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The true story of the Titanic's paranormal
legacy. Was the disaster predicted? Did she sink because of
paranormal events?
This next
section was sent to me by Noreen Gamble a reader who helped
me with my research.
The Princess of Amen-Ra:
 Of
all tales of the supernatural, this one is perhaps the best
documented, the most disturbing and the most difficult to
explain....
The Princess of Amen-Ra lived some
1,500 yrs before Christ. When she died, she was laid in an
ornate wooden coffin and buried deep in a vault at Luxor,
on the banks of the Nile. In the late 1890s, 4 rich young
Englishmen visiting the excavations at Luxor were invited
to buy an exquisitely fashioned mummy case containing the
remains of Princess of Amen-Ra. They drew lots. The man who
won paid several thousand pounds and had the coffin taken
to his hotel. A few hours later, he was seen walking out towards
the desert. He never returned.
The next day, one of the remaining
3 men was shot by an Egyptian servant accidentally. His arm
was so severely wounded it had to be amputated. The 3rd man
in the foursome found on his return home that the bank holding
his entire savings had failed. The 4th guy suffered a severe
illness, lost his job and was reduced to selling matches in
the street. Nevertheless, the coffin reached England (causing
other misfortunes along the way), where it was bought by a
London businessman.
After 3 of his family members had been
injured in a road accident and his house damaged by fire,
the businessman donated it to the British Museum.
As the coffin was being unloaded from
a truck in the museum courtyard, the truck suddenly went into
reverse and trapped a passer-by. Then as the casket was being
lifted up the stairs by 2 workmen, 1 fell and broke his leg.
The other, apparently in perfect health, died unaccountably
two days later.
Once the Princess was installed in
the Egyptian Room, trouble really started. Museum's night
watchmen frequently heard frantic hammering and sobbing from
the coffin. Other exhibits in the room were also often hurled
about at night. One watchman died on duty; causing the other
watchmen wanting to quit. Cleaners refused to go near the
Princess too. When a visitor derisively flicked a dustcloth
at the face painted on the coffin, his child died of measles
soon afterwards.
Finally, the authorities had the mummy
carried down to the basement. Figuring it could not do any
harm down there. Within a week, one of the helpers was seriously
ill, and the supervisor of the move was found dead on his
desk.
By now, the papers had heard of it.
A journalist photographer took a picture of the mummy case
and when he developed it, the painting on the coffin was of
a horrifying, human face. The photographer was said to have
gone home then, locked his bedroom door and shot himself.
Soon afterwards, the museum sold the
mummy to a private collector. After continual misfortune (and
deaths), the owner banished it to the attic.
A well known authority on the occult,
Madame Helena Blavatsky, visited the premises. Upon entry,
she was sized with a shivering fit and searched the house
for the source of "an evil influence of incredible intensity".
She finally came to the attic and found the mummy case. "Can
you exorcise this evil spirit ?" asked the owner.
"There is no such thing as exorcism.
Evil remains evil forever. Nothing can be done about it. I
implore you to get rid of this evil as soon as possible."
But no British museum would take the
mummy; the fact that almost 20 people had met with misfortune,
disaster or death from handling the casket, in barely 10 yrs,
was now well known. Eventually, a hard-headed American archaeologist
(who dismissed the happenings as quirks of circumstance),
paid a handsome price for the mummy and arranged for its removal
to New York .
In Apr 1912, the new owner escorted
its treasure aboard a sparkling, new White Star liner about
to make its maiden voyage to New York. On the night of Apr
14, amid scenes of unprecedented horror, the Princess of Amen-Ra
accompanied 1,500 passengers to their deaths at the bottom
of the Atlantic.
The name of the ship was Titanic.
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 IS THE STORY TRUE?
The above article was submitted to this site but there are a number of concerns about it's truth.
Reader, Robert Tanguay says: Just to point that Madame Helena Blavatsky died in 1891 and that ''In the late 1890s, 4 rich young Englishmen visiting the excavations at Luxor were invited to buy an exquisitely fashioned mummy case containing the remains of Princess of Amen-Ra.''
How come, after the sarcophagus moved to England, British Museum and finally to a private collector who decided ''After continual misfortune (and deaths), the owner banished it to the attic'', Madame Helena Blavatsky visited the premises? That should be in the very late 1890s or even during the 1900s.
In short Helena Blavatsky died before the 4 rich young Englishmen were visiting the excavations at Luxor.
What do you have to say about that?
Similarly, Wikipedia says: "Another suggested source of a Titanic "curse" is the Princess Amen-Ra who lived in 1050 B.C. According to legend after her discovery in the 1890s in Egypt, purchaser after purchaser of the mummy ran into serious misfortune including bankruptcy, amputation, other serious injuries and several deaths. The mummy was donated to the British Museum where it continued to cause mysterious problems for visitors and staff. The mummy was eventually purchased by journalist William Thomas Stead who dismissed the claims as quirks of circumstance; though he did arrange for the mummy to be hidden under the body of his car for fear that it would not be taken aboard the ship because of its reputation. He reportedly revealed to other passengers the presence of the mummy the night before the accident. The mummy itself was placed in the first-class cargo hold. However, eyewitness accounts report that, once the Captain gave the order to abandon ship, the mummy appeared on deck. This is another urban legend as the British Museum never received the mummy, only the lid of its sarcophagus which is on display at the museum. Additionally, except during war and special exhibits abroad, the coffin lid has not left the Egyptian room."
So is the story true? There certainly seems to be conflicting evidence.
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