Friday The 13th Superstitions

MYFOXNY.COM - Do you suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia? What? You don't know what that is?   It's the fear of Friday the 13th, and if you have it, you might be under the covers right now.

Stay away from black cats and ladders, your mom might tell you. They are just some Friday The 13th Superstitions.  But will you listen?

If you don't, you might first want to consider that paraskavedekatriaphobia might trace all the way back to October 1307 , when on Friday the 13th, French King Philip IV rounded up hundreds of monks and tortured them into admitting a variety of heresies.

Modern History (hauntedbay.com)

Below is a list (hauntedbay.com) of some other unfortunate events that took place on Friday the 13th.

• July 1951: The Great Flood killed 24 people, destroyed more than 2 million acres of land in Kansas and caused $760 million in damage.

• March 1964: The "Good Friday" earthquake wasn't actually so good. It remains the largest earthquake in North American history, killing 131 people near Prince William Sound.

• July 1987: An F4 tornado ripped through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and injuring at least 300.

• March 1992: An earthquake killed nearly 2,000 people and left 50,000 homeless in Turkey.

Fame and (Mis)Fortune (hauntedbay.com)

These people weren't so lucky on Friday the 13th:

• Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas on a Friday the 13th.

• Al Capone was sentenced to prison on a Friday the 13th.

• Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, died on a Friday the 13th.

• Hubert Humphrey, the 38th Vice President of the United States, died on a Friday the 13th.

More Friday The 13th Facts (hauntedbay.com)

• In a traditional hangman's noose there are 13 twists of the rope and 13 steps to the gallows.

• Many buildings don't count their 13th floors. You'll see on their elevators that the numbers skip from 12 to 14.

• There is no 13th Avenue in San Francisco, instead Funston Avenue is between 12th and 14th Avenues.

• In Formula 1 racing, there is no car with the number 13. The number has been removed after two drivers were killed in crashes, both driving cars numbered 13.

• Killers Charles Manson, Saddam Hussein, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Theodore Bundy, and Jack The Ripper each have 13 letters in their names.
  
  And since it's Friday, we have to keep it light and give you a YouTube clip to watch. This one is of a Nike commercial that uses "Friday the 13th" killer Jason Voorhees' likeness.  No Friday The 13th Superstions here, please.

Nike Commercial