Best of 2019: The Curse of the Hope Diamond Pt. 1

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In 1668, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier returned to France with a haul of diamonds, including a massive Blue Gem. Over the next 350 years, the diamond travelled the globe in the hands of kings, bankers, and thieves. Everyone who possessed it met with misfortune and, in some cases, death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Life can take unexpected turns. Some are easily defined. Others… require further investigation. Every Tuesday, collect the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle — events in history which have eluded so many for so long, but deserve a deeper look. Unexplained Mysteries is a Spotify Original.