I HAVE GINGERVITIS AND MY POWERS ARE FADING: Strange Beliefs About Redheads | #COTU

I HAVE GINGERVITIS AND MY POWERS ARE FADING: Strange Beliefs About Redheads | #COTU

Author: Darren Marlar | Weird Darkness September 20, 2026 Duration: 37:28
A cartoon says I have no soul, a hair-dye company says I'm going extinct, and a folklorist in Illinois says you should rub my head. I've been a redhead for fifty-seven years, and this is what the world thinks about me… and what God thinks of me. Oh, and you too if you are a redhead, a Ginger, a copper top, or whatever other moniker you've been tagged with due to your hair color.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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