- The concept of curses, the expressed wish
that misfortune befalls another person has been around
as far back as documented history has existed.
For some, they're nothing more than the stuff of legends,
but for others, it costs them those that they love.
The curses I'm going to tell you about today
were documented in their entirety.
They've not only killed people,
but the circumstances in which they occurred
would make even the most skeptical person a believer.
But, I'll let you decide for yourself.
Are these mere coincidences or are they something more?
These are 10 Real Life Curses That Actually Killed People.
Number one is the 27 Club Curse.
The 27 Club is the name given to a group
of famous musicians who have all died
at the young age of 27.
Some well-known members of this club include Jim Morrison,
Janice Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones,
Amy Winehouse, and of course, Jimi Hendrix.
But, that is far from all.
There are, in fact, a total of 50 members of the 27 Club
dating as far back as 1892.
The 27 Club continues to collect members to this day
with the most recent addition being
a famous Bosnian pop singer named Sladana Guduras
who crashed her car and died in December of 2014.
So, if you're a musician, and you're 27
or approaching the age of, good luck.
Number two is the My Way Curse.
The My Way Curse, also known as the My Way Killings,
is a social phenomenon in the Philippines
linked to the song My Way by Frank Sinatra.
Oddly, since 2002, there have been an inordinate amount
of deaths linked to this song related
to karaoke performances of the Sinatra classic.
Now, this almost sounds silly until you realize
that news media outlets worldwide have documented
and reported on this including, of course,
the Philippines themselves.
Even the widely-respected New York Times
had to ask the question, "Are these killings
"the natural byproduct of the country's culture
"of violence, drinking and machismo,
"or is there something more inherently sinister
"going on here?"
The problem became so bad that the majority
of bars in the country had to actually remove
the My Way song from their karaoke machines.
And, in fact, the song remains banned
in many bars to this day.
Number three is Otzi The Iceman's Curse.
Otzi is an over-5,000-year-old mummy
that was discovered encased within a glacier
in the Otztal Alps in 1991.
Now, normally that would only be mildly creepy
except that since his discovery, all seven people
involved with discovering and examining Otzi
have died under mysterious circumstances.
One forensic pathologist died in a car crash
while traveling to a world summit where he was going
to give a talk on, you guessed it, Otzi.
The man who initially discovered the frozen mummy
disappeared for eight days only to be found dead
after having fallen off a cliff.
Another man, who was part of the team,
was quoted in the news as saying,
"The next thing you will say is that I will be next."
He died six months later.
Otzi's body and belongings are currently displayed
in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy.
It's open to the public, and yes, you yourself
can go visit him if you're feeling brave enough.
Number four is Little Bastard the Cursed Car.
James Dean was a famous American actor
best-known for his role in Rebel Without a Cause from 1955.
His favorite car was his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder
which he nicknamed Little Bastard.
When he first saw it, fellow actor Sir Alec Guinness,
best-known for his role as Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars,
said that he felt that the car seemed sinister
and warned Dean that if he got in that car,
he would be dead within a week.
Literally, seven days later, James Dean was killed
in a car wreck while driving that car.
But, the curse did not stop there.
Since then, many people who have come into contact
with the car have been severely injured or killed.
Two men named Troy McHenry and William Eschrid
were racing each other in cars
that had parts of Little Bastard in them
including the engine and drivetrain.
Troy's car smashed into a tree killing him instantly
before William's rolled severely injuring him.
But, in perhaps the strangest twist
of events since these incidents,
the car has vanished and its current whereabouts
is still unknown.
Good luck next time you're looking for a used car.
I'm sure it's going to be fine.
Number five is Timur's Tomb Curse.
King Timur is historically known for his great conquests
across Persia and Russia from 1370 to 1405,
which resulted in the deaths of approximately
17 million people.
Upon his death, he was laid to rest in Uzbekistan
with the words engraved on his tomb,
"When I arise, the world will tremble."
Hundreds of years later, in 1941, Joseph Stalin,
the leader of the Soviet Union, sent archeologists
to exhume Timur's body.
Just 24 hours after opening his tomb,
the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa
and invaded the USSR.
After an entire year, and 7.5 million Soviet deaths,
Timur was eventually returned to his resting place
just in time to see the Nazis surrender at Stalingrad.
Number six is King Tut's Curse.
Perhaps the most famous curse known today
involves the discovery and opening
of Egyptian King Tutankhamen's tomb.
The tomb was opened on November 29, 1922,
and not long after, several members of the discovery team,
including the chief financier for the excavation died.
A total of eight people involved in King Tut's discovery
lost their lives in mysterious and bizarre ways,
including severe fever, asphyxiation, arsenic poisoning
and infected mosquito bites.
Number seven is the Cursed Phone Number.
In one of the most bizarre cases of an alleged curse,
every single person who has ever owned
the Cursed Phone Number 0888-888-888 has died.
The phone number was created in 2001
by a Bulgarian mobile phone company called Mobitel
and was used by the owner and CEO of the company
until he died of cancer the same year.
The number was then transferred to a mob boss
who was shot and killed while out for dinner in 2003.
Ultimately, the last person to have the number
was a Bulgarian businessman who was also shot and killed
while out for dinner in 2005.
Because of these uncanny and morbid coincidences,
which many attribute to the phone number,
Mobitel has since put the number on an indefinite suspension
so that it can do no more harm to those you use it.
Number eight is the Curse of Tippecanoe.
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811
which saw the defeat of Native American leader Tecumseh
by American President William Henry Harrison.
Shockingly, every 20 years since,
almost every president has died in either a terrible
or unnatural way all starting with Harrison
who died of pneumonia in 1840.
The next cursed president was Abraham Lincoln
who was elected in 1860 and was assassinated.
James A. Garfield, who was elected in 1880,
and William McKinley in 1900,
were both assassinated as well.
Lastly, John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960
and was assassinated.
It's said that the last president to have been affected
by the curse, but who survived it, was Ronald Reagan
who just barely survived an assassination attempt on him
after he was elected in 1980.
Number nine is the Nepalese Royal Family Curse.
The Nepalese monarchy was said to be cursed long ago
when the first king of Nepal offended
a yogi named Gorakhnath.
The yogi declared that the monarch's family's reign
would end after only 10 generations on the throne.
Now, these words may not have held much value
except for the fact that exactly 200 years later,
on June 1, 2001, the Nepalese Crown Prince Dipendra
armed with multiple machine guns murdered his mother,
his father and seven other members of the royal family
before eventually turning the guns on himself.
Dipendra was the 10th generation to be crowned king.
And number 10 is The Omen Curse.
The infamous 1975 movie about the Antichrist
was said to be more than just a scary movie.
Death and misfortune plagued the set during production.
Just a few weeks before filming started,
lead actor Gregory Peck's son committed suicide.
Three of the film crew were on separate planes
that were all struck by lightening,
and during another flight, a private plane used for the film
crashed on a populated road killing everyone aboard
and on the road.
But, perhaps the strangest occurrence happened
when two special effect artists were involved
in a car crash.
In one of the most chilling instances,
one of the artists, who was decapitated,
met his end close to a nearby sign
that read Ommen 66.6 kilometers.
Just something to think about next time
you want to watch this move.
So, 10 Real Life curses That Killed People.
Were these merely coincidence,
or do you think that there's something more?
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