Top 10 Scary Ancient Curses That Claimed People’s Lives
Welcome back guys, my name is Danny Burke and today I have for you the Top 10 Scary
Ancient Curses That Claimed Peoples Lives.
Thats the title, now I imagine a lot of you guys are skeptics about wether or not curses
exist or they can kill people.
Thats fine.
I think I am too.
However, I invite you and everyone else to take a look at these mystifying stories of
people who died for unknown reason - and the only theories involve ancient curses.
Either way, its gonna be interesting - lets jump into our number 10 with King Tuts Curse.
This the legendary story of Tutankhamuns tomb - otherwise known as the Egyptian boy king.
In 1923, the tomb was discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.
The inscription at the enterance read -Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs
the peace of the King-.
They ignored the warning and entered to find untouched treasures that were quickly extracted
and sent to Museums. 6 weeks later, Lord Carnarvon died.
Over the next few years, things got really weird.
Relatives of the men died prematurely, their personal secretary was found dead in his bed
which drove his father to suicide.
In total there were 11 deaths that people attribute to the curse and the topic is still
discussed to this day …
Next up at number 9 we have Otzi The Iceman.
In 1991, scientists found the preserved body of 5,300 year old man in the alps on the Austrian-Italian
border.
Some people voiced concerns about moving the body but their concerns were ignored the interest
of scientific study.
In 2004, the hiker who discovered the body died from a fall.
One of the rescue team who found his body died from a heart attack just hours after
the funeral.
The pathologist who examined the body died in a car accident while the guide who led
him there died in an avalanche.
The head of the scientific team died of multiple sclerosis, the archaeologist died of a blood
disease while the documentary film maker died of a brain tumor.
A lot of people said that this is a normal amount of deaths given how big the team involved
was, others still maintain Otzis body should have never been disturbed, what do you guys
think?
Moving on to number 8 we have The Tomb.
In 1369, The Great Khan Timur of the Mongols reaked havoc across Asia and eastern Europe.
When he died in 1405, his tomb was sealed and covered with arabic text that read -When
I arise from the grave, the world will tremble- … fast forward over 500 years later and
the Soviet Union was looking to excivate the tomb and expand their archeological collection.
The locals warned them not too and said if the tomb of Timur was opened, a war will begin.
They removed Timurs skull on June 21st 1941 - the day after, on the 22nd, the Nazis attacked
Russia, dragging them into the WWII that would result in the deaths of over 20 million Russians
…
At the number 7 spot we have the Silver Basano Vase.
This 15th century silver case was given to an Italian bride as a wedding gift.
On her wedding night, she was found dying on the floor clutching the vase - her final
words were that she would return and seek vengeance.
After she died, the vase was passed down through the family, all of them dying under mysterious
circumstances.
Eventually, the vase was buried on sacred ground, only to be rediscovered in 1988.
Inside, a note simply said -Beware … this vase brings death- The warning was ignored
and the vase continued to be passed and sold between people, leaving a trail of death behind
it.
Eventually, the towns people refused to handle the vase.
The police apparently tried to find a museum to take it, but all of them refused.
So, they buried it.
The location of the vase is unknown, but now there are people out there looking for it
…
Next up at number 6 we have The Curse of King Casimir.
This 15th century Polish king who ruled over his kingdom for 45 years before dying in 1492.
His tomb was sealed and everyone in the kingdom barred from entering.
In 1973, 12 researchers opened up the tomb to excavate it.
Within just a few days, 4 of them were dead.
Over the next few years, the rest followed, falling one by one to cancer and other fatal
diseases.
In the end, 15 people who worked on the project were dead.
An investigation found that the cause was most likely a deadly fungus that had grown
in rotting, ancient tomb.
However, some people believe this was just the physical manifestation of a curse to protect
a kings sacred tomb …
Moving on to number 5 we have St Annes Well.
In 2016, archaeologists in England discovered St Annes well whos location had been lost
in time.
The well was visited by pilgrims who believed it was blessed with healings powers that could
cure their illnesses and diseases.
It carried with it a scary story from the past - at some point during the 16th century,
there was a dispute over the well between the monks who looked after it and a nearby
landowner.
They both claimed the well however it didnt matter, King Henry the 8th seized the well
and the priory from all of them.
The leader of the monks cursed the landowner and then died.
3 months later, the landowners son died of a strange illness and the landowner lost all
of his money.
A year later and he himself was found at the bottom of the well with his head smashed in.
At the number 4 spot we have The Crying Boys.
The story goes that not long after the 2nd world war, artist Bruno Amadio painted portraits
of Italian orphans as souvenirs for tourists.
Copies of the prints spread all over Europe including England where they were very popular.
In the 1980s, a spree of 50 house fires across England were mystifying investigators, one
of the only common themes was that most of them contained pictures of the crying boys.
Whats even stranger is that they survived remarkably well compared to other items in
the houses, sometimes they were completely untouched!
Some psychics claim that these pictures were haunted by the orphans themselves, who had
brought the misery and pain they suffered in life to the owners of their pictures …
At the number 3 spot now we have The Croesus Treasure.
In 1965, 5 villagers in Turkey found The treasure collection of King Croesus - over 350 gold
and silver objects.
They illegally sold many of the artifacts to a smuggler but instead of riches and happiness,
they were met with misery after misery.
After being arrested and charged by the police, on of the villagers lost 3 of his sons, one
of whom was murdered with his throat slit.
The villager himself was later paralyzed and then died.
Another villager went through a divorce followed by the suicide of his wife.
Another villager went clinically insane and only talked about how he hid 40 barrels of
gold somewhere.
Some people believe this was all a direct result of taking the treasure, and that the
curse will live on until they are returned to where they were found.
Next up at number 2 we have The Bjorketorp Runestone.
This runestone in Sweeden dates back 1500 years and is one of the tallest in the world.
There is an inscription written in a Proto-Nordic language that reads -I, master of the runes
conceal here runes of power.
Incessantly plagued by maleficence, doomed to insidious death is he who breaks this monument-
… so obviously, whoever wrote this doesnt want you to touch this thing.
The problem is though, weve only understood this language in recent times - for hundreds
of years, people had no idea what the inscription said.
Locals said say that one man tried to remove the rune stone by heating it with fire and
then cracking it with cold water.
After he lit the fire, a gust of wind blew it into a giant fireball which consumed the
man and left him burning to death alone …
And finally at number 1 we have The Woman From Lemb Statue.
This statue from Cyprus was found in Eastern Europe in 1878 and dated to 3,500 years old.
The first owner was Lord Elphont - he had a large family of 7 - all of them died within
6 years of him receiving the statue.
The rumour began that the statue was cursed, but that didnt stop a man called Ivor Manucci
from buying it.
He and his entire family died within 4 years.
The same happened to the next owner, Lord Thompson-Noel.
The statue vanished for a while but then surfaced in the hands of Sir Alan Biverbrook.
He, his wife and their two daughters died - it looked like his two sons might be next
to fall to the curse.
The sons decided to donate the statue to the Royal Scottish Museum - the museum curator
who handled it died within a year.
Now, it sits behind glass and hasnt been accused of any more deaths … or should I say yet
…
OK, thats done.
No more talk of ancient curses.
For real though, Im interested to know your thoughts on this, do you believe in curses?
Or do you think theres a logical explanation for everything weve talked about today?
Let me know, Im Danny Burke, thanks for watching and Ill see you all in the next video!