Friday the 13th is a rare date, and whether you consider it cursed, lucky, or just aggressively dramatic, it’s at least a mentionable high-strangeness day on the calendar. This list is purely for fun — we neither condone nor condemn any chaos you may or may not unleash. All activities are performed at your own risk, preferably with a sense of humor and solid health insurance.

Grab your lucky charm - there is probably no date in history more notorious for bad luck, superstitions, and freak accidents than Friday the 13th! But is fear of Friday the 13th really irrational? For centuries history has recorded many terrible and unfortunate things centered around the number 13, and a surprising number of those occurrences have fallen specifically on Friday the 13th. Does Friday the 13th actually hold a supernatural power of misfortune, or has the power of persuasion triggered us to believe in superstition? Here are 13 unfortunate occurrences that may just prove Friday the 13th is an unlucky day!