Bake 45 minutes, remove from oven, pour butter over the top (nudge the edges with a knife as you pour so it goes in and around loaf). Bake 15 minutes more. Email [email protected] .

The residents of the village of Pont-Saint-Esprit, in southeast France, still call it le pain maudit, or "cursed bread."In 1951, hundreds of people suddenly fell victim to insanity and hallucinations.