Busby’s stoop chair Story: Why is this 300-year-old chair the world’s most cursed? 63 have died so far, this chair is kept here even today. It will be placed so high that no one can sit on it. Now the chair is hung in the air 2.5 meters above the ground.
Busby’s stoop chair Story :
There are many mysterious things in this world. Some tales and stories related to which are also very popular among the people. One of them is the story of Busby’s stoop chair kept in Thirsk Museum in England. The chair is named after its owner, Thomas Busby. It is believed that after the death of the owner of the chair, whoever sat on this chair was killed for one reason or the other. So far this chair has killed 63 people.
Who was Thomas Busby? What is the story of the cursed chair?
Thomas Busby lived in the village of Kirby Wiske in England in the 18th century. He was addicted to drinking and was very angry by nature. Thomas had business with a criminal named Daniel. Daniel was a smuggler by profession. His house was on top of a hill.
The house was perfect for his business because being on top of a hill, no one could peep into his house. She also had a daughter named Elizabeth. She was very beautiful in appearance. Daniel’s life lived in his daughter.
Thomas used to meet Elizabeth because of business. Soon both of them started falling in love with each other. They wanted to marry each other. But Daniel was against their marriage because he knew Thomas very well.
Elizabeth did not agree and married Thomas. After marriage, Thomas started beating Elizabeth. Daniel became very upset by this. Because of this, Daniel and Thomas started fighting.
Thomas had a house in the village of San Honey. One night when Thomas reached his house, Daniel was already there. Daniel tells Thomas that he is upset with his daughter’s nature and that he is taking her to his house. At this, Thomas angrily threw Daniel out of the house and started drinking himself.
Drunk, he reached Daniel’s house and killed Daniel by beating him with a hammer. To hide his crime, he hid Daniel’s body in the forest. When Daniel was not found for a long time, his search started. A few days later his body was found in the forest. Everyone’s suspicion was on Thomas and the main suspect, Thomas, was hanged in 1702.
Thomas’s last wish?
Before the death sentence, Thomas was asked his last wish. He said that he wants to have one last meal while sitting on the favorite chair kept at his house. People say that before death, Thomas cursed that ‘whoever dares to sit on this chair will die. People believe that because of this the chair became cursed and now whoever sits on it dies.
Who became the victim of the chair? Mysterious tales related to the chair
In 1894, a woman cleaning a pub accidentally collided with a chair. The next day she was found hanging from the fan. A few days later another sweeper admitted that he had robbed and killed the woman. This increased the fear of the chair among the people. Some soldiers were sitting on this chair during the Second World War.
Not a single one of all these soldiers could survive during the war. This convinced people that whoever comes near the chair, something is definitely wrong with him. There were many more such deaths in which the cause of death has not been clear to date.
Where is the chair now?
After the increasing accidents due to the chair, the owner of the pub gave the chair to the Thirsk museum in 1978 on the condition that the chair would be kept so high above the ground that no one could sit on it. Now the chair is hung in the air 2.5 meters above the ground.
