triskaidekaphobia (noun)

1. On Friday the 13th of October 1307, thousands of Knights Templar were arrested in France, marking a significant event in the history of triskaidekaphobia.

2. In the anime series 'Another', a character named Mei Misaki is shunned by her classmates due to their triskaidekaphobia.

3. Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' explores the theme of triskaidekaphobia through the narrator's obsession with the number 13 and its impact on his sanity.

4. The horror movie 'Thir13en Ghosts' takes advantage of triskaidekaphobia by incorporating supernatural creatures representing each of the thirteen numbers in a haunted house.