- Whether it's simply bad luck
or a very bad choice made on their part,
curses have been known to cost people dearly.
But while some are destined to never find love
or financial success, others have a far worse experience,
and ultimately pay the ultimate price.
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Here are 10 cursed people who met terrible fates.
Number 10 is the Bjorketorp Runestone
Created in the sixth century,
one of the world's tallest runestones,
the Bjorketorp Runestone stands in Blekinge, Sweden
and has a curse attached to it.
One that's so powerful a warning
was actually inscribed on it in order to save lives.
The message which was translated from Proto-Norse language
says, "I, master of the runes, conceal here runes of power
"incessantly plagued by maleficence
"doomed to insidious death is he who breaks this monument."
Basically it says anyone who breaks it
will pay with their life.
An unidentified man once actually tried
to remove the runestone, heating it up fire
before using cold water to crack it.
But as he built the fire a sudden gust of wind
came out of nowhere and sent the flames
to the man's clothing where he swiftly burned to death.
Number nine is the Kennedy Curse.
Apparently just being a member of a particular family
can lead you to being cursed.
Such was the case with one
of America's most famous families, the Kennedys.
There have been so many tragedies within the Kennedy family
that it's hard not to think that they were cursed.
John F. Kennedy's assassination is surrounded
by some of the most famous conspiracy theories on the planet
but before he died in 1963 his brother, Joseph Jr
and sister Kathleen were both killed
in separate plane crashes
which took place four years apart.
In 1968 his younger brother, Robert was assassinated
and his sons died of a drug overdose and a skiing accident.
Finally, JFK Jr., his wife and sister-in-law
all died in yet another plane crash in 1999.
Ted Kennedy once said in a public testimony
that the curse did hang over the Kennedys
and it turns out he was right.
Number eight is the 27 Club.
It turns out being famous and a certain age
could mean that you're cursed.
For an unsettling example simply look
at the 27 Club.
A group of popular musicians, actors and other artists
who all had one thing in common.
Their lives ended when they were just 27 years old.
This awful curse has taken a number of talented individuals
from this world.
Between 1969 and 1971 the word lost Jimi Hendrix,
Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones.
The founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones,
all of whom were 27.
Of course the curse didn't end there
with Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and actor Anton Yelchin
from the rebooted Star Trek films all passing on.
All at the age of 27.
Now, some claim that the club is pure fiction
and that all of these deaths are simply a coincidence,
however 27 remains a feared age among artists.
Number seven is Jean Gordon.
After suffering a broken neck due to a car accident
General George S. Patton Jr. died
on December 21st, 1945.
Regarded as one of the most successful field commanders
of any war involving the United States
Patton left behind a heroic legacy
but also one of infidelity.
Soon after he was buried his wife, Beatrice
summoned her half-sister's daughter, Jean Gordon
to her hotel room in Boston, Massachusetts.
Almost immediately upon arriving Beatrice pointed at Gordon
and declared, "May the great worm gnaw your vitals
"and may your bones rot joint by little joint."
This was a curse the widow had learned in Hawaii
and she cast it because of an affair Gordon had had
with her late husband.
A few days later Jean Gordon was found dead
in a friend's apartment having taken her own life
with no explanation as to why.
Number six is Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
In late July of 2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
went on record as saying, "I am never frightened
"about this sort of thing.
"Not in the past and not now."
He was referring to a threat to his life
that, like many others, he didn't really feel was genuine.
That threat was an ancient Jewish death curse
that had been called forth by a group
of around 20 extremists.
On July 22nd, 2005 after it was established
that actually assassinating Sharon was nearly impossible
due to his security, Rabbi Yosef Dayan
stood in a cemetery and presided over a Pulsa deNura,
a ceremony in which God or the angel of destruction
is urged to strike down the target.
Just five month later Ariel Sharon
suffered a stroke which left him
in a permanent vegetative state
until he passed away on January 11th, 2014
giving the radicals exactly what they wanted.
Number five is The Guinness Family.
The incredible famous family behind the beer
that redefined St. Patrick's Day
is also one that many believe is plagued
by a deadly curse and the facts seem to back up that idea.
Arthur Guinness established the Guinness Brewery
in 1759, the year the curse started taking hold.
Of the 21 children Arthur fathered,
10 passed away during the rise of the company.
Then following his death on January 23rd, 1803
his descendants began experiencing hardships
including poverty, alcoholism and mental illness.
Several of them took their own lives
while others died due to being addicted
to drugs or alcohol.
And the most recent victim of the curse
was Robert Hesketh, who married into the Guinness family
and died due to a heart attack in 2005.
It seems the more successful the company is
the more tragedy the family befalls.
Number four is John Richardson, "The Omen."
Released on June 6th, 1976 or 666 as it was marketed
"The Omen" is a horror film that was supernatural
both on and off screen.
It's said that Satan himself cursed that movie,
a notion that was backed up through all of the bizarre
and terrifying events surrounding it.
Multiple planes carrying crew members
were struck by lightening.
Actor Gregory Peck's son committed suicide
just prior to filming
and the hotel that one producer was staying at
was bombed by the IRA.
Special effects designer, John Richardson
who created the famous scene in which
the character is beheaded was involved
in a car accident
which wound up decapitating his assistant, Liz Moore.
Crawling from the wreck, Richardson was greeted
by a sign pointing to Ommen, which was 66.6 kilometers away.
Number three is The 5th Earl of Carnarvon.
On November 26th, 1922
King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered
after more than 3000 years
unleashing a curse on all who took part in disturbing it.
The first person to meet their maker to it
was a man who funded the excavation,
the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, George Herbert.
On March 19th, 1923 Lord Carnarvon suffered a bite
from a mosquito which he soon after tore open
with a razor while shaving.
This resulted in the earl contracting blood poisoning
which claimed his life just over two weeks later
on April 5th.
A number of people came forward claiming
that they predicted Carnarvon's death
and that it was imminent, including Arthur Weigall
who, after seeing the earl enter the tomb
laughing and joking, said that he would die in six weeks
which was exactly spot on.
Upon Carnarvon's death it was said
that every light in his house went out.
Number two is Otzi.
On September 19th, 1991 a pair of German tourists
were hiking in the Alps along the Austrian Italian border
when they discovered a frozen body in the ice.
Named after the Otztal section of the Alps
where it was found, Otzi or the Iceman
lived around the year 3300 BCE
making him the oldest known natural human mummy in Europe.
Like many ancient mummies found before it
this specimen wasn't happy with being disturbed
and carries with it a deadly curse.
Seven people have lost their lives
to Otzi's curse.
Four of them in violent accidents.
In 2004 one of the men who discovered the remains,
Helmut Simon fell to his death
when a sudden blizzard struck him
while he was hiking near the very place
that he found Otzi.
Perhaps he should've just left the mummy alone.
And number one is the Russian Royal Family.
During the early morning of December 30th, 1916
Russian mystic and healer of the monarchy,
Grigori Rasputen was assassinated
by people loyal to the royal family.
It turned out that ending Rasputen's life
was rather difficult
and it's said that after he showed no signs
of being affected by the consumption
of poison laced cakes and wines
he was shot three times.
Once at close range in the forehead and sliced open.
His body was then tossed off of a bridge
into the Malaya Nevka River
to drown should he return to life once more.
However while all of this was happening to him
Rasputen was said to have cursed the Romanovs
proclaiming that the royal family
would all be dead within a year.
His curses apparently held some weight
as the entire family was executed
less than a year after Rasputen's curse was cast.