What Josh Clark has said about Film curses
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 9, 2026
Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Film curses 2 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on May 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Clark argued that accidents and deaths are bound to happen on film sets given the dangerous work, especially in the early days.
“Of course bad things happened on movie sets. Of course people died”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Can movies be cursed? (May 9, 2026) · Listen from 6:17
Clark explained that curse stories arise from discarding facts that do not support the narrative.
“when you start to put these things together and then you get rid of all of the things that don't support your point, you got a curse on your hands”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: Can movies be cursed? (May 9, 2026) · Listen from 8:35
Episodes
Selects: Can movies be cursed?Stuff You Should Know · May 9, 2026 · 52 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant examine supposedly cursed films, from Poltergeist and The Omen to The Conqueror and A Confederacy of Dunces, while debunking curses.
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