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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-05-09

Books mentioned on Selects: Can movies be cursed?

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First of all, movies can't be cursed because curses aren't real. However, that can't stop Josh and Chuck from taking a look at some movies throughout history that have had a disturbing number of bad things surrounding their production and release.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

    Bathroom Readers' Institute · at 22:34

    Uncle John's Bathroom Reader by the Bathroom Readers' Institute is a long-running, highly popular series of trivia and bathroom entertainment compendiums filled with thousands of fascinating short facts and anecdotes.

    Discussed
    “I learned this years ago from the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, and I looked into it, and I think it actually may be correct.”
    Chuck Bryant Selects: Can movies be cursed? 2026-05-09 Listen at 22:34
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. A Confederacy of Dunces

    John Kennedy Toole · at 44:02

    John Kennedy Toole's classic comic masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces, chronicles the misadventures of Ignatius J.

    Discussed
    “The first one is a Confederacy of Dunces, the film adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's book um I guess novel.”
    Josh Clark Selects: Can movies be cursed? 2026-05-09 Listen at 44:02
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible