A curse is any expressed wish that some form of misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity: people, places, or objects.
Curses can span generations and cover broad topics including sporting events/teams, ancient times, movies, and geographical locations, to name just a few.
ARE THEY REAL?
There seems to be just too many documented incidents of alleged “curses” to not be real in some sense of the word. But can anyone just place a curse on someone or something, wave their hands in the air and boom!, a curse is born? Or would you have to have a special designation like an old-timey fortune teller, witch or a variation thereof? Does the “power of the universe” have to be included? And if so, how would you invoke that? There have been many curses recorded historically and written about for many, many years, allegedly by more people than those listed above.
No one has the answers to these questions.
HOW IS THIS PARANORMAL?
Admittedly not as scary as your dead grandfather showing up at your bedside or grey aliens abducting you in the night, curses and hexes are without a doubt outside the scientific scope of understanding. Yes, the skeptics will write them all off as coincidences but at some point, an incident can be just too abnormal to be a coincidence.
Do you have to be SUPERSTITIOUS to believe in them?
Not necessarily, but let’s not forget some of the famous incidents like the curse of opening King Tuts tomb in 1922. To prevent a literal mob of media and the press, a story circulated that anyone who violated the space of the tomb would have a curse placed on them. In the end, at least nine people were affected by the curse either by disease, death or extreme misfortune. You don’t have to personally believe in the power of curses to know this happened. It’s been historically recorded as a chain of cause and effect. You can choose not to believe but that doesn’t make it go away.
Curse of the Hope Diamond: Initially it was stolen so someone placed a curse on it, damning all future owners. Much tragedy followed.
Curse of The Poltergeist movie: So many terrible things happened to cast and crew following the filming of this movie, that people were convinced the whole movie-making operation was cursed, possibly because they used real human skeletons as props.
Sports teams and players: Research “curses” on these guys and you won’t come up empty-handed. Hockey, baseball, football all have their own unlucky curses.
The Curse of Oak Island: "Seven must die before the island gives up its’ treasure." So far, there have been 6 (who were actively seeking the treasure, although one source suspects it’s already been 7) Source of the curse: unknown.
Curse of the Halifax bridge: “First in a storm, second in silence, third in death” was a Mi’kmaq Indian chief’s vow, as he placed a curse for eternity on one of the Halifax bridges. There are various versions of the events leading up to this, but suffice it to say there was a love triangle, jilted lovers and jealousy to blame in the 1700’s upon the north shores of the Dartmouth harbour. In 1891 a bridge built on that spot was taken out by a hurricane. A new bridge took its place but two years later the weight of a train caused a section to break away, and the rest of it went out with a high tide shortly thereafter. The third bridge, which we know today as the Macdonald Bridge opened in 1955. During construction, a Mi’kmaq chief and elders were asked to lift the old curse, which they ceremoniously agreed to. Did it work? Time will tell. Fingers crossed.
The Bill Lynch curse: Bill Lynch was originally from McNab’s Island just off Halifax Harbour which hosted a fair every summer, including a merry go round. In 1920, he bought that merry go round and started his own travelling fair which travelled the province of Nova Scotia and grew into the biggest travelling carnival in Canada. He eventually donated over three million dollars to children’s charities, which is irrelevant but speaks of his character. But wouldn’t you know it: a curse came about. The curse is simple: when the Bill Lynch show comes to town, expect tons of rain. Origins of the curse are unclear but it is between a spurned Mi’kmaq woman who decided to get even or the theory of a carnival worker who died, for which the skies open up and pour (mimicking tears shed for the deceased carnie) whenever the carnival arrives at a new town. Or it could just be that you rarely get seven days of good weather in a row in Nova Scotia, so it naturally rains at inopportune times.
A Few Famous Curses to Consider:
Curse of The Poltergeist movie: So many terrible things happened to cast and crew following the filming of this movie, that people were convinced the whole movie-making operation was cursed, possibly because they used real human skeletons as props.
Sports teams and players: Research “curses” on these guys and you won’t come up empty-handed. Hockey, baseball, football all have their own unlucky curses.
The Curse of Oak Island: "Seven must die before the island gives up its’ treasure." So far, there have been 6 (who were actively seeking the treasure, although one source suspects it’s already been 7) Source of the curse: unknown.
Curse of the Halifax bridge: “First in a storm, second in silence, third in death” was a Mi’kmaq Indian chief’s vow, as he placed a curse for eternity on one of the Halifax bridges. There are various versions of the events leading up to this, but suffice it to say there was a love triangle, jilted lovers and jealousy to blame in the 1700’s upon the north shores of the Dartmouth harbour. In 1891 a bridge built on that spot was taken out by a hurricane. A new bridge took its place but two years later the weight of a train caused a section to break away, and the rest of it went out with a high tide shortly thereafter. The third bridge, which we know today as the Macdonald Bridge opened in 1955. During construction, a Mi’kmaq chief and elders were asked to lift the old curse, which they ceremoniously agreed to. Did it work? Time will tell. Fingers crossed.
The Bill Lynch curse: Bill Lynch was originally from McNab’s Island just off Halifax Harbour which hosted a fair every summer, including a merry go round. In 1920, he bought that merry go round and started his own travelling fair which travelled the province of Nova Scotia and grew into the biggest travelling carnival in Canada. He eventually donated over three million dollars to children’s charities, which is irrelevant but speaks of his character. But wouldn’t you know it: a curse came about. The curse is simple: when the Bill Lynch show comes to town, expect tons of rain. Origins of the curse are unclear but it is between a spurned Mi’kmaq woman who decided to get even or the theory of a carnival worker who died, for which the skies open up and pour (mimicking tears shed for the deceased carnie) whenever the carnival arrives at a new town. Or it could just be that you rarely get seven days of good weather in a row in Nova Scotia, so it naturally rains at inopportune times.
You be the judge.
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