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Cursed! Destined For Doom

Cursed! Destined For Doom
Magazine

From the Curse of the Hope Diamond to the Billy Goat curse that kept the Chicago Cubs out of the World Series for a hundred years, prepare to be enthralled as we delve into fascinating stories of inescapable dooms. We'll explore biblical curses (like Cartaphilus, who assaulted Jesus on his way to the crucifixion and was doomed to walk the Earth until the second coming) to historical curses (like the mysterious deaths that befell the crew who opened King Tut's tomb in 1922) to modern curses (like the tragedies that have befallen those who've played Superman in the movies and on TV) and everything in between.

PATTERNS OF DOOM • Bad things happen to good people. But sometimes, it seems darker forces are at work.

ANCIENT CURSES • As long as there have been people, there have been thrilling stories of inescapable fates.

Bad Tidings in the Good Book • TALES OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION PERMEATE THE BIBLE

LEGEND OF THE DOGWOOD TREE

King Tut’s Curse • TRACING THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE BOY KING’S MURDEROUS SPELL

The Kennedy Family Curse • ASSASSINATIONS, PLANE CRASHES, AND A SINISTER SKIING ACCIDENT

Friday the 13th • THE MOST FRIGHTENING DAY OF THE WEEK HAS SURPRISING ORIGINS

Broken Mirrors • FRAGILE: HANDLE WITH CARE, OR ELSE YOU’RE IN FOR A WILD RIDE

The Flying Dutchman • THE PHANTOM VESSEL FATED TO WANDER THE HIGH SEAS FOREVER

Davy Jones’ Locker • UNVEILING THE SECRETS BEHIND THIS INFAMOUS STORY OF A WATERY GRAVE

Curse of the Iceman • WHEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVERED AN ANOMALY FROZEN IN TIME, DID THEY STIR UP TROUBLE?

The Curse of Oak Island • BURIED TREASURE, ANCIENT ARTIFACTS, AND A DEADLY PROPHECY

Runes, Hexes, and Other Phenomena • VARIATIONS ON THE AGE-OLD BELIEF THAT SOMETHING BIGGER IS DRIVING HUMAN DESTINY

VOODOO DEATHS

SPORTS CURSES • In pro sports, there’s no such thing as a losing streak… just a debilitating curse.

The Curse of the Bambino • THE DISASTROUS AFTERMATH OF SELLING THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME

The Black Sox Curse • DID A SPORT-SHAKING SCANDAL LEAD TO A DAMAGING DRY SPELL?

The Billy Goat Curse • BAAAAA-D LUCK BROUGHT ON BY THE DISMISSAL OF A GOAT IN SEARCH OF A BALL GAME

The Curse of Rocky Colavito • DID A MYSTERIOUS POWER ALTER THE LUCK OF THE CLEVELAND INDIANS?

The Curse of 1940 • THE HEX THAT LED TO NEW YORK HOCKEY FANS’ DECADES OF TEARS

The Curse of Colonel Sanders • DID THE KFC FOUNDER’S VENGEFUL SPIRIT LEAD THE HANSHIN TIGERS TO FAILURE?

The Masters Par 3 Curse • PUTTING PECULIARITIES, FAIRWAY FABLES

The Curse of the Superdome • CHRONICLES OF THE EERIE PHENOMENON AT NOLA’S ICONIC STADIUM

The Heisman Hex • STRIKE A POSE…FOR THE AWARD THAT STEALS YOUR STARDOM.

The Madden Curse • BEING ON THE COVER OF THIS VIDEO GAME IS A GREAT HONOR—THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO REFUSE.

The Sports Illustrated Curse • STAY AWAY FROM THE COVER, OR RISK BECOMING ANOTHER CASUALTY.

Performance Curses: What Gives? • THE RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN SKILL AND SUCCESS

Why Are Athletes So Superstitious? • FROM RALLY CAPS TO PLAYOFF BEARDS TO CHICKEN-ONLY MEALS, HERE’S THE THINKING BEHIND SOME OF SPORTS’ WEIRDEST HABITS.

THE CURSE OF THE SOCCEROOS

CURSED OBJECTS • The enigmatic power of certain haunted relics, dolls, paintings, ships, and more

The Dead Man’s Chair • A BEWITCHED SEAT THAT WHISPERS FROM THE PAST

The Swansea Devil • JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF A DARK WELSH LEGEND

James Dean’s Death Car • THE UNCANNY CURSE THAT PLAGUED HOLLYWOOD’S MOST LEGENDARY LAST RIDE

The Dybbuk Box • IS IT AN ENCHANTED TRINKET OR A TRICKSTER’S TRAP?

Cursed Paintings •...

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