Here's a look at common superstitions and the origins behind Friday the 13ths as Feb. 13, 2026, approaches.

Across cultures and centuries, these strange romantic superstitions have inspired everything from elbow-kissing to eating ...

In cultures that use this practice, people knock on wood to ward off bad luck, and welcome in wealth or fortune. In modern times, it's believed that if you knock on wood when making a statement about ...

Do you suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia? That is, a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th? If so, you're not the only one - apparently, President Franklin D. Roosevelt also suffered from it, ...

Not long ago, my cat, Alice, more affectionately known as “the marshmallow,” was taunting the dog and leading her on a chase through the house. She ran to her favorite “safe base” when they normally ...