What do you think? Was the tomb cursed?

SOURCES:

https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub403/item1949.html

https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.mummy.kingtutcurse.html

http://www.touregypt.net/myths/curseof.htm

https://www.history.com/news/king-tut-death-mystery

Hawass, Zahi. Tutankhamun: the Mystery of the Boy King, National Geographic 2005.

E.A. Wallis Budge translation, edited by John Baldock, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, 2022.

Ocker, J. W. Cursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items. Philadelphia, 2020.

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Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. Theme song is "ghost hunt" by Sixteen Wheelers. Reading songs are "Desert Footsteps" by Sight of Wonders and "Ancient Discoveries" by Gabriel Lewis.

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Main theme and Editing Lisa music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. Main theme is "Ghost Hunt" by Sixteen Wheelers.

SOURCES:

"The United States of Cryptids." J.W. Ocker.

Madelyne Tolentino interview: https://pome-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MadelyneTolentinoInterview.pdf
The stories: https://web.archive.org/web/20071017163054/http://paranormal.about.com/cs/chupacabra/a/aa071403.htm
Article by the man who debunked the original chupacabra sighting: https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2011/05/p45.pdf
Explanations (livestock & mange):https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/chupacabra/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-americas/chupacabra-puerto-rico-003706
https://allthatsinteresting.com/chupacabra
https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090713065825/http:/news.mongabay.com/2007/0904-chupacabra.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/legend-chupacabra-mystery-solved/story?id=13187448

Monkeys paw, but with flies! An endless staircase! A skeleton key!

SOURCES

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3063

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-005

https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation#cite_note-17

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music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. Songs used are:

theme song: "ghost hunt" by sixteen wheelers

First two stories: "crab walk" by Jerry Lacey

last story: "Turncoat" by Michael Rothery

Sources:

Brian Bethel's original story:

http://web.archive.org/web/19981203004349/http:/www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/evil-kids.html
https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/black-eyed-children/

Reddit stories:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1pyokn/another_bek_story_this_halloween/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/185k4t/my_only_encounter_with_a_black_eyed_kid/

PBS' "Storied" video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqfXej30Zzw

when you let them in:http://weekinweird.com/2016/01/28/witness-report-i-let-the-black-eyed-children-into-my-home-and-now-im-slowly-dying/

THE HOPE DIAMOND.

Cursed? Cool? Somewhere in between? What do you think?

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Music licensed through Epidemic Sound. Theme song is "Ghost Hunt" by Sixteen Wheelers.

SOURCES:

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond/history

https://chicagodiamondbuyer.net/how-much-is-the-hope-diamond-worth-today/#:~:text=The%20largest%20blue%20diamond%20in,been%20found%20over%20the%20years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evalyn_Walsh_McLean

https://www.capetowndiamondmuseum.org/blog/2019/09/5988/#:~:text=Jean%2DBaptiste%20Tavernier%2C%20a%2017,in%20possession%20of%20the%20gem.

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/curse-hope-diamond/#:~:text=Q%3A%20How%20is%20the%20Hope,horrible%20deaths%20and%20bad%20luck.

Do you have any superstitions??

SOURCES:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstition
https://www.britannica.com/topic/superstition

https://www.history.com/news/why-do-people-knock-on-wood-for-luck

https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-walking-under-ladder-unlucky.htm

https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2021/06/06_conversation_broken_mirror.php#.ZE55zS-B3q0

https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-it-bad-luck-to-break-mirror.htm

https://www.history.com/news/black-cats-superstitions

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SOURCES AND PHOTOS MENTIONED: https://drearymidnightpod.wordpress.com/2023/05/16/interesting-death-stuff-mount-holyoke-edition/

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Have you ever seen a will-o-the-wisp??

SOURCES:

Isaac Newton: https://epub.us/wp-content/books/opticks-by-isaac-newton.pdf

Rocky Hill Experiment (George Washington and Thomas Paine): https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/rocky-hill-experiment/

Gourdon Ghost Light: https://web.archive.org/web/20181010062004/http://www.prairieghosts.com/gurdon.html

Journal of Folklore for Definition of ignis fatuus: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533928.pdf

Lantern Jack story from Wales: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/willowisp.html#parry

MinMin Lights article: https://web.archive.org/web/20220714065225/http://www.uq.edu.au/nuq/jack/MinMinCEO.pdf

Paleontology Newsletter: https://web.archive.org/web/20110727184243/http://newsletter.palass-pubs.org/pdf/News64.pdf

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Had you heard of these before?

What do you think it was?

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Celeste: Instagram.com/celestialteez

Lisa: instagram.com/knittingjedi

Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. Theme song is "Ghost Hunt" by Sixteen Wheelers.

SOURCES:

The Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6jADJIc5wM305m8YqPyDFk?si=HTWV6r93SZOMpmIUzusgLQ&nd=1&_branch_match_id=819694151444966543&utm_medium=sharing&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXLy7IL8lMq9TLyczL1neKKPcMLaqwzKlMAgCrSA18IAAAAA%3D%3D

Smoky Mountain Source: https://smokymountainsource.com/brown-mountain-lights/

Smoky Mountain Living Magazine: https://www.smliv.com/stories/brown-mountain-ghost-lights/

Brown Mountain Lights Blogspot: https://brownmountainlights.blogspot.com/2012/12/campfire-stories-faithful-slave.html

The Appalachian: https://theappalachianonline.com/brown-mountain-mystery/

Mysterious Universe: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/07/the-brown-mountain-lights-and-mystery-airships-a-possible-connection/

Blue Ridge Outdoors: https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/features/appalachian-legends/

Blue Ridge Towns & Trails: https://www.ncblueridge.com/great-little-blue-ridge-towns/morganton-mystery-the-brown-mountain-lights

Supernatural Magazine: https://supernaturalmagazine.com/articles/the-brown-mountain-lights-mystery-what-are-they 

This was a wild one.

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Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. Theme song is "Ghost Hunt" by Sixteen Wheelers.

SOURCES:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130213112839/http://bellwitch02.tripod.com/bell_family.htm

Main Site with sources for everything: http://www.bellwitch.org/story.htm

General Summary from TN Mythology: https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/exhibits/myth/bellwitch.htm

The Red Book (which has "our family trouble"): https://web.archive.org/web/20150205053211/http://bellwitch02.tripod.com/the_red_book.htm

Summary of Andrew Jackson's life/ timeline: https://www.loc.gov/collections/andrew-jackson-papers/articles-and-essays/andrew-jackson-timeline-1767-1845/the-war-of-1812-and-indian-wars-1812-1821/

Choctaw Mythology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw_mythology

If you want to visit the Bell Witch Cave: https://www.bellwitchcave.com/