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A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some person, place, or object. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Man Proposes, God Disposes. Edwin Landseer's 1864 painting Man Proposes, God Disposes is believed to be haunted, and a bad omen. [6] According to urban myth, a student of Royal Holloway college once committed suicide during exams by stabbing a pencil into their eye, writing "The polar bears made me do it" on their exam paper. [7]
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A number of curses are used to explain the failures or misfortunes of specific sports teams, players, or even cities. For example: No first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship has successfully defended his title since the event was first held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 1977. This has been widely attributed to a Crucible ...
The curse of the pharaohs or the mummy's curse is a curse alleged to be cast upon anyone who disturbs the mummy of an ancient Egyptian, especially a pharaoh. This curse, which does not differentiate between thieves and archaeologists, is claimed to cause bad luck, illness, or death.
The Curse of Capistrano eventually sold more than 50 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling books of all time. While the rest of McCulley's Zorro stories did not enjoy the same popularity, as most of them were never reprinted until the 21st century, the character also appears in over 40 films and in ten TV series, the most famous ...
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice; The Curse of Bridge Hollow; The Curse of the Moon Child; Curse of Simba; The Curse of Sleeping Beauty; Curse of the Black Widow; Curse of the Blood; The Curse of the Cat People; The Curse of the Doll People; The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb; Curse of the Undead; The Curse of the Werewolf; Curse of the Witching Tree ...
The documentary series focuses on alleged curses that afflicted the production of notable horror/non-horror films. [9] Each episode focuses on a single film and includes interviews with individuals who worked on said films. [2] The series also includes interviews with journalists and film critics who comment on the alleged curses. [9] [3]