Knights Templar Dawn Raid Game
Play the interactive game based on the dawn raid on the Knights Templar. Experience the historic events and challenges of this medieval arrest.
The roots of the rumor
The math and calendar magic
Global flavors of bad luck
The science of superstition
today After crashing a Valhalla banquet, Loki tricked the blind god Höðr into killing his brother Balder with a mistletoe arrow.
In the Norse myth of the unlucky thirteenth guest, what weapon was used to kill the beloved god Balder?
According to Norse mythology, which god was tricked by Loki into accidentally killing his own brother at a banquet of thirteen?
today Friday crucifixion combined with thirteen table guests created a double omen of bad luck.
On which day of the week is Jesus historically believed to have been crucified, cementing its reputation as an unlucky day?
In Christian tradition, who is widely considered to be the unlucky thirteenth guest at the Last Supper?
The Thirteen Club: At their meetings, members of the 19th-century Thirteen Club ate lobster salad shaped like coffins and drank from skull-shaped cups to mock bad luck.
today Decode the secret arrest warrants to discover why Friday the 13th became so unlucky.
Who was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar arrested during the sudden raids on Friday, October 13, 1307?
Which French monarch ordered the sudden, simultaneous arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307?
A widely held but irrational belief in supernatural forces or the calling of good or bad luck. Some trace this belief to the mass arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
today The Thirteen Club
Walk under ladders, spill all the salt, The Thirteen Club is here!
Which future U.S. president was a famous member of the Thirteen Club, which mocked superstitions?
In what year did Captain William Fowler host the very first meeting of the superstition-defying Thirteen Club?