Friday the 13th: Is It Lucky or Unlucky in Your Family?

By Scott Phillips on June 13, 2014

In this article, Scott Phillips searches old newspapers to find out more about the superstition of Friday the 13th being an unlucky day... (Read More)

Illustration: a proper Thirteen Club table, illustrated in the booklet that accompanied the 257th official meeting. Credit: New York Public Library.

Dispelling Superstitions about 13: History of the Thirteen Club

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 13, 2013

Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about Captain William Fowler and the Thirteen Club he founded in 1880 to defy superstitions about the number 13... (Read More)

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