1. The "Hope" diamond of bad luck weighs 45.42 carats, is dark blue, and is a world-famous treasure. According to metaphysics, jewelry and diamonds are always accompanied by murder and robbery, and are ominous things stained with blood.

As for this Diamond of Doom, legend has it that its owners died mysteriously one after another, and the misfortune was not stopped until it was donated to the Smithsonian Institute in the United States.

The specific deeds are summarized as follows: In 1642 AD, the French explorer and jeweler Tavimir first obtained this huge gem diamond in southwestern India, weighing 112 carats, and it had an extremely rare deep blue color.

Tavimir took the gem back to France and presented it to French King Louis XIV. The king granted him an official position and rewarded him with a large sum of money as the price of the gem.

The legendary bad luck also began to befall those who came into contact with the gems.

Tavimir's property was squandered by his unfilial son, leaving him penniless when he was 80 years old. He still had to go to India again, hoping to find new wealth.

However, he was bitten to death by a wild dog there.

The next one was King Louis XIV of France.

He polished this blue gem diamond into a diamond weighing 69.03 carats.

Louis XIV only wore it once and soon died of smallpox.

Louis XV, the French King who succeeded to the throne, became the new owner of diamonds.

He swore not to wear the large dark blue diamond, but he lent it to his mistress.

As a result, Louis XV's mistress was beheaded during the French Revolution.

This large blue diamond was passed to King Louis XVI of France. His queen often wore this diamond. As a result, Louis XVI and his wife were both sent to the guillotine.

Princess Lamberne, the girlfriend of Queen Louis XVI, subsequently became the owner of this blue diamond of bad luck.

She was probably killed during the French Revolution because of wearing this unfortunate diamond.

This large blue diamond was stolen from the French treasury in 1792.

The fate of the thief is unknown. We only know that it was reworked and its weight was reduced to 45.52 carats. It appeared on the London jewelry market in 1830 and was immediately bought by banker Hope for a value of 18,000.

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From then on, the blue diamond was named "Hope" after its new owner.

Since Hope in English means hope, the diamond is also called "Hope".

Banker Hope never married. He passed the blue diamond to his grandson (on condition that he change his surname to Hope).

The new owner of the diamond later married an American actress named Yossi. Soon, Little Hope went bankrupt and Yossi divorced him.

Yossi died in Boston, USA in 1940. She was destitute in her later years and often complained that the "hope" of the blue diamond had brought her hard luck.

In 1906, Little Hope was forced to sell the blue diamond "Hope" to pay off debts. Within two years, "Hope" was resold many times.

In 1908, the blue diamond "Hope" was bought by Sultan Hamid II of Turkey for US$400,000.

It is said that when the businessman who handled the deal was taking his wife and children out, their car rolled over the cliff and the whole family was killed.

The blue diamond "Hope" was worn by the Sultan in the Turkish court as a reward to his confidant Zubid, but soon, Zubid was executed by the Sultan.

In 1911, McClain, the postal administrator in Washington, USA, bought the blue diamond "Hope" for US$114,000. He gave it to his wife as a gift.

Someone told Mrs. McClain that this was a diamond that would bring bad luck, and talked about many historical legends. Mrs. McClain laughed it off.

She often wears this diamond, and often wears it together with another famous diamond she owns - the 94.8-carat "Eastern Star" to show luxury and wealth.

Maybe it was a coincidence! In the second year after Mrs. McClain got the blue diamond "Hope", her son died in a car accident, and her husband Mr. McClain also died soon after. Her daughter died from an overdose of sleeping pills.

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Mrs. Crane passed away in 1947. Winston, a famous American jeweler, bought all her jewelry in 1958 and became the new owner of the blue diamond "Hope".

What happened next?

Winston took this diamond of bad luck and flew across the Atlantic many times in different seasons. Of course, everything was safe, but he did encounter an interesting thing.

Once, Winston and his wife went to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. When they returned to New York, his wife took a flight the day before, and Winston himself flew back to New York the next day.

Mrs. Winston's plane flew as scheduled and landed at Maria Airport in the Azores for refueling. Due to a minor engine failure, the plane was delayed for about three hours.

While waiting for repairs, a male passenger suddenly refused to travel on this plane again and insisted on taking the next day's flight, so he got off the plane and left.

Winston did not know this. On his way to Lisbon Airport the next day, he received a telegram from his wife saying that she had arrived in New York safely.

Winston stuffed the phone into his pocket and immediately boarded the flight to New York. When the plane took off, he found that the seat next to him was empty. He was very happy because he could have a good sleep.

When he woke up, the plane had arrived at the gas station Maria Airport in the Azores. While the plane was refueling, he got off the plane and went for a walk.