Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

The Curse of the Hope Diamond (2010x31)

Uitzenddatum: Mei 24, 2010

Our obsession with wealth transcends all boundaries. This vast gem (45.5 carats), indestructible and priceless, has been at the heart of 350 years of varied history, from Louis XIV to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, via George IV and all sorts of other upper-class oddballs. Wherever it’s been, it seems to have caused death, ruin and bad luck.