The Encyclopedia of Cursed Objects

Artifacts of Misfortune, Folklore, and True-Case Hauntings

By: Lorelai Hamilton

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Paperback | 7 January 2026

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Artifacts of Misfortune. Folklore. True-Case Hauntings.

Across history, certain objects have been removed from circulation, sealed away, buried, destroyed-or displayed behind glass with warnings no one likes to explain.

The Encyclopedia of Cursed Objects is an extensive, sober examination of those items.

This is not a book of campfire stories or shock-value paranormal tales. It is a study of material folklore: the point at which human grief, fear, devotion, obsession, and belief attach themselves to physical objects-and refuse to let go.

Inside, you'll find documented cases involving:

Ritual objects and tools created for protection, punishment, or power
Jewelry and personal items tied to promises, identity, and loss
Religious artifacts whose meanings fractured over time
Art, writing, and media that behave like vessels rather than records
Domestic objects-mirrors, furniture, dolls, toys-where the familiar turns hostile

Each entry examines:

The object's origin and construction
Its cultural and historical context
Recorded patterns of misfortune or disturbance
Eyewitness accounts and modern documentation
Skeptical explanations alongside persistent anomalies

What emerges is not proof of the supernatural-but something stranger: consistency.

Independent owners report similar symptoms.
Misfortune clusters.
Objects resist disposal.
Warnings appear after harm has already begun.

Whether these forces are psychological, cultural, environmental, or something less easily named is left deliberately open. What matters is that the effects persist.

This encyclopedia does not tell you what to believe.
It shows you what repeats.

And repetition, as history reminds us, is rarely accidental.

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