Cursed Objects Complete Bibliography

I. Cursed Under Glass The Hope Diamond Kurin, Richard. Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem. New York: Collins, 2006. McLean, Evalyn Walsh. Father Struck It Rich. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1936. Melina, Remy. “Sinister Sparkle Gallery: 13 Mysterious & Cursed Gemstones.” Live Science, February 10, 2012. https://www.livescience.com/18407-mysterious-cursed-gems-diamonds.html. Lovejoy, Bess. “8 Supposedly Cursed Gems.” Mental Floss, updated October 16, 2019. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68465/8-supposedly-cursed-gems. Smithsonian Institution. “The Hope Diamond.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond.

Ötzi the Iceman BBC News. “Death Renews Iceman ‘Curse’ Claim.” November 5, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4409512.stm. Hall, Stephen S. “Unfrozen.” National Geographic, November 2011. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/11/iceman-autopsy Marks, Kathy. “Curse of the Oetzi the Iceman Strikes Again.” Independent, November 5, 2005. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/curse-of-the-oetzi-the-iceman-strikes-again- 324955.html. South Tyrol Museum of Archaology. “Ötzi the Iceman.” Accessed November 2019. http://www.iceman.it/en/the-iceman.

Māori Taonga Ash, Julie. “Te Papa Tapu Advice ‘Can Be Ignored.’” Dominion Post, October 13, 2010. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4225775/Te-Papa-tapu-advice-can-be-ignored. Best, Elsdon. The Maori as He Was: A Brief Account of Maori Life as It Was in Pre-European Days. Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1934. Retrieved from New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BesMaor.html. Chapman, Paul. “New Zealand Museum Tells Pregnant Women to Stay Away.” Telegraph, October 12, 2010. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8058243/New- Zealand-museum-tells-pregnant-women-to-stay-away.html. McBreen, Kim. “The Tapu of Taonga and Wāhine in a Colonised Land.” He Hōaka, February 26, 2011. http://starspangledrodeo.blogspot.com/2011/02/tapu-of-taonga-and-wahine-in- colonised.html. Mitira, Tiaki Hikawera. Takitimu. Wellington: Reed Publishing, 1972. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MitTaki.html. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. “Our History.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/what-we-do/our-history.

The Tomb of Tutankhamen Charleston, L. J. “Incredible True Story of the Life and Death of the ‘Boy-King.’” Herald Sun, January 5, 2019. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/incredible-true-story-of-the-life-and- death-of-the-boyking/news-story/50993628530a99d58514dc69a25abe2b. Luckhurst, Roger. The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012 Meier, Allison C. “Was It Really a Mummy’s Curse?” JSTOR Daily, August 22, 2019. https://daily.jstor.org/was-it-really-a-mummys-curse.

A Curse Is Forever Balfour, Ian. Famous Diamonds. New York: Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008. BBC News. “‘Cursed’ Black Diamond on Display.” September 20, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4262862.stm. Lovejoy, Bess. “8 Supposedly Cursed Gems.” Mental Floss, updated October 16, 2019. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68465/8-supposedly-cursed-gems. Melina, Remy. “Sinister Sparkle Gallery: 13 Mysterious & Cursed Gemstones.” Live Science, February 10, 2012. https://www.livescience.com/18407-mysterious-cursed-gems-diamonds.html.

Murasama Swords Baseel, Casey. “Amazing Exhibition of Japan’s Legendary ‘Cursed Katana’ Is Going On Right Now.” SoraNews24, September 23 2016. https://soranews24.com/2016/09/23/amazing- exhibition-of-japans-legendary-cursed-katana-is-going-on-right-now. ———. “Scholars Confirm First Discovery of Japanese Sword from Master Bladesmith Masamune in 150 Years.” SoraNews24, September 9, 2014. https://soranews24.com/2014/09/09/scholars- confirm-first-discovery-of-japanese-sword-from-master-bladesmith-masamune-in-150-years. Yuhindo.com. “Sengo Muramasa.” Accessed November 2019. https://yuhindo.com/muramasa.

The Unlucky Mummy British Museum. “The Unlucky Mummy.” Online collection. Accessed November 2019. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?obj ectId=117233&partId=1. Dessem, Matthew. “One Month After the Titanic Sank, the Washington Post Suggested a Mummy’s Curse Was to Blame.” Slate, October 14, 2018. https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/mummy-curse- titanic-sinking-washington-post-article.html. Eveleth, Rose. “The Curse of the Unlucky Mummy.” Nautilus, April 10, 2014. http://nautil.us/issue/12/feedback/the-curse-of-the-unlucky-mummy. Luckhurst, Roger. The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy. Oxford University Press, 2012

The Ring of Silvianus Agence France-Presse. “Sex Curse Found at Ancient Cyprus Site.” July 2008. Chute, Chaloner William. A History of the Vyne in Hampshire. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1888. Hendrix, Jenny. “‘Cursed’ Roman Ring May Be Tolkien’s ‘Ring to Rule Them All.’” Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2013. https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2013-apr-02-la-et-jc-cursed- roman-ring-may-be-tolkien-ring-to-rule-them-all-20130402-story.html. Natalías, Celia Sánchez. “The Bologna Defixio(nes) Revisited.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 179 (2011): 201–17. New York Post. “The Real One Ring to Rule Them All Shown Off in England.” April 3, 2013 https://nypost.com/2013/04/03/the-real-one-ring-to-rule-them-all-shown-off-in-england. Roman Inscriptions of Britain. “RIB 306: Curse Upon Senicianus.” Accessed November 2019. https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/306.

This Book Is Cursed Boba, Eleanor. “You Have Been Warned: Book Curses (And Cursed Books).” American Bookbinders Museum blog, October 31, 2016. https://bookbindersmuseum.org/you-have-been- warned-book-curses-and-cursed-books. Drogin, Marc. Anathema! Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses. Totowa, NJ: Allenheld & Schram, 1983. Medievalists.net. “Top 10 Medieval Book Curses.” Accessed March 19, 2020. https://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/top-10-medieval-book-curses.

II. Cursed in the Graveyard The Black Aggie Hunter, Marjorie. “Adams Memorial Draws Responses.” New York Times, June 7, 1983. Kelly, John. “‘Black Aggie’: From Baltimore to Washington.” Washington Post, August 18, 2012. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/black-aggie-from-baltimore-to- washington/2012/08/17/54cef546-e7da-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_story.html. Smith, Krista. “Black Aggie: The Spooky Graveyard Statue of Druid Ridge Cemetery.” Baltimore Fishbowl, October 28, 2011. https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/black-aggie-the-spooky- graveyard-statue-of-druid-ridge-cemetery. Smithsonian American Art Museum. “Adams Memorial.” Accessed November 2019. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/adams-memorial-21528.

The Björketorp Runestone Fotevikens Museum. “Björketorp runsten.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.fotevikensmuseum.se/sweden/blekinge/bjorketorp/bjorketorp.htm. Steve’s Travels & Stuff. “Björketorp Rune Stone.” July 29, 2017. https://stevethings.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/bjorketorp-rune-stone.

The Tomb of Timur Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Timur.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timur. Smith, Hendrick. “Debate Stirs in Shadow of Tamerlane Tomb.” New York Times, June 2, 1974. Szczepanski, Kallie. “Biography of Tamerlane, 14th Century Conqueror of Asia.” ThoughtCo., updated July 21, 2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/timur-or-tamerlane-195675. Tanel. “The Curse of Tamerlane.” Smart History Blog, October 28, 2016. https://smarthistoryblog.com/2016/10/28/the-curse-of-tamerlane.

The Black Angel Carroll, Joyce, and Allison Settles. “The Black Angel Monument.” Iowa City: Document Services. Accessed November 2019. https://www.iowa-city.org/weblink/0/doc/1481292/Electronic.aspx. Hogan, Suzanne. “How a Black Angel Statue in Iowa Went from Heartfelt Memorial to Spooky Legend.” KCUR, October 20, 2016. https://www.kcur.org/post/how-black-angel-statue-iowa- went-heartfelt-memorial-spooky-legend.

How to Curse an Object BBC News. “‘Cursing Stone’ Found on Isle of Canna.” May 20, 2012. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18130259. Thegoodishtraveler. “Nimbu Mirchi.” Atlas Obscura, accessed November 2019. https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/nimbu-mirchi-chili-lemon-alakshmi. Martin, Alex. “Death Notes: Traditional Rituals Associated with Curses Persist in 21st-century Japan.” Japan Times, September 7, 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/09/07/general/death-notes-traditional-rituals- associated-curses-persist-21st-century-japan. Sharma, Sandipan. “Rafale and Rajnath: When Life Gives a Jet, Why Not Make Lemonade!” The Federal, updated October 9, 2019. https://thefederal.com/opinion/rafale-and-rajnath-when-life- gives-a-jet-why-not-make-lemonades. Symboldictionary.net. “Nidstang (Nithing Pole).” Accessed November 2019. http://symboldictionary.net/?p=789.

The Gravestone of Carl Pruitt Harris, Christopher. “Pulaski County Treated to its Share of Halloween-ready Ghost Stories.” Commonwealth Journal, October 31, 2018. https://www.somerset- kentucky.com/news/local_news/pulaski-county-treated-to-its-share-of-halloween-ready- ghost/article_2fcc80bf-8e2d-52c5-bd2e-129773cd0fc9.html. Henson, Michael Paul. More Kentucky Ghost Stories. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 2000. JasonB. “Anatomy of a Ghost Story: The Search for Carl Pruitt.” Cvlt Nation, October 17, 2016. https://cvltnation.com/anatomy-ghost-story-search-carl-pruitt.

The Bronze Lady Ferri, Jessica. “The Bronze Lady: The (Other) Spooky Legend of Sleepy Hollow that You’ve Never Heard Of.” The Lineup, October 24, 2017. https://the-line-up.com/the-bronze-lady-of-sleepy- hollow. Leary, Robyn. “Ghost Stories: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” New York Times, October 29, 2000. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/29/nyregion/ghost-stories-the-other-legend-of-sleepy- hollow.html. Soderman, Doris Flodin. The Sculptors O’Connor. Worcester, Mass.: Gundi, 1995.

Shakespeare’s Grave BBC News. “Bard’s ‘Cursed’ Tomb Is Revamped.” Updated May 28, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/7422986.stm. Royal Shakespeare Company. “The Curse of the Scottish Play.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/about-the-play/the-scottish-play. Ward, Victoria. “Shakespeare’s Grave Should Be Exhumed Using Techniques Honed for Richard III.” Telegraph, March 30, 2015. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/11503440/Academic-calls- for-Shakespeares-grave-to-be-exhumed.html. Young, Sarah. “Radar Scan of Shakespeare’s Grave Confirms Skull Apparently Missing.” Reuters, March 24, 2016. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-shakespeare/radar-scan-of- shakespeares-grave-confirms-skull-apparently-missing-idUSKCN0WQ192.

Curse(d) Words Byrne, Emma. Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language. New York: W. W. Norton, 2018. South Park Archives. “It Hits the Fan.” Accessed March 2020. https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/It_Hits_the_Fan. Wong, Kristin. “The Case for Cursing.” New York Times, July 27, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/smarter-living/the-case-for-cursing.html.

III. Cursed in the Attic The Crying Boy Painting Clarke, David. “The Curse of the Crying Boy.” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism, accessed November 2019. https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/urban-legendary/the-curse-of-the-crying-boy. ———. “Tears for Fears – The Curse of the Crying Boy.” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism, January 2, 2018. https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/2018/01/02/tears-for-fears-the-curse-of- the-crying-boy. Zarrelli, Natalie. “A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the ’80s.” Atlas Obscura, April 21, 2017. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/crying-boy-painting-fires.

The Baleroy Chair of Death Foti, Kaitlyn. “Chestnut Hill’s Baleroy Mansion’s Many Ghost Stories.” Patch, October 31, 2011. https://patch.com/pennsylvania/chestnuthill/chestnut-hill-s-baleroy-mansion-s-many-ghost- stories. People Magazine. “Spirited Welcome.” October 31, 1994. https://people.com/archive/spirited- welcome-vol-42-no-18. Riccio, Dolores, and Joan Bingham. Haunted Houses USA. New York: Pocket Books, 1989. Sweeney, Gary. “Baleroy Mansion: The Most Haunted House in Philadelphia.” The Lineup, July 20, 2016. https://the-line-up.com/baleroy-mansion.

The Dybbuk Box Biddle, Kenny. “The Dibbuk Box.” Skeptical Inquirer, January 14, 2019. https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-dibbuk-box. Cutler, Tess. “Haunted Dybbuk Boxes for Sale.” Tablet, October 29, 2015. https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/194625/haunted-dybbuk-boxes-for-sale. Dunning, Brian. “The Haunted Dybbuk Box.” Skeptoid Podcast, August 19, 2014. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4428. eBay. “Dibbuk Haunted Jewish Wine Cabinet Box.” Ended February 9, 2004. Retrieved November 2019 from Internet Archive. http://web.archive.org/web/20051105000557/www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rubyc/eBay_dibbuk.ht m. Gornstein, Leslie. “A Jinx in a Box?” Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2004. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-25-ca-gornstein25-story.html. Haxton, Jason. The Dibbuk Box: The Haunted Jewish Winebox (website). Accessed November 2019. http://dibbukbox.com. Levy, Lauren. “The Full Story on Post Malone and the Cursed Box” Fader, October 24, 2018. https://www.thefader.com/2018/10/24/post-malone-worlds-most-haunted-object-dybbuk-box. TMZ. “Zak Bagans: ‘World’s Most Haunted Object’ Is Mine Now . . . But Don’t Open It!!” March 4, 2017. https://www.tmz.com/2017/03/04/zak-bagans-the-possession-haunted-box.

The Basano Vase Thegypsy. “The Curious and Deadly Tale of the Basano Vase.” The Gypsy Thread, March 12, 2018. http://www.thegypsythread.org/curious-tale-basano-vase. Puchko, Kristy. “10 Allegedly Cursed Objects.” Mental Floss, February 22, 2016. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59504/10-allegedly-cursed-objects-throughout-history.

That Voodoo That You Do So Well Armitage, Natalie. “European and African Figural Ritual Magic: The Beginnings of the Voodoo Doll Myth.” In The Materiality of Magic: An Artefactual Investigation into Ritual Practices and Popular Beliefs, edited by Ceri Houlbrook and Natalie Armitage, 85–101. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2015.

Rudolph Valentino’s Ring Kennedy, Maev. “Portrait Featuring Rudolph Valentino’s ‘Cursed’ Ring Goes on Sale.” Guardian, September 7, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/07/rudolph-valentino- portrait-cursed-ring-goes-on-sale-federico-beltran-masses-auction. King, Gilbert. “The ‘Latin Lover’ and His Enemies,” Smithsonianmag.com, June 13, 2012. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-latin-lover-and-his-enemies-119968944. Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections. “The Estate of Rudolph Valentino: Catalogue.” 1926. Accessed November 2019. http://digitalcollections.oscars.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15759coll11/id/14383. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! “Rudolph Valentino’s Cursed Ring Remains Locked in a Hollywood Vault.” March 27, 2018. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/cursed-ring/. Wax, Alyse. “The Life, Death, Afterlife, and Curse of Rudolph Valentino.” 13th Floor, July 11, 2016. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/07/11/the-life-death-afterlife-and-curse-of-rudolph- valentino.

Robert the Doll The Artist House (website). “History.” Accessed November 2019. http://www.artisthousekeywest.com/about/key-west-hotel-history. Key West Art & Historical Society. “Robert the Doll.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.kwahs.org/exhibitions/robert-the-doll. Robertthedoll.org. “A Boy & His Doll.” Accessed November 2019. http://robertthedoll.org /a-boy- his-doll. Wright, Andy. “The Story Behind the World’s Most Terrifying Haunted Doll.” Atlas Obscura, October 26, 2015. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-story-behind-the-worlds-most- haunted-doll.

Busby’s Stoop Chair Minting, Stuart. “18th Century Murderer’s Chair Continues to Captivate Supernatural Fans.” Northern Echo, October 29, 2014. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11566417.18th- century-murderers-chair-continues-to-captivate-supernatural-fans. Thirsk Museum. “A Trip Around Thirsk Museum.” Accessed November 2019. http://www.thirskmuseum.org/displays.html. Wax, Alyse. “This Vintage Chair May Carry a Deadly Curse.” 13th Floor, October 2, 2015. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2015/10/02/this-vintage-chair-may-carry-a-deadly-curse.

The Conjured Chest Carter, Beth Caffery. “New Details about the Cursed Chest.” Kentucky Historical Society, accessed December 2019. https://history.ky.gov/2019/10/30/new-details-about-the-cursed-chest. Hudson, Virginia Cary. Flapdoodle, Trust & Obey, New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Kienzle, Beverly Mayne, and Virginia Cary Hudson. The Conjured Chest: A Cursed Family in Old Kentucky. Self-published, CreateSpace, 2017. Kentucky Historical Society. “Object Record: Chest of Drawers - Conjured Chest.” Accessed December 2019. https://kyhistory.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/CEB4DAFD-A8B8-4C04- BE82-852028911488.

IV. Cursed in Stone The Little Mannie with His Daddy’s Horns Ludden, Kevin. “There’s No Flies on Little Mannie.” Sun, July 1991. Prag, A. J. N. W. “The Little Mannie with his Daddy’s Horns.” In The Materiality of Magic: An Artefactual Investigation into Ritual Practices and Popular Beliefs, edited by Ceri Houlbrook and Natalie Armitage, 171–81. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2015.

The Cursing Stone BBC Cumbria. “Curse of the Cursing Stone.” Updated March 19. 2006. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/03/02/carlisle_cursing_stone_feature.shtml. ———. “The Border Reivers – The Curse.” July 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/2003/07/restoration/the_curse.shtml. ———. “The Border Reivers.” July 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/2003/07/restoration/reivers_1.shtml. Gordon Young (website). “Cursing Stone & Reiver Pavement.” Accessed November 2019. https://gordonyoung.info/cursingstone/. Guardian. “They’re Doomed.” March 8, 2005. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2005/mar/09/heritage.

The Monogram of Patrick Hamilton Dowden, Bishop. The Bishops of Glasgow from the Restoration of the See by Earl David to the Reformation. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1908. Hetherington, W. M. The History of the Church of Scotland. New York: Robert Carter, 1843. Leatherdale, Duncan. “Patrick Hamilton: Recreating the Trial of the First Scottish Martyr.” BBC News, May 4, 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36037253. Museum of the University of St. Andrews. “Watch Your Step: The Curse of the ‘PH.’” Museum Collections Blog, June 12, 2018. https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/watch-your-step-the- curse-of-the-ph. University of St. Andrews. “A Brief History of St. Salvator’s Chapel.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/history/st-salvators/brief.

The Cursed Pillar Augusta Chronicle. “Augusta Still Haunted by Tale of Cursed Pillar.” August 29, 2010. https://www.augustachronicle.com/225/2010-08-29/augusta-still-haunted-tale-cursed-pillar. The Insider. “The Curse of the Haunted Pillar Continues.” Metro Spirit, December 21, 2016. http://metrospirit.com/the-curse-of-the-haunted-pillar-continues. Oster, Grant. “An Attempt to Debunk the Haunted Pillar of Augusta, Georgia.” Hankering for History, updated December 18, 2016. https://hankeringforhistory.com/an-attempt-to-debunk-the- haunted-pillar-of-augusta-georgia. Roadside America. “The Cursed Pillar (Gone).” Accessed November 2019. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/16787. Young, Derrikia. “’Haunted Pillar’ of Augusta Destroyed by Car Accident.” WJBF.com, December 18, 2016. https://www.wjbf.com/news/haunted-pillar-of-augusta-destroyed-by-car-accident.

No Cursed Stone Unreturned Cep, Casey N. “Pele’s Curse.” Pacific Standard, updated June 14, 2017. https://psmag.com/social- justice/will-get-you. Hayes, Cathy. “Blarney Castle Curse Dooms Canadian to Bad Luck.” Irish Central, June 30, 2010. https://www.irishcentral.com/news/blarney-castle-curse-dooms-canadian-to-bad-luck-99614619- 237707531. Tim the Yowie Man. “The Uluru ‘Curse.’” Australian Geographic, January 14, 2019. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/tim-the-yowie-man/2019/01/the-uluru-curse Twilley, Nicola. “Slide Show: Rocks, Paper, Sinners.” New Yorker, January 23, 2015. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/slide-show-bad-luck-petrified-forest.

The Hexam Heads Clarke, David. “Heads and Tales.” Dr. David Clarke Folklore and Journalism, December 22, 2012. https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/2012/12/22/heads-and-tales. The Urban Prehistorian. “The Hexham Heads.” January 27, 2014. https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/the-hexham-heads-part-1-the-discovery.

The Amber Room Bilyeau, Nancy. “Treasure Hunters Believe They Have Found the Fabled Amber Room Looted by Nazis.” Vintage News, June 14, 2019. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/06/14/amber- room-treasure. Blumberg, Jess. “A Brief History of the Amber Room.” Smithsonianmag.com, July 31, 2007. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-amber-room-160940121. Nally, Richard. “Mysteries of the Amber Room.” Forbes, March 29, 2004. https://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2004/0329/048.html. Popova, V. M. “Amber Room.” Kalingrad Regional Amber Museum, accessed November 2019. https://www.ambermuseum.ru/en/home/about_amber/amber_room.

The Treasure of Cahuenga Pass Alper, Joshua. “The Cahuenga Pass Treasure.” Southern California Quarterly 81, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 89–116. https://doi.org/10.2307/41171931. Rasmussen, Cecilia. “Curse of the Cahuenga Pass Treasure.” Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2000.

V. The Business of Cursed Objects Annabelle the Doll and the Warren Collection Alexander, Bryan. “The Real ‘Annabelle Comes Home’: What Was Judy Warren’s Life Actually Like?” USA Today, June 27, 2019. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/06/27/annabelle-comes-home-meet-the-real- judy-warren/1556017001. Genzlinger, Neil. “Lorraine Warren, Paranormal Investigator Portrayed in ‘The Conjuring,’ Dies at 92.” New York Times, April 19, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/obituaries/lorraine- warren-dead.html. McLoughin, Pam. “Real ‘Annabelle’ Story Shared by Lorraine Warren at Milford’s Lauralton Hall.” New Haven Register, October 4, 2014. https://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/article/Real- Annabelle-story-shared-by-Lorraine-11382545.php. Warrens.net. “The Curse of the Devil Doll Housed in the Warrens Occult Museum.” Accessed November 2019. http://www.warrens.net/annabelle. Wendroff, Jessica Ariel. “The Legends Behind the Artifacts of ‘Annabelle Comes Home.’” Hollywood Reporter, June 28, 2019. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/annabelle- comes-home-real-stories-behind-artifacts-1216397.

John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal John Zaffis, Godfather of the Paranormal (website). “Museum.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.johnzaffis.com/museum. John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal. “FAQ.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.johnzaffisparanormalmuseum.com/faq. Ocker, J. W. The New England Grimpendium. Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2010. Zaffis, John, and Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Haunted by the Things You Love. New Milford, CT: Visionary Living, 2014.

Zak Bagans’s The Haunted Museum Biddle, Kenny. “The Not-So-Haunted Museum of Zak Bagans.” Skeptical Inquirer, December 19, 2018. https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-not-so-haunted-museum-of-zak-bagans. ElGenaidi, Deena. “The Trickery and Silly Kitsch of a Supposedly Haunted Museum in Las Vegas.” Hyperallergic, February 28, 2019. https://hyperallergic.com/486226/the-trickery-and-silly- kitsch-of-a-supposedly-haunted-museum-in-las-vegas. Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum. “About Zak Bagans’s Haunted Museum.” Accessed November 2019. https://thehauntedmuseum.com/about.

The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and Occult Newkirk, Greg. “The ‘Bruised Man’ of Friendsville: How a Chest Full of Haunted Artifacts Saved Me from Being Murdered.” Week in Weird, November 24, 2016. http://weekinweird.com/2016/11/24/bruised-man-friendsville-haunted-artifacts-saved-me. ———. “Girly Ghosthunters: How the First All-Female Paranormal Investigation Team Made Ghost Hunting History.” Week in Weird, August 10, 2016. http://weekinweird.com/2016/08/10/girly- ghosthunters-how-the-first-all-female-paranormal-investigation-team-made-ghost-hunting- history. ———. “Hidden Dangers of Ghost Hunting: The Time I Accidentally Investigated a Meth Lab for Paranormal Activity.” Week in Weird, August 26, 2016. http://weekinweird.com/2016/08/26/hidden-dangers-of-ghost-hunting-the-time-i-accidentally- investigated-a-meth-lab-for-paranormal-activity. Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult. “Attend an Exhibition.” Accessed November 2019. http://paramuseum.com/visit.

VI. Why Aren’t These Objects Cursed? The Mummified Head of a Vampire Serial Killer Biography.com editors. “Peter Kürten Biography.” Updated April 16, 2019. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/peter-kurten. Hintz, Charlie. “The Head of German Serial Killer Peter Kürten in Wisconsin Dells.” Cult of Weird, August 14, 2017. http://www.cultofweird.com/crime/peter-kurten-head-wisconsin-dells. White, Nic. “Mummified Head of Serial Killer ‘The Vampire of Dusseldorf’ [. . .] on Display in Wisconsin After Doctors Cut It Open to Find a Reason for His Evil.” Daily Mail, July 9, 2018. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5933861/Mummified-head-sadistic-serial-killer- Vampire-Dusseldorf-display-Wisconsin.html.

The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull Chorvinksy, Mark. “The Controversial Crystal Skulls.” Originally published in Strange 1 (1987) and 3 (1988). Retrieved from http://www.strangemag.com/crystalskull/thecrystalskull.html. Edwards, Owen. “The Smithsonian’s Crystal Skull.” Smithsonianmag.com, May 29, 2008. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smithsonians-crystal-skull-51638609. Lovett, Richard A., and Scot Hoffman. “Crystal Skulls.” National Geographic, January 2017. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/crystal-skulls. Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull (website). Accessed November 2019. https://mitchell-hedges.com. Welfare, Simon, and John Fairley. Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World. New York: A & W Publishers, 1980.

The Miniature Coffins of Arthur’s Seat Dash, Mike. “Edinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins.” Smithsonianmag.com, April 15, 2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edinburghs-mysterious-miniature-coffins-22371426. National Museums Scotland. “The Mystery of the Miniature Coffins: The XVII.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and- archaeology/mystery-of-the-miniature-coffins. The Newsroom. “Author Claims to Have Solved Edinburgh Coffin-Doll Mystery.” Scotsman, April 18, 2018. https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/author-claims-to-have-solved-edinburgh- coffin-doll-mystery-1-4726323.

The Skin Book of James Allen Allen, James. Narrative of the Life of James Allen, Alias George Walton, Alias Jonas Pierce, Alias James H. York, Alias Burley Grove, the highwayman: Being His Death-Bed Confession, to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison. Boston: Harrington, 1837. BBC News. “The Macabre World of Books Bound in Human Skin.” June 20, 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742. Chant, Ian. “The True Story of Medical Books Bound in Human Skin.” Nautilus, June 1, 2018. http://nautil.us/blog/-the-true-story-of-medical-books-bound-in-human-skin. Cole, Heather. “Bound in Human Skin.” Houghton Library Blog, May 24, 2013. https://blogs.harvard.edu/houghton/bound-in-human-skin. Ehrengardt, Thibault. “Who Skinned James Allen? The ‘Skin Book.’” Rare Book Hub. Accessed November 2019. https://www.rarebookhub.com/articles/2157/print?page_id=4195.

The Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project. “Frequently Asqued [sic] Questions.” Accessed November 2019. http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/faq. Killgrove, Kristina. “15 Intriguing Facts About the Antikythera Mechanism.” Mental Floss, June 10, 2016. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81445/15-intriguing-facts-about-antikythera- mechanism. Marchant, Jo. “Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer.” Smithsonian, February 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first- computer-180953979.

VII. High-Tech Cursed Objects The Prague Orloj Atlas Obscura. “Prague Astronomical Clock.” Accessed December 2019. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/prague-astronomical-clock. Goukassian, Elena. “The History of One of the Oldest Astronomical Clocks in the World.” Hyperallergic, February 2, 2018. https://hyperallergic.com/424337/the-history-of-one-of-the- oldest-astronomical-clocks-in-the-world. Marušák, Stan. “Brief History of the Prague Astronomical Clock.” Orloj.eu, accessed November 2019. http://www.orloj.eu/en/orloj_historie.htm. Prague.eu. “History of the Astronomical Clock.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.prague.eu/en/articles/timeline-14397. Prague.eu. “Other Figures.” Accessed November 2019. https://www.prague.eu/en/articles/other- figures-14394.

The Hungarian Suicide Song DeMain, Bill. “This Song’s a Killer: The Strange Tale of ‘Gloomy Sunday.’” Mental Floss, August 16, 2011. Retrieved from the Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028163559/http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/97270 . Geoff. “Gloomy Sunday.” These Are Places I Remember: Songs About Places, April 8, 2010. http://songsaboutplaces.blogspot.com/2010/08/gloomy-sunday.html. Mikkelson, David. “Gloomy Sunday Suicides.” Snopes.com, updated May 23, 2007. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gloomy-sunday. New York Times. “Rezsoe Seres Commits Suicide; Composer of ‘Gloomy Sunday.’” January 14, 1968. Pryce, Ash. “It May Be Freaky Friday, But Sunday Is Gloomy.” The Twenty-First Floor, August 7, 2010. Retrieved from the Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425145013/http://www.thetwentyfirstfloor.com/?p=1041.

James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder The Auto Insider. “The Curse of James Dean’s ‘Little Bastard.’” Jalopnik, December 31, 2008. https://jalopnik.com/the-curse-of-james-deans-little-bastard-5113390. Brownell, Bradley. “Did George Barris Fabricate the Curse of James Dean’s Spyder?” The Drive, March 31, 2017. https://www.thedrive.com/flat-six-society/8863/did-george-barris-fabricate-the- curse-of-james-deans-spyder. Left Lane. “James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder Found After 55 Years?” October 1, 2015. https://leftlanenews.com/porsche/james-deans-porsche-550-spyder-found-after-55-years-89822/. Parker, Ryan. “Alec Guinness Warned James Dean About His Car One Week Before Deadly Crash.” Hollywood Reporter, July 11, 2017. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alec- guinness-warned-james-dean-his-car-one-week-before-deadly-crash-1019948. Preovolos, Chris. “60 Years After James Dean’s Death, ‘Cursed’ Car Mystery Continues.” SFGate, updated September 30, 2015. https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/James-Dean-60- years-since-fatal-crash-6537391.php.

0888-888-888 Daily Mail. “Mobile Phone Number 0888-888-888 Is Suspended After Every User Assigned to It Dies.” Updated May 25, 2010. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281327/Jinxed-phone- number-0888-888-888-suspended-EVERY-user-dies.html. Matyszczyk, Chris. “The Cell Phone Number Whose Owners All Die.” CNET, May 27, 2010. https://www.cnet.com/news/the-cell-phone-number-whose-owners-all-die. Peters, Lucia. “Investigating 088-8888-888, the ‘Cursed’ Phone Number Which Has Allegedly Killed So Many People It Was Taken Out of Service.” The Ghost in My Machine, September 3, 2018. https://theghostinmymachine.com/2018/09/03/investigating-088-8888-888-cursed-phone- number-allegedly-killed-many-people-taken-service.

The Science of Cursed Objects Rajagopal, Sundararajan. “The Nocebo Effect.” Priory.com, September 2007. http://www.priory.com/medicine/Nocebo.htm.

The Berzerk Video Game Cabinet Burch, Sean. “Video Game Fever: Gaming Revenue to Surpass TV in 2020, Study Says.” The Wrap, November 19, 2019. https://www.thewrap.com/gaming-expected-to-top-tv-revenue. Chicago Tribune. “Youth Charged in Stabbing Death.” March, 22, 1988. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-03-22-8803020534-story.html. Grammer, Charlie. “Gamebusters Myth 7: Berzerk.” GotGame, December 27, 2013. https://gotgame.com/2013/12/27/gamebusters-myth-7-berzerk. Harvey, Lauri. “Game Over.” NWI.com, May 7, 2003. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/game- over/article_2ff8f1be-e4b7-5071-ab58-d7272c89b252.html. Kerch, Steve. “Heart in blamed in death of video game patron, 18.” Chicago Tribune, April 27, 1982. NWI.com. “Markham – An 18-Year-Old Chicago Man Received 11 Years in Prison Tuesday [. . .].” March 7, 1990. https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/markham---an--year-old-chicago-man- received/article_f3f7c795-2e43-5dc7-aa72-20297f36387c.html. Ultimate History of Video Games. “Berzerk.” Accessed December 2019. https://ultimatehistoryvideogames.jimdo.com/berzerk. Wirtanen, Josh. “How Many People Has the Berzerk Arcade Game Killed?” Retrovolve, January 6, 2016. http://retrovolve.com/how-many-people-has-the-berzerk-arcade-game-killed.

Chain Emails Collins, Paul. “You Must Forward This Story to Five Friends.” Slate, October 1, 2010. https://slate.com/culture/2010/10/the-curious-history-of-chain-letters.html. Hayward, Alexandra. “Email This or Your Crush Will Die: The History of the Chain Letter.” Vice, December 9, 2015. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/785y7a/email-this-or-your-crush-will- die-the-history-of-the-chain-letter. Hiscott, Rebecca. “10 Chain Emails that Haunted Your Youth.” Mashable, March 12, 2014. https://mashable.com/2014/03/12/chain-emails. Rossen, Jake. “A Brief History of the Chain Letter.” Mental Floss, October 31, 2016. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87625/brief-history-chain-letter. Snopes staff. “Carmen Winstead.” Snopes.com, October 10, 2006. https://www.snopes.com/fact- check/carmen-winstead.