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Cursed Objects : Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ocker, J. W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cursed objects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 2020.
- : Quirk Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Illustrated compendium telling the stories of real-life cursed objects from throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Cursed Under Glass
- The Hope Diamond
- Ötzi the Iceman
- M-aori Taonga
- The Tomb of Tutankhamen
- A Curse is Forever
- Muramasa Swords
- The Unlucky Mummy
- The Ring of Silvianus
- II. Cursed in the Graveyard
- The Black Aggie
- The Björketorp Runestone
- The Tomb of Timur
- The Black Angel
- How to Curse an Object
- The Gravestone of Carl Pruitt
- The Bronze Lady
- Shakespeare's Grave
- This Book is Cursed!
- III. Cursed in the Attic
- The Crying Boy Paintings
- The Baleroy Chair of Death
- The Dybbuk Box
- The Basano Vase
- Rudolph Valentino's Ring
- Robert the Doll
- That Voodoo that You Do so Well
- Busby's Stoop Chair
- The Conjured Chest
- IV. Cursed in Stone
- The Little Mannie with His Daddy's Horns
- The Cursing Stone
- The Monogram of Patrick Hamilton
- The Cursed Pillar
- No Cursed Stone Unreturned
- The Hexham Heads
- The Amber Room
- The Treasure of Cahuenga Pass
- V. The Business of Cursed Objects
- Annabelle the Doll and the Warren Collection
- John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal
- Blessed Objects
- Zak Bagans's the Haunted Museum
- The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and Occult
- Cursed on Ebay
- VI. Why Aren't These Objects Cursed?
- The Mummified Head of the Düsseldorf Vampire
- The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull
- The Miniature Coffins of Arthur's Seat
- Hollywood Hexes
- The Skin Book of James Allen
- The Antikythera Mechanism
- VII. The Curse in the Machine
- The Prague Orloj
- The Hungarian Suicide Song
- James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder
- 0888-888-888
- The Berzerk Video Game Cabinet
- Chain eMails
- The Science of Cursed Objects
- Epilogue
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-68369-237-3
- OCLC:
- 1158505843
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