Cursed Objects: Some Things Should Never Be Touched
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What is the concept of a cursed object and why do we find them so compelling?
Welcome to another episode of Fringe.
Beyond Limit. Hi guys. We know it's just Hi. Hi. Hi.
What's going on?
I know they're just
Yeah. Allergies?
No, it just started itchy. Okay. Okay, I think it stopped.
Okay.
It's not the allergies, it's just itch.
Okay. Do they have like a superstition about that? Like when your palm itches or something? I think it's like when you
know this someone thinks them thinking about you. Right?
I d I I don't know. I don't know any superstitions about the nodes except for Pinocchio.
Pinocchio. I did the Google
Yeah. Well How have you ladies been?
Pretty good. How about you?
Yeah, fine, you know, as we're recording this, I will be jet setting to Arizona for a few days for my first cousins slash nephew's wedding. And the re
so old when your nephews are getting married.
I know.
Dude, they were so tiny at your wedding.
I know. I know Marissa is probably gonna get engaged soon. You know, she's now
that one makes me feel old.
Yeah, she's living with her boyfriend. You know. So I call him I call 'em Nabisco.
Why? 'Cause
his name is Nabiel and I couldn't remember it for a few times of meeting him. So the first thing that's So you went to
the cracker company?
Yeah. Nabisco would pop in my head. I'm like, it's gotta be it's I'm like it's not Nabisco, but it's gotta be something like that. So so he's forever known as
Nabil does not sound like Nabisco.
It's a word association. So yeah. So
Well we have a co worker, her name's Benita, but we'll call her Velvita.
Nah, see? Mm. I used to have I used to have a co worker named Bonetta. So
What did you used to call her? Vindetta
Vendetta.
Ever been dead uh
Viv and Vendetta.
So such a good movie. It is
actually never seen it.
Oh what? Yeah, you're stupid.
I remember the commercials all the time for like the previews, but never seen it.
Because of the Guy Fox mask?
Because of the guy fax, huh?
Well that do you wanna Explain this one to her?
No, you just say is it because of
Yeah.
No, I just didn't see it.
Okay.
I just never had a chance to go see it.
No, I'm saying do you remember it from the commercials because of the mask?
No, I just m remember the V.
Okay.
I don't know why.
I
remember Masked Man, but I remember the V.
Yeah. Did we lose Lynette?
No.
Oh, okay. Sorry. You were just so quiet for so long, I didn't know.
You don't let me get a word in edgewise usually.
Now that's a lie. That is a hundred percent my yes. I call on you all the time. Okay, teacher. Okay. Bennett, would you like to speak now?
Hey, hang on. I I raised my hand.
Yeah. Good for you.
Oh, Bree
would like to speak. No,
I don't.
All
right.
Anything else,
ladies? I don't have anything exciting to report. Me neither. Going to a local baseball game tomorrow. Like kinda like the Kane County Cougars. Nice. I'm going to the Chattanooga Lookouts. Nice. Fancyout.
Was isn't there you guys getting a new stadium for one?
Yep, we're going to the new I think the new stadium. Is that the
new stadium? Okay. Because I remember driving by it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's it's it's a big deal, I guess. I'll I'll find out. I'll let you know. Yeah, report back. See if there's
oh, tell us if there's any interesting food items 'cause sometimes those places have like the most interesting those minor league type places.
Like deep fried Twinkies with corn syrup um with Cheese sauce on it or something.
Or like using glazed donuts as the the hamburger buns.
Ooh. I
don't remember what what stadium did that, but instead of hammer grip buds they used glazed donuts. It's like how many more
heart attack items
put on this first. Okay. We're gonna clog all five. Here we go.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well tonight he This is
We're gonna talk about
something a spooky. A
spooky? Yes. We're gonna talk about the a
spookies.
All right, yes. We're gonna do something spooky. This is
We haven't done something spooky in a long time. I know. I I blame
I blame Bree.
Why?
I don't know
You're the spooky roo I'm gonna say 'cause I write the spooky?
Yeah. You're the spo Yeah, you write the spookies. Yeah, spooky guru.
I like spooky.
All right. Well Here we go. Welcome to the corner of the world where history refuses to stay buried and the inanimate begins to breathe.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the concept of a cursed object and why do we find them so compelling?
0:35–10:30
2
How does the legend of the Hope Diamond illustrate the blend of history and curse?
10:30–18:26
3
What are the mysterious deaths linked to Ötzi the Iceman and how do researchers explain the ‘mummy curse’?
18:26–24:50
4
Why is Busby’s Chair called the ‘dead man’s chair’ and what evidence supports its deadly reputation?
24:50–31:09
5
How did James Dean’s Porsche become a notorious cursed car and what happened to the vehicle after its disappearance?
31:09–38:15
6
What is the story behind the Crying Boy paintings and why did they survive house fires?
38:15–43:14
7
How did the Tallman (Talmud) bunk beds spark a national panic and what rational explanations exist?
43:14–51:19
8
What does the episode conclude about whether the power lies in cursed objects or the stories we tell?
51:19–1:09:17
Speakers
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