Cursed Objects from United States
Cataloging 10 accursed artifact(s) originating in United States.
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Annabelle the Cursed Doll
Annabelle is an infamous vintage Raggedy Ann doll believed by demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren to be inhabited by an inhuman, demonic spirit rather than a human ghost. Acquired by a nursing student in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1970, the doll allegedly moved around apartments, wrote cryptic notes, and attacked visitors before being exorcised and placed inside a blessed glass case. She is widely considered one of the most dangerous possessed objects in modern American paranormal history.
The Conjured Chest
The Conjured Chest is a 150-year-old carved oak chest of drawers housed at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky. Crafted in 1830 by an enslaved artisan named Remus for his enslaver, Jeremiah Graham, the chest allegedly carries an African voodoo curse that caused the premature deaths of eighteen people who stored their clothes inside it, making it one of the most deadly cursed artifacts in Southern folklore history and American dark tourism.
The Dybbuk Box
The Dybbuk Box is a small vintage wooden wine cabinet believed to be trapped with a 'dybbuk'—a restless, malicious spirit from Jewish mythology. Originating in Portland, Oregon, in 2001 after being sold at an estate sale, the box allegedly inflicts horrific nightmares, sudden illnesses, hair loss, and dark poltergeist activity upon anyone who opens or owns it. It gained global notoriety following an eBay listing that launched a modern urban legend.
Cursed Gettysburg Battlefield Stones
Cursed Gettysburg Battlefield Stones refer to rocks, soil, and minié balls illegally removed from the historic Civil War grounds at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. According to park rangers and local lore, taking stones soaked in the blood of over 50,000 casualties inflicts a severe curse of illness, injury, financial ruin, and marital breakdown upon thieves until the artifacts are returned to the battlefield. The legend is a prominent modern example of Civil War folklore.
James Dean's Porsche ('Little Bastard')
Little Bastard is the notorious silver Porsche 550 Spyder in which Hollywood icon James Dean suffered his fatal car crash on September 30, 1955. Following Dean's tragic death, the wreckage allegedly inflicted a trail of fatal accidents, fires, crushing injuries, and mysterious mechanical failures upon mechanics, customizers, and museum visitors before inexplicably vanishing from a sealed transport train in 1960, creating one of America's most enduring automotive folklore legends and captivating car enthusiasts worldwide.
The Myrtles Plantation Cursed Mirror
The Myrtles Plantation Cursed Mirror is a famous nineteenth-century gilded mirror situated in the hallway of The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. According to local legend, the mirror holds the trapped spirits of Sara Woodruff and two of her children, who allegedly died of poison in the 1820s. Visitors and staff report seeing phantom handprints, ghostly figures in period clothing, and strange physical smudges that reappear on the glass despite repeated cleaning, making it a southern gothic icon.
Cursed Petrified Wood of Petrified Forest
The Cursed Petrified Wood refers to fossilized wood specimens illegally taken from Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona. According to widespread legend, removing even a tiny piece of petrified wood from the park unleashes a relentless curse of bad luck, physical injury, job loss, divorce, and financial ruin that plagues the thief until the stolen specimen is returned to the park accompanied by a written letter of apology. The legend stands as one of the National Park Service's most famous folklore stories.
Robert the Doll
Robert the Doll is one of the most famous, highly documented, and deeply feared haunted artifacts in American folklore and dark tourism history. Originating in Key West, Florida, in 1904, the three-foot-tall straw-filled effigy was given to young Robert Eugene Otto. According to widespread legend, the doll possesses sinister sentience, shifting facial expressions, moving about independently, and placing severe, life-altering curses upon anyone who shows disrespect, captures photographs without permission, or fails to address him with proper deference in person.
The Tallman Bunk Beds
The Tallman Bunk Beds were a second-hand set of wooden bunk beds purchased by the Tallman family in Horicon, Wisconsin, in 1987. Within weeks of assembling the beds, the family experienced violent poltergeist activity, phantom fires, red-eyed demonic entities, and sudden illness, forcing them to flee their home and destroy the furniture in 1988 in one of the Midwest's most intense documented hauntings. The harrowing ordeal remains one of the most famous poltergeist cases in Wisconsin history.
The Hands Resist Him Painting
The Hands Resist Him is a famous 1972 surrealist painting created by California artist Bill Stoneham that became an international internet sensation as 'The Haunted eBay Painting' in February 2000. Depicting a young boy and a glass-eyed doll standing before a dark glass door pressed with disembodied hands, the artwork allegedly causes severe physical illness, sleeplessness, phantom footsteps, and terrifying visual hallucinations in homes where it is hung, earning an enduring place in modern horror folklore across digital culture and art history.