File under:
monster-hunters doing it wrong: there are certain things you can burn to get rid of demons,
but hats are not among them.
(ETA:
HOLD THE PHONE. This requires further Googling. I mean research.)
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Victorian people ask, "Hat burning, what's up with that?")
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Journal I can't access says it cures deformity and gives good luck.)
A lot of these stories are depressing, highlighting terrible aspects of the human condition or detailing sad events, but this story of a church thief in Munich?
Is just freaking great.