Friday the 13th: Why is it considered unlucky?
Black cats are often considered bad luck. (Gabrielle Healy/Here & Now)
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Phil Stevens, a retired associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Buffalo and author of “Anthropology of Magic and Witchcraft: Inherently Human,” about why we have so many superstitions around Friday the 13th.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
