{"product_id":"the-encyclopedia-of-cursed-objects-lorelai-hamilton-9781961714731","title":"The Encyclopedia of Cursed Objects: Artifacts of Misfortune, Folklore, and True-Case Hauntings","description":"\u003cb\u003eArtifacts of Misfortune. Folklore. True-Case Hauntings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross history, certain objects have been removed from circulation, sealed away, buried, destroyed-or displayed behind glass with warnings no one likes to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Cursed Objects\u003c\/i\u003e is an extensive, sober examination of those items.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e a book of campfire stories or shock-value paranormal tales. It is a study of material folklore: the point at which human grief, fear, devotion, obsession, and belief attach themselves to physical objects-and refuse to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find documented cases involving: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRitual objects and tools created for protection, punishment, or power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJewelry and personal items tied to promises, identity, and loss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligious artifacts whose meanings fractured over time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt, writing, and media that behave like vessels rather than records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDomestic objects-mirrors, furniture, dolls, toys-where the familiar turns hostile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach entry examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe object's origin and construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIts cultural and historical context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded patterns of misfortune or disturbance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEyewitness accounts and modern documentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkeptical explanations alongside persistent anomalies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is not proof of the supernatural-but something stranger: consistency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndependent owners report similar symptoms.\u003cbr\u003eMisfortune clusters.\u003cbr\u003eObjects resist disposal.\u003cbr\u003eWarnings appear \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e harm has already begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether these forces are psychological, cultural, environmental, or something less easily named is left deliberately open. What matters is that the effects persist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis encyclopedia does not tell you what to believe.\u003cbr\u003eIt shows you what repeats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd repetition, as history reminds us, is rarely accidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorelai Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961714736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961714731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rainbow Quartz Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d","brand":"Lorelai Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447219728639,"sku":"9781961714731","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32f4c6ac-914a-4802-8a5c-a8a516f12997.jpg?v=1777229650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-encyclopedia-of-cursed-objects-lorelai-hamilton-9781961714731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}