Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President
Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President  
Podcast: Ridiculous History
Published On: Thu Feb 15 2024
Description: As curses go, Tecumseh's is, according to the legend, ridiculously specific. Every US President elected in a year divisible by twenty is doomed to meet misfortune, ruin and possibly death in office. But how did this curse acquire such purported specificity? In part two of this special two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore how the curse entered popular culture, as well as the examples true believers point to as evidence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.