6 cursed objects and chilling legends, standing behind them (7 photos)

Sometimes a cursed object is easy to spot. Like the Robert doll. Its glass eyes, weathered face, and sailor suit explain why many consider this old toy creepy and even sinister.





However, these six examples, which send shivers down your spine, demonstrate that chilling legends surround the most unexpected things. A beautiful gemstone, an ordinary lighter, or even a number can be cursed.

1. Robert the Doll: The Story of the Scariest "Living" Scarecrow



The children's toy has caused a lot of trouble in its more than a century of history.

Since 1994, Robert the Doll has been kept at the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida. However, the comfortable conditions - humidity control and protective glass - do not seem to have corrected his behavior. The museum still receives reports of evil deeds attributed to the doll. Robert has been blamed for car accidents, broken bones, job losses, divorces, and many other misfortunes. He even inspired a horror movie, and those who fear that they have offended the vengeful toy regularly write him letters of apology.

2. How a mathematician turned a number into evil





Think 13 is scary?

Belphegor's prime number consists of 31 digits (that is, 13 backwards), contains two sets of 13 zeros and in the very center is 666, the Number of the Beast. This creepy combination was popularized by mathematician Cliff Pickover, who also came up with the concept of vampire numbers.

3. The Curse of the Stolen Amethyst



Is the misfortune that befalls its owners just a coincidence?

Stolen during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, this stone, called the Heron-Allen, is now kept in London's Natural History Museum. The previous owner left a warning: "Whoever opens this casket, let him first read this warning, and then do with the stone as he pleases. My advice is to throw it into the sea." Before being stored in a museum, the amethyst was supposedly kept in seven nested boxes inside a bank vault to contain its power.

4. Medieval Books Protected by Terrifying Curses



Book owners have always guarded their libraries jealously.

To deter unscrupulous people, medieval scribes used the only power available to them: words. At the beginning or end of manuscripts, they wrote terrible curses, threatening thieves with suffering for stealing or damaging these treasures: "If anyone steals this book, let him die; let him be roasted in a frying pan; let him be burned in a fire ... may the fever and the epilepsy strike him down; may he be broken on the wheel and hanged. Amen."

5. The Painting That Burns Houses



The British tabloids were sure of it.

In the 1980s, untouched reproductions of the painting "The Crying Boy" were repeatedly found in the ashes of burnt-out houses in England. The Sun newspaper, suggesting that 30,000 copies of this seemingly innocuous image were a threat to the safety of their owners, suggested that they be destroyed: "This should put an end to a possible curse."

6. The Curse of the White Lighter



This urban legend is associated with Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Janis Joplin.

There are many superstitions associated with smoking. Some people turn over one cigarette in each new pack, making it lucky. Others believe that lighting three or more cigarettes from one match will bring bad luck. And there is also a belief that a white lighter can bring terrible troubles. The legend is associated with the "27 Club". According to the legend, several musicians and artists died while carrying a white disposable lighter, causing such items to become associated with misfortune.