A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities such as Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s death-car, a deadly opal ring, and a drunkard’s chair.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 20, 2018
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities , Archduke Franz Ferdinand , cursed car of Sarajevo , cursed cars , cursed objects , cursed ring , haunted chair , haunted objects , hoodoo gems , hoodoo objects , Hope Diamond , Prince Henry of Prussia , unlucky objects
The story of the Bambino/Buddha of Burmah, a story of a “cursed” religious statue.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 1, 2015
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged bambino , British Museum mummy , Buddha , Burma , Christ Child , cursed mummy , cursed objects , cursed statue , Lady Dorothy Nevill
