Horror And Mystery Stories
The Cursed Treasure

There are a lot of stories about treasure that we often hear about. Although its existence cannot be ascertained, some believe that the treasure exists.

But not infrequently, the treasure is true. Unfortunately, they have been cursed and whoever takes them will end up dead. Here are five cursed treasures.

Cahuenga Pass

The story begins in 1864, when four soldiers sent by Benito Juarez went to San Francisco with a treasure trove of coins and gold jewelry to buy ammunition for the Mexican war.

On the road, one of them was killed, and three others followed. However, a traveler named Diego Morena who saw the incident managed to get away with Benito Juarez money and fled south. He then stopped in the mountains above Los Angeles which is now known as the Cahuenga Pass.

That night, while he was in a tavern, he dreamed that he would die. So greedy, he wanted to die with his treasure, so he buried the treasure in a place. Before dying, he then told his friend, Jesus Martinez where he was buried.

Martinez set out to make the money with his stepson but he suffered a heart attack and died when they began digging, a decade later, his stepson was killed in a shootout east of Los Angeles. A small portion of the treasure was later discovered in 1885 by a Basque shepherd, but he was also killed when he fell into the sea on his way back to Spain.

Mystery of Brain Island

The mystery of Oak Island was first discovered by a group of teenage boys in 1795, who saw a strange light near a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. After further investigation, they saw a newly dug hole.

Due to the rampant pirate cases in their area, it seems that the excavation was probably a large amount of treasure buried by pirates. The further they dug, they found stones engraved with strange codes, which had to be deciphered first in order to be read. Forty Feet Below Two Million Pounds are Buried, or in Indonesian Forty feet below here, buried two million pounds.

The first recorded death was in 1861, when a pump exploded and killed a worker. In 1897, a man named Maynard Kaizer died when the rope that lifted him from the hole fell. The most devastating tragedy occurred in 1965, when Robert Restall, his son, and two co-workers inhaled toxic fumes after falling into a hole.

In the last days of World War II, there was a lot of looting of gold and treasure by both sides of the dispute. The Amber Room was something to be plundered at the time. The Amber Room was also dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World and was a gift to Peter the Great in 1716, celebrating peace between Russia and Prussia. In 1941, the Nazis took control and dismantled the room for safekeeping. After being shown at the museum in 1943, the Amber room disappeared.

Since then, the person associated with that space fell under a curse. The museum's curators, Alfred Rhode and his wife, died of typhus and their bodies vanished, along with doctors who signed their death certificates. Russian General Gusev, who was linked to the room, also died in a mysterious car accident. Oddly enough, Georg Stein, one of the Amber room hunters, was found dead in the Bavarian jungle, naked with his stomach sliced open with a scalpel.

Koh-i-noor Diamond

Koh-i-Noor is one of the oldest and most famous jewelry types in the world as of 1306. In a Hindu text it is mentioned that the person who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also encounter his own misfortune.

Only God, or women, could wear it, as many male rulers who had it were eventually killed, including Nadir Shah, who was assassinated in 1747. When Queen Victoria was presented with the diamond in July 1850, she was reportedly very impressed and later changed shape and cut it into smaller pieces.

However, in honor of the curse, no male heirs were allowed to wear it. The diamond is still on display in the Tower of London.

Quin Shi Huang Tomb, China

It is one of the oldest tombs that holds many mysteries. China's first emperor, Quin Shi Huang, died on September 10, 210 BC and buried hundreds of slaves, concubines, gold and jewelry, as well as thousands of terracotta statues in his hidden grave. The site is even bigger than the Pyramids.

Although there have been many rooms and areas that have been excavated, the king's tomb has still not been found until now.The site is surrounded by mercury which if penetrated, could have triggered deadly residents around. Therefore, despite 50 years of exploring Quin Shi Huang's tomb, archaeologists are still afraid to peer deeper.