Top 10 CURSES that Actually KILLED

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Top 10 Curses, Cursed Objects, Celebrity Curses, Cursed Artifacts and more that KILLED in Real Life. Unexplainable horribly malevolent patterns associated with some...thing...of what should normally only be caused by coincidence point towards the existence of what we can only explain by labeling that thing as being cursed. The Curse of Thomas Busby’s Chair) In 1702 in North Yorkshire, England, notorious drunkard and coin forger, Thomas Busby bludgeoned his father-in-law to death with a hammer, all because Busby had come home to discover the man seated in Busby’s favorite chair. As Busby was led to the gallows to be hanged, it is said he cursed anyone who chose to sit in his chair, forever more. The Superman Curse) Sometimes there’s no happy ending for the people who make our favorite movies. The Superman movies are the perfect example, as five of the men who played the title character are now dead, some of them under terribly tragic circumstances. The Poltergeist Curse) Another movie with a tortured past is the Poltergeist series. Between the years of 1982 – the date of the first film – and 1988 – the date of the third and final film – four actors featured in the movies died, some under terrible circumstances. The Curse of the Basano Vase) Crafted from silver in the 15th century, the Basano vase was a wedding gift to a young Italian maiden on her wedding night. Murdered before she could be married, the young woman died clutching the vase and promised to return after death and exact her revenge. The vase was passed down through her family, and each person met an untimely end until the vase was finally buried to end the curse. According to legend, there was a slip of paper inside the vase that warned anyone who uncovered the deadly gift that it carried a terrible curse. The Hope Diamond) Weighing in at over 45 carats, the Hope Diamond is world renowned not just for its brilliant blue color, but also for the trail of death that has accompanied its unfortunate owners. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier reportedly acquired the stone in India in the 1600s by stealing the massive blue diamond from its home – as one of the eyes of a sacred statue of a goddess in a Hindu temple. Cursed by the Hindu gods, the Hope Diamond has been recut from its original weight of more than a hundred carats and has also been reset numerous times over the years, though the curse hasn’t changed. The Curse of the Lost Dutchman Mine) When Spanish Conquistadors arrived in the area in the 1500s, the land was occupied by the Apache Indians. Lured by tales of untold riches, the Conquistadors searched for the legendary source, despite being warned by the Apaches that the Thunder God would curse anyone who trespassed on sacred ground. The Cursed Phone Number) No one would ever suspect a phone number of bearing a curse, and when Bulgarian Vladimir Grashnov, CEO of Mobitel, was issued the number 0888-888-888 for the very first time, he probably though he was lucky. He would soon discover that his days were limited. The Curse of Tutankhamen’s Tomb) The first to fall after King Tut’s tomb was opened in 1922 was Lord Carnarvon, the financial backer of the enterprise. A mere mosquito bite led to eventual blood poisoning, and killed Lord Carnarvon within a matter of weeks. From there, the legend spread, eventually culminating in eleven deaths commonly attributed to the powerful curse. The Curse of James Dean’s Porsche) It was love at first sight when James Dean met his new Porsche 550 Spyder while he was filming Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. He had the car, affectionately dubbed Little, customized, and when he showed it off to fellow actor Alex Guinness, Dean was warned by Guinness that the car was “sinister.” Guinness went so far as to tell Dean, “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Dean was killed in the Porsche seven days later. The Curse of the Crying Boy) Beginning in the mid 1980s in England, reports of a series of terrible events began to circulate. Firefighters across the country reported as many as fifty instances in which a house burned to the ground, and the only trace left behind? A print of a painting, known as The Crying Boy, always left strangely untouched by the deadly flames. Even attempts to deliberately set fire to the print have been unsuccessful, causing speculation that a flame retardant coating may have shielded the widely distributed prints.