The lampshade that drives its owners mad

Wait... A strange lampshade falls into the hands of an Author who makes $$$ out of the story... Who'd have thought!
 
some of the people in the article need to get a grip of themselves . yes its awful and horrible but the people who where actually there or actually around at the time had to deal with far greater problems than ''oh no ive got this dreadful lamp made from dreadful things''
 
Lysander said:
My aunt has one of the relics from Tutankhamen's tomb but it hasn't brought any bad luck on the family as far as I can tell. Nothing like that lampshade anyway, which is terribly disturbing.
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really? wow id love to hear the story of how she got hold of that.

Im guessing its either fake and thats just what she thinks it is, or it was handed down from a relative who got some of the stolen stuff :p

So you have an pics of it?

If its real she better hope http://www.drhawass.com/ doesnt come calling... hes a nutter and he would want it back! :P
 
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Both the thread and article title are misleading and are designed to make you think of something supernatural or otherworldly that affects the human mind. Whilst I have no interest in the myth of curses outside of the fun of the story surrounding 'unexplained' coincidences and events, this lampshade is about as close as you'll get to an object bearing an actual curse.

Right now it's easy to say 'it's a lampshade made of human skin, so what' because the words 'lampshade made of human skin' don't really come with any weight behind them out of context. However, I can fully understand the psychology of the presence of the lamp eating away at you over time as you contemplate its history and the evil behind its creation.

There will undoubtedly be people here who will say they'd remain unaffected, and I'd even put myself in that camp to an extent, but I don't think I could say for sure without experiencing it. Moreover, to not be affected by it might be more troubling.
 
Belmit said:
Both the thread and article title are misleading and are designed to make you think of something supernatural or otherworldly that affects the human mind. Whilst I have no interest in the myth of curses outside of the fun of the story surrounding 'unexplained' coincidences and events, this lampshade is about as close as you'll get to an object bearing an actual curse.

Right now it's easy to say 'it's a lampshade made of human skin, so what' because the words 'lampshade made of human skin' don't really come with any weight behind them out of context. However, I can fully understand the psychology of the presence of the lamp eating away at you over time as you contemplate its history and the evil behind its creation.

There will undoubtedly be people here who will say they'd remain unaffected, and I'd even put myself in that camp to an extent, but I don't think I could say for sure without experiencing it. Moreover, to not be affected by it might be more troubling.
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Yep, it's the constant wondering about it's origin that would mess with your head.
 
Jesus. I think the poster who linked to the picture of that book should get Man Of Honour 2010.

That article was so long I almost developed RSI trying to get through it all for pics :eek:
 
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