Cursed...ish

About Cursed...ish

Cursed...ish is a podcast about misfortune, mystery, and the stories we tell when bad luck stops feeling random. Have you ever thought, “I don’t believe in curses… but I feel cursed”? A project that keeps going wrong. A string of strange coincidences. A disaster that, in retrospect, feels almost inevitable. That’s when people start reaching for a bigger explanation. It’s not just bad luck, but something more sinister. Hosted by Daniel Stevens and Angela Mattes, Cursed...ish explores stories in which misfortune is framed as more than mere happenstance: as something malevolent, approaching the macabre with curiosity, skepticism, and the occasional dark joke. From King Tut and the Dybbuk Box to the Avada Kedavra, and even your favorite four-letter word, each episode pulls apart the history, folklore, and media hysteria surrounding the human impulse to explain chaos. Sometimes a curse is a supernatural claim. Sometimes it’s a metaphor. And sometimes it’s just what people tell themselves when the universe keeps kicking them in the teeth. Welcome to Cursed...ish.

Publisher

Daniel Stevens and Angela Mattes

Category

history · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Mar 2026

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   The Evil Eye - Ep. 37

   What if one dirty look could actually curse you? In this episode of Cursed...ish, Angela and Daniel dig into the Evil Eye, one of humanity’s oldest and most widespread supernatural beliefs: the idea that jealousy, envy, or even an overly admiring glance can bring illness, bad luck, and misfortune. The trail takes us from ancient Egyptian amulets and the Eye of Horus to the blue-and-white nazar, Italy’s cornicello, and protective symbols that have appeared across Jewish, Islamic, Christian, pa...

2. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Bloody Mary - Ep. 36

   What happens if you turn off the lights, stare into a mirror, and say “Bloody Mary” three times? In this episode of Cursed...ish, Daniel and Angela revisit one of the most enduring childhood urban legends: the Bloody Mary mirror ritual. They compare the rules they learned growing up and ask the surprisingly difficult question at the center of it all: Who exactly is Mary? The search leads from Queen Mary I of England and the origins of her infamous nickname to Mary Worth, Mary Whales, murdered...

3. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Black Cats - Ep. 35

   Why are black cats supposed to be bad luck? In this listener-requested episode of Cursed...ish, Angela and Daniel dig into the long, strange history of black cat superstition and how one extremely normal, extremely adorable animal became associated with witches, demons, bad omens, and Halloween. The trail leads back to medieval Europe, Pope Gregory IX, the Vox in Rama, and one truly unhinged description of a supposed satanic cult involving giant toads, mysterious pale men, a walking black cat...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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