Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,

and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages. I am one of those people. My name is

Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. Before we begin, a disclaimer, I am not Jewish, nor am I a scholar of Judaism. I did read many

articles written by Jewish scholars and reached out to several Jewish communities to discuss

this topic, but as an outsider, I may not get all the concepts quite right.

My apologies. I also apologize for mispronouncing any Hebrew or Yiddish words in this episode.

I'm sorry. There's a newish trend in the paranormal community where creators open strange boxes coated in wax that supposedly contain the spirits of powerful, malevolent beings. These boxes can be bought from numerous sources for a

premium. Each is filled with seemingly random but quite creepy items, such as locks of hair, ashes, and old photographs. The boxes are called

Dybick boxes, and many people believe they are quite dangerous to own, let alone open.

The first of these boxes appeared in 2003, and since then, Dybock boxes began turning up all over the place online.

Huge YouTubers have opened Dibbock boxes for their viewers,

supposedly opening themselves and their homes up to the evil spirits inside.

While the Dibbeck box is new,, Dybuk are centuries old.

Dybik are mythical creatures that originate in Jewish folklore.

However, the more recent concept of the Dybbuk doesn't take much from the original myth, other than its name.

The word dibbuk has Hebrew roots in the word Davok, which means to cleave, adhere, stick, or cling.

In Jewish folklore, a dibik is the soul of a Jewish, deceased, sinful human, which enters a living

person and clings to their soul, speaks through their mouth, causes mental illness, and represents a separate and alien

personality. The term Dibbuk only came into use in the 17th century. Technically, it's an abbreviation

of Dibbuk meru-a-ra-a, a cleavage of an evil spirit. The act of attachment of the spirit to the body

became the name of the spirit itself.

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