While trying to learn which marriage and fertility superstitions lead to a happy life, George discovers what might have gone wrong with his own failed marriage.

To learn about food superstitions and their origins, George takes to the high seas, confronts alligators, and has an experience he never expected when he agrees to hunt for his dinner in the backwoods of Missouri.

In trying to reveal the difference between religion and superstition, George uncovers some of life's great secrets.

George visits the Las Vegas Strip and Wall Street to learn if lucky charms and strange rituals can actually help fatten one's wallet.

George tries to communicate with a recently departed friend to learn if there are invisible souls, spirits, or life after death.

George goes head-to-head with professional boxers, baseball stars and football fanatics to try to uncover the truth behind some of sports' greatest superstitions.