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