The painting of a young stern-faced girl with piercing eyes was even given a label warning: “Possibly cursed.” It was among half-a-dozen pictures donated by a grey-haired man at the Hastings Advice Representation Centre in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The shop boss said it was bought by...

I heard the story from my grandmother's friend. In the 17th century, due to the war involving Jurchen and revolters, Chinese population sharply decreased, particularly in the southwest inland area of China. As a result, many people who lived in the coastal line were forced to be relocated to...

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I couldn't find a general thread on the Mummy's Curse so here it is. http://www.ncbuy.com/news/2004-05-24/1009681.html A bit of a non-story but we'll just have to await the first deaths............ Emps

Thought this small bit of Chicago folklore would be in interesting addition...follow the link wgnradio.com/shows/williams_john/links.htm Link dead https://web.archive.org/web/20031211134417/wgnradio.com/shows/williams_john/links.htm Archived version via Wayback Machine

Family curse? Meaningless coincidence? Continuation of the mop-up operation after 1963? http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/07/09/klein.cnna/index.html

Queen Mums Diamond Does anyone else find that warning funny, the bit about only God or a woman can wear it with impunity? It seemed a lot funnier when I only read it, now I typed it out.. bah humbug. :monster: - Mr Dead

Does it work or does 'Voodoo Lu,' you know who he is, knock out thousands of rag-dolls with dress pins in them for over a tenner to fund his tequila habit? I bought one once and although an amusing manual, I hardly became Samantha from Bewitched. I believe most of these incantations one reads...