10 Real-Life Curses That (Supposedly) Killed People

3. King Tut's Curse

Of all the creepy curses, King Tutankhamun's tomb has to be the most famous. The opening of the tomb was widely publicised, particularly following Lord George Carnarvon's sizeable investment in the excavation. Rumours of a terrible curse began when Lord Carnarvon died only six weeks after the opening of King Tut's tomb. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous for his Sherlock Holmes novels, publically suggested that Carnarvon's death was caused by mysterious forces guarding the pharaoh's body. Later deaths fuelled the rumours even further, although it was later reported that only eight of the fifty-eight people involved in the excavation died within 12 years of the tomb's opening. Howard Carter, the archaeologist that led the excavation team, died of lymphoma long after opening the tomb, giving strong evidence against the existence of a nefarious curse.