5 damned places where even seasoned hair stands on end

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The world is full of secrets, mysteries and unusual places around which myths, legends and horror stories soar, striking in their realism. After all, having once faced the city of Khorazin cursed by Jesus, or finding yourself in the Bhangarh fort in India, you involuntarily begin to understand and feel on yourself all that mysterious atmosphere, from which your hair literally stands on end …

1. The cursed tomb of the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon

When in Poland, in the city of Krakow, the tomb of King Jagiellon was found, some historians and researchers in a joking manner said that it, like other royal tombs scattered around the world, could be cursed and take the lives of many of people. Unfortunately, their words turned out to be not so much funny as prophetic. When a group of researchers and archaeologists examined the remains of the royal body and the rotten, rotten coffin made of wood, some of them tragically died from unknown infections, diseases and heart attacks.

A few days later, four more people died under strange circumstances. But the series of deaths did not end there: within several years, researchers from this group died from a variety of diseases, including cancer. According to the calculations of doctors and historians, it is believed that over fifteen people who examined the royal remains in the tomb and laboratory died.

However, after quite a long time, the Polish authorities were finally able to find the invisible killer. Alas, there was no question of any curse: the doctors ruled that the death of the researchers came from the spore fungus Aspergillus flavus, which also caused many deaths during the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

It was after this incident that many scientists came to the conclusion that people with a high level of health and resistance to various disputes and fungi should open tombs and engage in research, and all in order not to fall victim to another ancient "curse".

2. Cursed English medieval well of St. Anne

Legend has it that near the city of Liverpool, located in England, there is a real healing well, which was attributed to St. Anne. It was believed that he was able to heal from all diseases, especially from diseases of the eyes and skin. The well itself was built in honor of Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, by the followers of her cult, around 1066 AD. According to legend, Anna herself bathed in the well, charging it with her own strength and gaining health.

Urban stories claim that this well was located on the territory of the temple and was under the protectorate of the monks themselves. It is also stated that one day the local landowner Hugh Darcy came to the abbot, Father Delwaney, asking him to free this land in his favor. It is alleged that the holy father categorically refused Darcy this request, and also wanted to help ensure that this man's lands no longer belong to him. But soon the monks were actually evicted from the monastery by a new royal decree. As they passed their former abode, Delwaney noticed Darcy himself near the well.

History claims that the landowner had extremely good relations with the local authorities, and therefore easily agreed to take possession of the healing well. Delwaney was furious when he realized that Hugh was behind this. It is believed that he put a curse on him, the essence of which was that he would have "the curse of a serpent that smites a dishonest person, and his conquest will not bring him benefit and glory, because St. Anna will bruise his head."

History claims that Darcy himself demolished structures in this area that were created there specifically for pilgrims and monks. At the same time, he claimed that some dark, sinister force was pursuing him, and he also felt that a great evil was coming. A few months later, under mysterious circumstances, his beloved son, who fell ill with a previously unknown disease, dies, and Darcy's own life-work suffers heavy losses. The story ends with the fact that one night Darcy, who had gone too far, disappeared, and in the morning he was found on the well itself with a broken head.

3. Irish ringforts and bad luck sent by fairies

Ring fortifications, they are also ringforts, is one of the types of Irish settlements of antiquity, which were surrounded by several levels of banks, as well as a moat. Since after the end of the Iron Age these buildings were no longer used, over time their significance was forgotten, and the locals began to believe that they belonged to fairies. Therefore, it is believed that visiting such places is fraught with the opportunity to incur the wrath of the little people. But at the same time, local residents are sure that leprechauns, distant relatives of fairies, hide their priceless gold in pots precisely in such fortifications that were previously special, rural settlements.

Other ring buildings and monuments in Ireland are perceived approximately the same way. It is believed that such a ring is a portal to another, fairytale world full of incredible adventures. But at the same time, local residents claim that this is a dark and gloomy place that carries negative energy and marks the arrival of evil.

It is believed that if the ringfort is located on your land, then it should be treated with great reverence and respect, in no case should you try to harm, disassemble or destroy it, because this may cause the legendary curse of leprechauns to manifest, which manifests itself in death livestock, family members and relationship discord. More recently, the same fate befell the Irish developer Sean Quinn, who in 2011 suffered a complete financial fiasco and was left penniless. Before that, he was considered one of the richest and most influential people in Ireland, but then decided to move the ringforth, which ended up on the territory of his land, to another place in order to make room for a future career.

4. Chorazin - a city cursed by Jesus himself

In the Bible, namely in the Gospel of Luke and Matthew, only three cities are mentioned that were deprived of God's mercy and were cursed by Jesus himself. One of them is Chorazin, and the other two are Bethsaida and Capernaum. It is believed that it was in Chorazin that Jesus lived after he left Nazareth. According to the Bible, it was in the city of Chorazin that Jesus performed his miracles for three years. However, both the city itself and its inhabitants remained deaf and blind to what was happening, not wanting or even trying to turn from the sinful path and change their lives. Jesus curses Chorazin for not trying to atone for their sins by continuing to live a dishonorable life.

Until this moment, Chorazin was mentioned in historical publications as one of the largest and most well-developed and richest cities of that time. However, already in the third century AD, this city fell into desolation and was completely plundered and abandoned. Today's archaeological excavations telling about this place are mainly called Khirbet Kerazeh. At the same time, no mention was found that in the first century AD, when Jesus lived, this city could exist. The Roman historian Eusebius claims that around 330 AD the city fell into desolation as a result of a powerful earthquake, which he attributes to God's punishment and the fulfillment of the curse of the son of Christ. However, the dates of the life of Christ himself and the existence of the city simply do not coincide.

5. Bhangarh ghost town and the curse of the Hindu sadhu

Today, Bhangarh Fort is one of the most popular tourist destinations in all of India, so much so that local authorities were banned from visiting it at night. Perhaps this is due to several stories that helped the city gain the glory of the damned. This city was founded in 1573 in the state of Rajasthan, during the reign of King Bhagwant Das, and was to become the royal residence for his second son. This fort, which is a small town in scale, had a fairly extensive landscaping, where one could find temples, palaces, many gates, as well as a picturesque land at the foot of the mountain. But despite its location and beautiful views, by 1783 not a single inhabitant remained in the fort, and the peasants simply moved their houses to another place.

According to legend, this city was cursed by a man named Baba Balnath. He authorized the construction of the city, but only if its walls and houses would not cast a shadow on the sanctuary of this monk. He also warned the prince that otherwise he would destroy the entire city. When a descendant of the king disobeyed him and the walls of the fort became much higher than planned, casting a shadow on the monastery of the monk, he, in turn, sent a curse on the city. It is believed that the relics of the monk are buried somewhere in the ruins of this fort.

Another story associated with this fort tells of a wizard named Singhia who was passionately in love with princess Ratnawati, mistress of Bhangarh. Rumor has it that he cast a spell on the beloved perfume of the princess, so that, touching them, she would fall in love with him without memory. However, Ratnavati herself found out about this and thwarted this insidious plan. After that, insulted and grieved in love, the wizard cursed the fort and all its inhabitants. Modern Hindus believe that in order to remove the curse from Bhangarh, it is necessary to find a new incarnation of the princess Ratnavati, who moved into another body and return her to the fort, thereby putting an end to the misfortunes that follow him.

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