Cursed Objects, J.W. Ocker
Cursed Objects, J.W. Ocker
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Cursed Objects
Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

Author: J.W. Ocker

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/15/2020


Synopsis

Beware . . . this book is cursed! These strange but true stories of the world's most infamous items will appeal to true believers as well as history buffs, horror fans, and anyone who loves a good spine-tingling tale.

They're lurking in museums, graveyards, and private homes. Their often tragic and always bizarre stories have inspired countless horror movies, reality TV shows, novels, and campfire tales. They're cursed objects, and all they need to unleash a wave of misfortune is . . . you.

Many of these unfortunate items have intersected with some of the most notable events and people in history, leaving death and destruction in their wake. But never before have the true stories of these eerie oddities been compiled into a fascinating and chilling volume.

About J.W. Ocker

J. W. Ocker is the Edgar Award-winning author of Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe, A Season with the Witch, and Death and Douglas. His work has appeared in the Guardian, the Boston Globe, CNN, the Atlantic, and other places people stick writing. He's from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carl on August 16, 2024

This was really a fun short book. It tells the lore and history of mini cursed objects, both of which are popular in pop culture and some that had never heard of. The book doesn’t try to exaggerate anything. It just tells the facts and tells the stories as they are. I enjoyed hearing the history and......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 02, 2021

Cursed Objects is a strange delight largely due to J. W. Ocker's wry humor. Ocker mostly works to debunk or discredit the origin stories for cursed items, but he often concludes excerpts on individual items with something along the lines of: "This object isn't really cursed, but then again, it could......more

Goodreads review by Sadie on November 30, 2020

This is a book that would appeal to almost everyone I know. Who isn't fascinated by oddities and/or stories of strange, unusual, unexplained phenomena? CURSED OBJECTS is the careful gathering of infamous cursed objects and their stories. It is fully illustrated and broken up into sections. The author......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on December 11, 2021

First off, this book is bloody gorgeous from front cover to back cover and everything in between! The endpapers are just STUNNING, the illustrations are drool worthy and even the end of chapters have cute little illustrations. Basically the only reason you need to buy this book is it’s beauty. Kiddi......more

Goodreads review by Coos on March 27, 2023

Estaba con ganas de leer algo de este estilo, así que me vino genial. Es una guía bastante completa de objetos malditos/embrujados alrededor del mundo. Algunos bastante conocidos, como es el caso de la muñeca Annabelle, y otros más escondidos. No ahonda demasiado en cada uno de los casos, pero eso p......more