What do you think happens when two famous people collide with a cursed relic?

Join us as we delve into the depths of a religious relic's legend and its impact on the people around it.

Is it coincidence, curse or hoax?

Movie Recommendation:

⁠The Possession (2012) - Plot - IMDb⁠

Sources & Reference Material:

⁠Finally, the truth behind the 'haunted' Dybbuk Box can be revealed⁠

⁠A jinx in a box? - Los Angeles Times⁠

⁠The Dibbuk Box | Skeptical Inquirer⁠

⁠https://youtu.be/PzkesF2lun0⁠

⁠Ghost Adventure's Stars Wife in 'Love' with Man Serving Life for Massacring His Family⁠

⁠Victoria Goodwin sentenced for 'Ghost Adventures' star murder plot⁠

One of Hollywood's most iconic movie monsters has a resting place right here in the States. Join us for a trip to a land famous for its cheesesteaks, its football fans and a home to thousands of relics, intricate sarcophagi, and other relics of the past- the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.

Resources:

• Penn Museum's Egyptian and mummy collection overview: vast Egyptian & Nubian artifacts, including mummies.museum.upenn.eduWikipedia

  
  

• Historical context of Philadelphia’s mummies: from early curiosities to major collections.Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

  
  

• PUM I autopsy details: the museum’s 1972 examination of a mummy.Penn Museum

  
  

• Curse lore: cultural origins and skepticism.Wikipedia

  
  

• Expedition Magazine | Tangled Afterlives

  
  

• Ghost stories at Penn: sightings of George Vaillant.The Daily Pennsylvanian

  
  

• Folklore/audience tale via Reddit: lends immersive flavor.Reddit

  
  

• The Mummy's Curse: Myths and Legends from Ancient Tombs –

  
  

• What is the ancient Egyptian 'mummy's curse'? | Live Science

Ride with us into the fog as we cross continents and centuries, Irish moors, Scottish valleys and Mexican borderlands...in pursuit of that legend that lacks a head. That’s right- we are discussing the rider that has infiltrated all our Halloween stories, the one that carries a legend of vengeance... the Headless Horseman!

Movie Recommendations:

Disney's Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow (1999) - IMDb

Book Recommendation:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Sources & Reference Material:

What Inspired 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'? | HISTORY

The True History Behind "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Headless Horseman Ball - Visit Sleepy Hollow

The Dullahan: Ireland's Headless Horseman and Harbinger of Death - IrishHistory.com

The Dullahan of Celtic Mythology - The Irish Place

Isle Of Mull: Witches, Ghosts And Fairies | Spooky Isles

Whispers in the Mist: Folklore & Ghost Stories of the Isle of Mull

The Legend of the South Texas Headless Horseman, El Muerto | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Aquariums, Attractions, Museums

El Muerto — Headless Horseman Folklore Of Texas