I have heard of scorned lovers giving wedding gifts that they have cursed or had cursed placed on them. I have also heard of people selling cursed items on ebay. People do believe in family Cursed Heirloom jewelry. I personally know of a simple in expensive necklace that all four daughters and their 6 daughters all worn and each ended up a widow. Also everyone knows especially large diamonds are cursed passed down through the generations. The Hope diamond, The Black Orlov are their stories true?

Many say whether you believe a curse or know that something is cursed for certain one should still beware of what they purchase or bring into their lives. There is as fine line investigators of the paranormal say between cursed and haunted. The same quarry could be implied for possessed objects such as real Voodoo Dolls and Zombie Spirit Bottles.

Are these objects cursed or haunted? That's what many leading paranormal experts and investigators are trying to discover. Do these many haunted items possess some evil strange power or energy that can be measured and justly documented. Are they intelligently motivated hauntings? The haunted possession of an object is further stigmatized by ones own beliefs and personal experiences. And the act of qualifying such as to what terms it should be categorized as is up to ones own subjection.

James Dean's car curse
In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky.

When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs.

Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had James Dean's driveshaft fitted to it.

When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire.

Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it's mount and broke a teenagers hip.

In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it's towbar and smashed through the front of a shop.

Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports.

Cursed objects are nothing new now a days, from James Dean's Cursed 1955 Porsche Spyder to The Cursed objects of King Tut's Tomb. A curse is the effective action of supernatural power, distinguished solely by the quality of adversity that it brings, else it would be considered a "charm" or a "blessing."

A curse may also be said to result from a spell or prayer, imprecation or execration, or other imposition by magic or witchcraft, asking that a god, natural force, or spirit bring misfortune to someone.

The forms of curses found in various cultures comprise a significant proportion of the study of both folk religion and folklore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse

A book curse was the most widely-employed and effective method of discouraging the thievery of manuscripts during the medieval period. It was one of these laws that copyright laws and penalties from plagiarism have descended from. Many of these curses vowed that harsh repercussions, often to do with religion, would be inflicted on anyone who appropriated the work from its proper owner. One example from a book in the monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona reads as follows:

For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain crying out for mercy, & let there be no surcease to his agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails ... when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him forever.

Most curses were scribed in the script's colophon.

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, edited by S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers was said to be cursed. Those who had a copy of it in their possession are still to this day said to be haunted and hurt by it's power. This interesting grimoire was published by S.L. Mathers in 1898, and a second edition was published in 1900 by J.M. Watkins, London. Aleister Crowley also considered it of great importance and underwent the operation described within and often noted to others that the copy he owned was haunted by the spirits it told of. Hence he deemed the books printed at the time possessed by an unseen power.

The Lesser Key Of Solomon or The Goetia the Lesser Key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton, Book 1 Clavicula Salomonis Regis was also said to doom those who just kept a copy on their bookshelf. Many said their life got better just by burning or giving the book away. Some say if a person was having a run bad luck the bookshelves would be search first, and if any suspect haunted or cursed volumes were discovered they would be removed and properly disposed of and the curse would be broken.

During the 1970's a haunted story tells that well known paranormal investigator became aware of such cursed volumes and set out to prove it was not true. The story goes that he changed his mind very quickly when one of the cursed books supposedly attacked him sending him to the hospital.

The Cursed Ring

A friend of mine bought a ring from another friend in the late1980's as a gift for his wife as their wedding ring. The large ring was in horrible shape and a large garnet was missing. He only paid $100.00 dollars for it he brought it to a jeweler to see if they could repair it and have it appraised. To his surprise the ring was valued at $3,000 dollars at the time even in the state of disrepair. He went back to the friend and told them this. The friend told him it was her wedding ring and her husband had bought it for her for the same amount in the 1960's and she said she did not want it because he died and when he did she smashed the ring to the present state it was in, fearing it was cursed and caused his death.

She also told him that that was exactly what he was told from the person he bought it from and it was in similar smashed condition when he purchased it originally. With the same story that a man had bought it and his wife had died three years after the wedding. And the same with the previous widow whose husband had died three years after the wedding. Isall this true? I can personally verify the two deaths associated with the ring being in those people possession. but not the previous before the woman he purchased it from.

The actual ring is said to be well over 200-300 years old or more. The setting of the diamonds and garnets dates it to the early 1700's. Many have tried it on and felt a strange feeling. It's beauty is captivating and mysterious. But is it really cursed? It is for sale... do you really want to buy it and find out for your self?

Not believing in curses the couple had it repaired and within 3 years of buying it the wife was dead. Coincidence? Cursed? My friend still has the ring he did not smash it and this happened over 15 years ago. He does not know whether to keep it, sell it or throw it away. For the right price he said he may part with it. But would of course tell the new owner his tragic haunted ring story.

The Cursed Ouija Board

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On 3/8/06 I woke up at 5:40 am, and I had an urge to use my homemade Ouija board at 6:00 am! I had my camcorder in the closet facing me. It was recording everything, to my dvd recorder with built-in 160 gb!. WHAT YOUR ABOUT TO SEE IS REALY HAPPENED, I SUGGEST THAT YOU DON'T TRY THIS AT ALL!
Johnny - 24 min - May 26, 2006

I am not sure how many of you out there have heard the many stories of possessed , cursed or haunted Ouija boards. And that if you burn a Ouiji Board you will hear horrible screams and you will die shortly there after. Some say it's an urban legend, others swear it's true.

Story, VIDEO, OUIJA photos by John Prato © 2006

I have had one paranormal Ouija® Parker Brothers INC. of Salem, Mass., USA experience, and one with my own handmade board that I will too soon never forget!

October of 2005 I went to the local Toys R' Us. I was there just enjoying myself looking around, and then I came to the game section and saw the Mystifying Oracle Ouija board game made popular by William Fuld stacked neatly on the shelf. Personally I didn't at the time know much about them, but I just knew it was supposed to be only just a game and nothing more. I read the box, the price was right so then I went and purchased it.

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I've watched my Ouija session more than 100 times at home from my dvd recorder! You could hear eerie sounds when the tape counter reaches 00:06 to 00:19 & 4:29 to 4:35 & ( 22:24 spirits screaming out ) & ( 23:35 to 23:38 spirits screaming out ) & 23:41 to 23:45 Most eerie sounds are low and some are louder than others! You have to listen carefully! You have to use headphones and increase the bass to really hear them! Those eerie sounds that you hear were from the spirit world!!!!

Haunted Cursed I Dream of Jeannie Bottle

In 1964 I Dream of Jeanie was a popular American sitcom with a fantasy premise. Produced by Screen Gems, it aired from 1965 to 1970 on NBC. The show starred Barbara Eden as Jeanie and Larry Hagman as Captain (later Major) Anthony Nelson.

My Jeannie bottle is painted differently from the actual Golden Vines design from the first season. In apperence it's almost a negative version of the original. I think thats what attracted me to it because I felt I wanted a one of a kind bottle. The ad even said pop the the cork you never know what's hiding inside, and they were right.

I've read about spirit bottles, and New Orleans real Zombie Bottles and I think thats just what I have here. I really don't know if the artist who painted it knew it was haunted or made the bottle haunted. After buying the bottle the person just disappeared off of ebay never to be found again.

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The Ring Cursed Videotape

The Ring Cursed Videotape is an item in the Ring cycle series of books and films. Seemingly a normal home-recorded videotape, the tape carries a curse that will kill anyone who watches it, within seven days. In the earlier Japanese films, it is explained as a traditional curse, though given a far greater explanation in later films and in the novels. The American and Korean versions largely follow that of the earlier Japanese explanations. The parody of the video used Scary Movie 3 is mostly based on the American version.

The "cursed video tape" plot device was initially used by Christopher Fowler in his 1990 novel Rune, and may have had its origins in an urban legend that sprang up during public concern over "video nasties" during the late 1980s.

In the original Japanese series, the tape is initially created by Sadako Yamamura. In the later Korean and American remakes, the tapes are created by Park Eun-Suh and Samara Morgan, respectively. The creator of the video in Scary Movie 3 is referred to only as Tabitha.

Robert The Doll

Some say he the Key West Doll is possessed. The reports show a sign of intelligence in his actions as compared to a repetitive action of a dooming curse.

Haunted dolls are anything but pleasant company! Especially Robert The Haunted Doll!

There is probably no one reading this who has not had a disturbing experience at one time or another involving that most simple and supposedly benign object, a child’s doll. Many believe the doll was cursed. Others say Robert The Doll it is possessed by an evil spirit.
Ask around at any party where the conversation turns to the supernatural and someone will inevitably pipe up with a creepy story about an encounter with a doll that seemed to have a life and will all its own. Invariably, the doll was the object of fear and loathing in someone’s home until the children were old enough to abandon such things. If they were lucky, the doll was given away – maybe it was passed on to some unfortunate cousin; if they weren’t so lucky, the doll was relegated to storage in the labyrinthine darkness of the attic where it often became to object of even more terror.

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THE HOPE DIAMOND: And Other Cursed Diamonds

Color, Cut, Clarity, Carat and Cursed!

Cursed objects are generally supposed to have been stolen from their rightful owners or looted from a sanctuary. The Hope Diamond is supposed to bear such a curse, and bring misfortune to its owner. The stories behind why these items are cursed vary, but they usually are said to bring bad luck or to manifest unusual phenomena related to their presence.

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CURSED BY THE DEVILS' CURSE

Cursed by the devil. Many Americans believe that serious forces are working against them? Do You?

Touched by evil, or just cursed by Satan? Many now a days believe that great demonic forces are at work mocking them every step of the way.

From Tarot Card Readers on Jackson Square in New Orleans to Mediums with crystal balls in New York store fronts, palmist and psychics and tea leave readers and coffee ground seers in California, perhaps on the phone or internet... How many people have heard they are cursed by an enemy or from some wrong they have committed, or from just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Should we believe it? Or should we move on and live our life untouched by the believing in the malediction we are rendered.

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ROBERT JOHNSON AND THE CROSSROADS CURSE
But in a strange twist of fate, some would say that the song is cursed. ... The devil promised to fulfill his dreams, thus Johnson traded his eternal soul.. Read more here. http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/cursed/