stalking them—but the real horror lies in discovering what connection the creature has to their bloodline.
Haunter of the Ring: The Cursed Ring That Turned a Loving Wife Into a Killer
A young husband’s life becomes a nightmare when his devoted wife begins trying to kill him in moments she can’t remember—and the only clue is a strange ring she can no longer remove.
NO WONDER THEY CALL IT ‘FORTUNE’ TELLING: Psychics Scam $600,000 From Curse Removal Victims
Two Pennsylvania psychics convinced their victims that powerful curses threatened to destroy everything they loved, then systematically drained them of over $600,000.
BLOOD MONEY: A Tale of Greed, Betrayal, and a Dying Man’s Curse
When a wealthy man with a failing heart discovers his young wife and her dance partner’s betrayal, his dying breath carries a curse that will haunt the blood money they’ve stolen. The Sealed Book presents “Broadway, Here I Come!” | #RetroRadio EP0529
CURSE OF THE CATS: A Witch Releases Fatal Felines to Hunt Down All of the Children
A witch unleashes a horde of sinister cats to terrorize children, and only a lawyer and the local sheriff stand between the village and feline doom. Listen to “The Queen of Cats” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater! | #RetroRadio EP0507
ÖTZI’S CURSE: The Murder Victim Who Killed 7 People 5,000 Years After His Own Murder
When German tourists discovered a frozen corpse in the Alps in 1991, they had no idea they’d found a 5,000-year-old murder victim – or that seven people connected to his discovery would soon die under mysterious circumstances.
THE RED ROOM CURSE: When Internet Horror Becomes Reality
Your computer screen flickers red, a simple question appears, and within days, the walls of your room are painted with your own blood – at least, that’s what thousands of internet users claim happened to them after encountering the most notorious cursed website in digital history.