Some objects do seem to accumulate an unusual number of
unfortunate or just plain odd things.
I'm put in mind of a piece of trench art depicting the angel of death and
carved from human bones that was found near Petersburg, Virginia.
So far, all known owners of it have died under unusual circumstances and the
item itself has now vanished after the last owner was murdered in New Orleans. I saw the thing once before it vanished and must say, there was someting very 'wrong' about it for lack of a better word.