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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

KING TUT'S TOMB & OTHER FAMOUS CURSES

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

History, Society & Culture

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

James Dean was a film star in the 50's whose career was brought to an abrupt end when his Porsche Spyder crashed, taking his life. There was a chain of tragedies that followed with respect to the people involved with the car-right down to the chassis and parts that were sold off. The curses, in order: The Curse of King Tut's Tomb The Kennedy Curse Tecumseh's Curse on American Presidents The Superman Curse The First Commandment and Fabio The Hope Diamond James Dean's Little Bastard Go to www.harrys.com and take advantage of the free offer to get a complete Harrys Shaving Kit- put 1001 in the promo box and get a bonus bottle of Post Shave Balm now. the kit is an $18 dollar value and all you pay is $3 shipping. You won't get the post shave balm unless you add the numbers 1001 in the promo code box at check out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And the Oh, Welcome to another episode at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries. This one titled James Dean's Little Bastard and other famous curses.

0:37.0

An unusual name to be sure, and an episode filled to the brim with history, legend, folklore, and mystery.

0:45.0

You know, curses come in a variety of shapes and forms.

0:49.0

There are curses to include revenge upon certain people,

0:52.0

like those who disturb King Tut's tomb or

0:54.9

curses on US presidents that go back on their words to the Indians. Certain

0:59.3

cursed cars like James Dean's poor spider, the little bastard, which, after rushing him to his death,

1:06.0

continued to rack up more deaths according to legend.

1:09.0

There's cursed families like the Kennedy family, cursed objects like the Hope Diamond, and countless others.

1:17.0

Then there were the curses I was known to utter when the raisers I purchased from the corner drugstore nickedicked my chin and neck, and spotted my clean white shirts,

1:25.8

until I found out about Harry's raisers.

1:28.8

No more nicks, no more blood spots on my shirts and face and one great shave every morning.

1:35.0

Now I look forward to shaving.

1:37.0

Who to thunk it?

1:38.0

The first thing I noticed about Harry's raisers was the weight of the razor grip and the way it felt in my hands, solid, smooth and precise,

1:46.0

with a good feel to the handle.

1:48.0

The flexible head hits all the contours and the gel they provide works perfectly in small amounts.

1:54.0

The second thing I noticed was that the cost of the replacement blades for Harry's

1:58.1

was much less than I was spending at the drugstore.

2:01.1

And the blades last over a week's worth of shaves.

2:04.0

I was selling out about $4 a blade.

2:07.0

Harry's replacement blades are $2 and they're German engineered.

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