Show Notes
Ep 277 is loose! And we're telling the tale of the dazzling but deadly Hope Diamond... Where did the Hope Diamond come from? Who did it curse across history? And what did Mike the Dog have to do with its evil ways?! The secret ingredient is...a jeweller!
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Source this week include "Hope Diamond". Smithsonian Institution Archive articles in The New York Times. "The Secret History Of The Hope Diamond: How Pierre Cartier Sold A Cursed Jewel". "U.S. has Sun King's stolen gem, say French experts". Canada.com. "George Switzer; Got Hope Diamond for Smithsonian". The Washington Post. “Louis XIV: King of France and Navarre 1638-1715”. Chateau de Versailles “Assassination Attempt on King Louis XV by Damiens in 1757”. Chateau de Versailles “Delivering the Hope Diamond”. Smithsonian National Postal Museum "...the diamond's notorious past". PBS. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. “When The Washington Post Covered Up A Presidential Scandal”. WETA Boundary Stones "Historical Time Line, The French Blue / Part I-III". The French Blue. “The Blue Hope Diamond Glows Red”. Smithosonian Story. August 19, 2009.
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