URBAN LEGENDS #9 : SUPERSTITIONS AND FOLKLORE

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 5 April 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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An all-new Urban Legends episode covering the following topics: Bad Moon On the Rise~ Easter Superstitions~Beginner's Luck~Salt Superstitions~ Rabbit's Foot for Good Luck?~Hocus Pocus~Broken Mirrors and Bloody Mary~You Better Knock On Wood~ Wishbones for Wishes~Some Tips on Clothing from the Victorian Era Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contracts-no tools required. This is a great product- highly reviewed (40,000 Amazon reviews)- we recommend it. NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com HERE: (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE: at Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2zx4jj2xj25fwupwrdcxq or HERE at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-history-challenge/id1482436263 CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! A SECOND NEW SHOW AT 1001- 1001 HISTORY'S BEST STORYTELLERS- OUR INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF TODAY'S BEST HISTORY AUTHORS ...LINKS BELOW... all shows available at www.1001storiespodcast.com The Apple Podcast Link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 The Stitcher.com link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers is:: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=474955&refid=stpr. SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Welcome back everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, histories and mysteries. and today's Urban Legends Number 9 episode
0:37.3	Superstitions and Folklore
0:42.3	In addition to being a great song from Credence Clearwater, Bad Moon Rising, written by John Fog Fog Fog
0:48.9	in 1968 as a follow-up to Proud Mary, and inspired by the classic short story, The Devil and Daniel Webster.
0:57.5	The Bad Moon Rising, according to Fogarty, was a sign of impending Doom.
1:02.4	The Doom he was sure the band would be experiencing
1:04.8	if he didn't come up with another hit. Well the song made number one in the UK and
1:09.5	number two in the US that summer and CCR was off and running. So it's only natural that we would start
1:16.3	with Moon superstitions and there are quite a few. The Moon plays a big role in superstitions
1:22.4	and folklore.
1:24.0	Imagine how early civilizations were affected by lunar eclipses.
1:29.0	Something evil had to be going on to make the moon slowly disappear, so all kinds of sacred rights
1:35.0	had to be performed to bring it back. And no matter what they did or how many
1:39.5	virgins they sacrificed, it always worked, which kept witch doctors and shamans in business for centuries.
1:47.0	The name, Blood Moon, gathered a lot of attention back in 2014, 2015, when there was a lunar tetrad.
1:55.0	That was a rare occurrence of four consecutive total lunar eclipses occurring at
2:00.1	approximately six-month intervals. Some organizations attach religious
2:04.8	significance to this astronomical event, suggesting that it was a sign of the
2:09.0	end of times. The term Blood Moon was attributed to statements in the Bible.
2:15.0	For example, statements in the Acts of the Apostles 220 read,
2:20.0	The Sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the day of the Lord comes, that great and terrible day.
2:29.0	The blood moon is also featured in the revelation to John in passage 6 12 which states when he had opened the 6th
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