Summary: This episode explores some of the curious lore surrounding babies born with “the caul”- part of the amniotic sac that occasionally covers a newborn’s head and shoulders at birth. The power of the caul was rumored to prevent drowning, bring good fortune (or bad), predict the weather, endow the caul-bearer with the gift of foresight, and turn people into witches, vampires, and sorcerers.<br>
