The Blue Hope Diamond is believed to have the most twisted history. How it capture the world and ended up at the Smithsonian Institution is still a mystery.
Hope Diamond: The Killing Stone
Of all the well-known big diamonds the most infamous is the Hope Diamond, a blue colored beauty that was dubbed The Killing Stone.
According to the legend the hope was placed in front of a Buddha statue when it was stolen by a warrior, Tavernier, and a curse that foretold bad luck and death befell on the stone ever since. For this transgression, the legend says, Tavernier was torn apart by wild dogs on a trip to Russia just after he had sold the diamond. This was the fir…