Case File 175-The Curse of the Hope Diamond

Alien Theorists Theorizing

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🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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In the southeastern coastal region of India, sits the state of Andhra Pradesh. Beginning in the 16th century, a region of the state known as Golconda became the premier location for mining and trading precious gems. For 300 years merchants from around the world would travel to this specific area to search for diamonds that were of unmatched quality and size. Kings, Sultans, and Emperors all came to covet and desire the gems produced at the Golconda Mines. Throughout history, some of the wealthiest and most powerful rulers throughout Asia and Europe all possessed massive diamonds that were brought up from the depths of the Indian mines. Legends and rumors swirl about some of the most notable diamonds that came from the area. Tales of jewels stolen from ancient temples and ancient gods seeking vengeance on those that would seek to possess their power. Of the multitude of world-famous diamonds that still survive to this day in collections around the world, one has been marked as perhaps one of the most cursed items in modern history. Many of those who possessed it in the past met grisly ends and suffered disastrous misfortune. This case file, join the Theorists as they try to talk nice about some evil ice in...The Curse of the Hope Diamond

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0:00.0	In the southeastern coastal region of India sits this state of Andhra Pradesh.
0:21.2	Beginning in the 16th century, a region of the state known as Gokonda became the premier
0:26.4	location for mining and trading precious gems. For 300 years merchants from around the world
0:33.2	would travel to the specific area to search for diamonds that were of unmatched quality in size.
0:41.2	Kings, sultans and emperors all came to covet and desire the gems produced at the Gokonda mines.
0:50.4	Throughout history, some of the wealthiest and most powerful rulers throughout Asia and
0:55.2	Europe all possessed massive diamonds that were brought up from the depths of the Indian mines.
1:03.2	Legends and rumors swirl about some of the most notable diamonds that came from the area.
1:09.3	Tales of jewels stolen from ancient temples and ancient gods seeking vengeance on those that
1:14.9	would seek to possess their power. Of the multitude of world-famous diamonds that still
1:21.9	survive to this day in collections around the world, one has been marked as perhaps one of the
1:28.0	most cursed items in modern history. Many of those who possessed in the past met grizzly ends and
1:35.9	suffered disastrous misfortune. This case filed join the theorists as they talk nice about some evil
1:44.1	ice in the curse of the hope diamond.
2:03.2	Welcome to alien theorist theorizing case file 175. The curse of the hope diamond.
2:24.9	I'm Braden. I'm Zell. I'm Dan. And I'm Andrew.
2:32.6	Cheers boys. We never left town. We've always been in town. Why do you keep saying that?
2:36.1	I haven't left my house in 11 months. Yeah, it's been a while out too. Yeah, unfortunately.
2:42.8	This is an interesting case file before we begin. What are you guys' thoughts on cursed objects?
2:47.1	Like do you think do you guys believe in cursed objects? Do you guys believe that there's
2:52.4	you know like with gold and gems that there's some there's maybe properties to them that we don't
2:57.8	fully understand or they have powers that we don't quite know how to unlock. What are you guys' thoughts
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