Uncovering the Iceman: The 5,000-Year-Old Cursed Mummy

Uncovering the Iceman: The 5,000-Year-Old Cursed Mummy

Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your curator Kara has the tale of the cursed Iceman.

Two German hikers made a startling discovery in the Ötztal Alps in 1991 that would forever change our understanding of the Copper Age—and potentially unleash a deadly curse.

Seven people connected to the Iceman have met untimely deaths—from car accidents and avalanches to rare diseases.

Could these deaths represent a modern manifestation of an ancient protective curse? Or simply coincidence magnified by our human tendency to find patterns?