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See what happens if you go to the wrong jeweler?


The start of the diamond’s history goes back to the 1660s, when a French merchant sold an astonishingly large diamond to King Louis XIV. Legend states that the merchant stole the gemstone from a sacred temple in India. The natives, after they discovered the theft, placed a curse on anyone who owned the gem.
Then came a long chronology of tragedies:
King Louis XIV gave the diamond to a mistress, but then he cruelly abandoned her.
The gem eventually passed into the hands of Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette, both of whom were later beheaded.
It vanished for a while, only to show up in London, where it was bought by banker Henry Thomas Hope. Hope was one of the few who apparently escaped the curse, although he did lend his name to the gemstone.
A Russian prince obtained the diamond, lent it to a French actress, and soon after fatally shot her. The prince himself was stabbed to death by revolutionaries.
There then followed ownership, in quick succession, by a Greek jeweler who fell off a cliff; a sultan who went insane; and a man named Habib Bey, who drowned.
The diamond was then sold to the Maclean family. The curse hit this family hard: the patriarch’s mother died soon after he took possession of the gem, two servants died, the 10-year-old son was run over by a car, the daughter committed suicide, and the mother died a raging alcoholic.
(then it got donated to the Smithsonian, now we know why the government is falling apart)

http://www.historicmysteries.com/hope-diamond-curse/

Then there is all the other stuff with stones, they get swallowed by dogs (they like shiny things), get dropped in garbage disposals, and they all try to escape from their settings at every opportunity, and hide in a crack on the other side of the room where you dropped them. I never figured they were possessed! Next time we screw up a repair, Mam, I'm so sorry we toasted your diamond ring, but really we did you a favor, stupid thing was possessed..

Thanks, johng you made my day!
Julie777
 

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