I remember seeing this years ago. I was impressed with how huge it was and how strikingly blue and beautiful it was. I don't believe in curses but this diamond has a truly incredible story. Thanks!
Loved this. I remember hearing about it in the late 70s - mid 80s when I was growing up, but I love that new information about it has continued to be unearthed about it even as recently as 2008.
I saw it when I was 12 (1976). I knew about the curse and was stunned by its beauty. Unfortunately, we didn't make it the last time I was in DC. 2014, I think.
Diamonds, in general, are overrated due to their perceived prestige due to expense. Cubic zirconia tend to get chosen over diamonds by people who don't know gemstones that well because of the higher brilliance and fire, assuming that the more glittery one must be the real deal while the shiny but relatively tame one must be the cheap substitute. Never mind the lies that de Beers has been spreading for however long it's been now. They've basically monopolized them by building their headquarters on top of the biggest mine in Africa and "forgetting" to do due-diligence when they buy them from others, who often turn out to be criminal organizations.
Simon, ever consider doing an episode on the Radium Girls from Ottawa, IL? I graduated from the town and had no idea of the history of it until I lived there. It is seriously messed up to look back in hindsight with what took place. Radium City is the only documentary that I have been able to find (filmed around 1985-1986), rather a hush-hush topic.
IDEAS: Trbovlje Power Station: The Tallest Chimney in Europe (read as: terbowlye) Franja Hospital: Secret WWII Mountain Hospital (read as: franya) Predjama Castle: The Castle in the Cave (read as: predyama) Slovene Kras: The Region That Gave the Karst Phenomena its Name The Soča River: The Emerald River that Ran Red During WWI (read as: socha) Maribor: City with the Oldest Vine in the World
I too saw it at the Smithsonian about 40yts ago. Very pretty. Though I was more impressed with huge globe of Brasilian quartz that was clear all the way through. It's what they used for the Apallo missions windows. D
Interesting footnote: Gloria Stewart--the wife of actor James Stewart--was married to Edward (Ned) Mclean, whose mother owned the Hope Diamond. It was not a happy union, although, it produced two sons. Later, when commenting about her first marriage Gloria quipped that with her marriage came the curse. I don't know if it's true. However, Ned was killed in an auto accident, and his and Gloria's oldest son Ronald McClean was killed in action in Vietnam in May 1969. Gloria and Jimmy went on to be married for 45 years until she died of Stage 4 lung cancer right before Valentine's Day 1994. Jimmy followed 3 1/2 years later on July 02, 1997.
My 8th-grade class went on a field trip to see the Hope Diamond. From the way it had been described to us at the time we all expected it to be Fred Flintstone big. It was rather disappointing lol
i remember seeing it at the smithsonian when i was a kid, and i got a majorly bad vibe from it. it really did spook me a bit, i didnt want to look at it for long.
Good lord sir I see you doing videos everywhere now. You’re getting bigger. I’ll list in order what channels I saw and subscribed to mega projects, biographics, geographics, side projects and now this channel.
A lot of the curse is "fell on hard times". But people who buy huge, splashy diamonds like that aren't probably not careful with their money, so are likely to spend it all and become bankrupt.
4:28 Mr.McLean: ugh, why is the dog in our couples portrait. Mrs.McLean: hush, Edward, before you hurt his feelings. 🐩: grrr, grrrrrr [bares teeth] Mr.: damn dog.
Yep. I think they said the Hope Diamond was cut in half because Louis XIV (I think!) was wearing it when he was beheaded and the HOTO was made from one of the halves
@@SEAZNDragon Wouldn't it just be the museum that got the curse, or its curator, or something, and not the whole country? Assuming curses are real, which they aren't. Besides, the world probably wasn't much better before 1958, what with the advances in medicine we've had since then and the fact that the two worst wars in human history happened before then.
@@SEAZNDragon you’re being dramatic, I’d much rather live now than in previous years. No major wars to be drafted in, no crash of the stock market, no famine or dust bowl forcing me to move 1000s of miles
@@SEAZNDragon hello the diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back to India
@@OtakuUnitedStudio hello the real name of the diamond is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are giving us back
Have you ever seen " Binging with Babish" ? I would love to see you two work on a food related collaboration. Love your posts , l feel l come back from my lunch break smarter than when l left , however, not smart enough to find another job.
@@NewsNowNME I just want to tell u that that hope diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back to India
@@OtakuUnitedStudio They named her monstrous engagement ring something very similar as well. I have *such* a clear memory of hearing about her owning the Hope when I was a kid it kinda freaks me out. Matrix glitch, I guess
I've been there and saw that. In like 1989.... it Was way back recessed into a wall and so far and behind bulletproof glass . I couldn't really see it very well.
I´m surprised that you do not mention the fact that the Hope Diamond, like all blue diamonds, is this color because of a minute quantity of boron adulterant. Whatismore, with exposure to UV light, the Hope not only brightly fluoresces in its _complementary color,_ being red and green, glowing orangish-red, but it does so for over a minute. *Fun Fact:* I viewed the Hope Diamond many years ago in a traveling exhibit, so I cannot vouch for the fact that its permanent display, with three inches of tempered glass, is near a floor-drain. They say, when the Moon drowns in blood and craven spirits roam the forlorn Earth, during the last stroke of midnight merely gazing upon it will make one´s head explode. Thus the drain? We can only surmise.
Great story, but.... If you had a million £ in your house 🏠 and people knew and your house was burgaled and you were murdered, it doesn't mean you are cursed, just naive.
Nothing has happened to the Smithsonian. You think a rock that's been sitting in a vault there for 62 years is why we suddenly had a political riot just this week?
"My dear, at my age who is going to look there". Absolutely hilarious
Lmao.. I'm feeling that. Funny af.
@theclandestinewitness 😂
I mean is it cursed or do these people keep finding financial ruin because they blow obnoxious amounts of money on things like pretty rocks
LOL
Right? I was totally thinking the same thing....
I remember seeing this years ago. I was impressed with how huge it was and how strikingly blue and beautiful it was. I don't believe in curses but this diamond has a truly incredible story. Thanks!
Getting to the bottom of this story is so hard that only a diamond can begin to scratch the surface.
Bah dum tss
Loved this. I remember hearing about it in the late 70s - mid 80s when I was growing up, but I love that new information about it has continued to be unearthed about it even as recently as 2008.
Never cease to impress with great content. Keep it coming team. Thank you and happy new year!
I saw it at the Smithsonian. It’s v pretty, but I liked looking at the big geodes better, tbh.
Agreed.
I saw it when I was 12 (1976). I knew about the curse and was stunned by its beauty. Unfortunately, we didn't make it the last time I was in DC. 2014, I think.
i haven’t even heard of the curse until today but the stone is beautiful
Diamonds, in general, are overrated due to their perceived prestige due to expense. Cubic zirconia tend to get chosen over diamonds by people who don't know gemstones that well because of the higher brilliance and fire, assuming that the more glittery one must be the real deal while the shiny but relatively tame one must be the cheap substitute.
Never mind the lies that de Beers has been spreading for however long it's been now. They've basically monopolized them by building their headquarters on top of the biggest mine in Africa and "forgetting" to do due-diligence when they buy them from others, who often turn out to be criminal organizations.
Honestly, if someone put a small geode on a ring, I’d say yes instantly. 💍
All over a shiny stone. Human Beings are weird.
"I ask for rich guy stuff, and you give me shiny pebbles? Bah!" _ptooey_ "Good day to you, sir!" - "Dr." John Zoidberg
I mean it's still better than what we do for some 0's and 1's which is money these days.
That diamond name is Kohinoor diamond and is from India
Britishers stole that diamond are not giving back
Finally a great story of something I've enjoyed viewing in the past. Thank you.
Simon, ever consider doing an episode on the Radium Girls from Ottawa, IL? I graduated from the town and had no idea of the history of it until I lived there. It is seriously messed up to look back in hindsight with what took place. Radium City is the only documentary that I have been able to find (filmed around 1985-1986), rather a hush-hush topic.
IDEAS:
Trbovlje Power Station: The Tallest Chimney in Europe (read as: terbowlye)
Franja Hospital: Secret WWII Mountain Hospital (read as: franya)
Predjama Castle: The Castle in the Cave (read as: predyama)
Slovene Kras: The Region That Gave the Karst Phenomena its Name
The Soča River: The Emerald River that Ran Red During WWI (read as: socha)
Maribor: City with the Oldest Vine in the World
A Curse adds value to an item , any misfortune of the non believing new owner reinforces the myth and adds to the value. Cursed Antiques 101
I touched it when i visited DC now I'm battling cancer and lost my vision
@@siege824s8 how exactly did you touch it? It’s in a bullet proof glass case?
@@rationallyruby it has a small window holes and i was able to touch it with my finger
@@siege824s8 interesting… when I saw it there were no holes to touch it… You couldn’t even touch the glass…
@@rationallyruby it was 3 holes on each side around 2 inches in diameter i went there back and n 2011
I too saw it at the Smithsonian about 40yts ago. Very pretty. Though I was more impressed with huge globe of Brasilian quartz that was clear all the way through. It's what they used for the Apallo missions windows. D
I'm feeling the red glow under ultraviolet light ect is blood and that blood could be a reason for the curse
When I heard the tone at the opening, I thought it was the theme to Castle.
Your theme song sounds like it's from the show Castle. Love that show...
How did I not know about *another* Simon channel !?
You know simon has too many channels when him just forgetting about one is an actual possibility
I don’t think he forgot about it, I think it just failed so he moved on. This was his second attempt to make this channel work.
And the Hope Diamond also caused the crash of the Titanic. At least according to the movie... lol
Er, no. The stone in that silly movie was fictional, and not ever named or considered to be the Hope Diamond.
so funny, i wanted to learn about this right now by someone i watch often and here you are, posted only an hour ago
He's watching you and monitoring your thoughts, of course. Simon is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
Interesting footnote: Gloria Stewart--the wife of actor James Stewart--was married to Edward (Ned) Mclean, whose mother owned the Hope Diamond. It was not a happy union, although, it produced two sons. Later, when commenting about her first marriage Gloria quipped that with her marriage came the curse. I don't know if it's true. However, Ned was killed in an auto accident, and his and Gloria's oldest son Ronald McClean was killed in action in Vietnam in May 1969. Gloria and Jimmy went on to be married for 45 years until she died of Stage 4 lung cancer right before Valentine's Day 1994. Jimmy followed 3 1/2 years later on July 02, 1997.
Wait, I never knew the resident memeologist, Sammy, was the producer
I remember seeing it as a child. Why I like the necklace from Titanic which reminds one of it
Imagine the chaos if diamonds all of a sudden were worth their rarity. Specially if people treated artificial ones as real ones.
My 8th-grade class went on a field trip to see the Hope Diamond. From the way it had been described to us at the time we all expected it to be Fred Flintstone big. It was rather disappointing lol
Specifically, the gem collection is part of the Natural History Museum.
i remember seeing it at the smithsonian when i was a kid, and i got a majorly bad vibe from it. it really did spook me a bit, i didnt want to look at it for long.
Good lord sir I see you doing videos everywhere now. You’re getting bigger. I’ll list in order what channels I saw and subscribed to mega projects, biographics, geographics, side projects and now this channel.
Also TopTenz, Today I Found Out, and Business Blaze 😆
You need to check out business blazer might be his best channel
@@imafraidicantdothat.9203 just checked it out. I love it.
It's so blue as to be almost ugly, irl.
Good video 👍
Actually got to go to the Smithsonian in DC and got to see it live and up close. Absolutely stunning piece!
7:55 "You can still see it there today [in the Smithsonian] seemingly curse-free." Hoo, boy, Simon, bad timing with the release of this video.
Maybe it is the curse at play?
Somthing happened?
@@deathjr5618 Look at the date the video was uploaded.
@@RobertGrif I dont get it what happened
@@annalisa9755 This video was uploaded on January 6th, the day the U.S. Capitol was stormed.
just when i thought i had found all of simons channels up pops another one
3:10 wooo dewd, that's an amazing pipe.
Maybe it isn’t the diamond but the bourgeoisie that owned it that possessed the curse
3:12 Shouldn't that be "pounds" instead of "dollars". since the gem was in Great Britain at the time?
Cursed diamond?
Can't get cursed if you don't touch it and sell it to the museum.
Big brain move there bro. 👌 😉
The only real curse is the curse of painful knowledge.
The real name of the diamond is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India
Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are giving us back
I'm beginning to think Simon is an AI.
Simon another channel thanks God.
A lot of the curse is "fell on hard times". But people who buy huge, splashy diamonds like that aren't probably not careful with their money, so are likely to spend it all and become bankrupt.
4:28 Mr.McLean: ugh, why is the dog in our couples portrait.
Mrs.McLean: hush, Edward, before you hurt his feelings.
🐩: grrr, grrrrrr [bares teeth]
Mr.: damn dog.
The Smithsonian is something EVERYONE should experience. Seriously, put it on your bucket list.
Isn't this the Diamond that they used as reference for the Heart of the Ocean in TITANIC?
Yep. I think they said the Hope Diamond was cut in half because Louis XIV (I think!) was wearing it when he was beheaded and the HOTO was made from one of the halves
Never knew the hope diamond had been in my home state. Much less an hour or so from my home town
You're a goner, man.
That hope diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond
And it is from India
Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back
@@NARUTO-7764 it’s blue Dimond from Seta statue in andhrapradesh. Found in guntur and it’s cursed.
My god, how many channels does this man have?
Yes.
Does he do podcasts?
This is Simon's forgotten child.
I've always liked the color but it was a bit gaudy. Maybe if it was a bit smaller it be more worth while
I think it's pronounced mac lane for McLean
It sounds a little like the Blue Carbuncle from Sherlock Holmes, although that stone has a significantly bloodier history.
Someone should steal it and offer it at a Hindu temple, that should break the curse.
Its really weird how well some of simons channels do so well and others just stay in a view slump.
I'm from Andhra Pradesh.
Not exactly from the Guntur district.
and yes he butchered the word Guntur.
It's more goontour
Simon looks like a skinny Santa! Skinny Santa,whoever heard of a skinny Santa?
Could also be that only people soon to go bankrupt would ever spend that much money on a diamond.
I love listening to you tell stories. I can listen to you read the phonebook. However you're going too fast
What happened to the channel? :\ 2months without any new videos.....
We need more Simon!! 😭 I need more History videos!! 😢
Hmm It's been at the Smithsonian since 1958? That might explain a few things.
@Savannah Look at US history since then
@@SEAZNDragon Wouldn't it just be the museum that got the curse, or its curator, or something, and not the whole country? Assuming curses are real, which they aren't.
Besides, the world probably wasn't much better before 1958, what with the advances in medicine we've had since then and the fact that the two worst wars in human history happened before then.
@@SEAZNDragon you’re being dramatic, I’d much rather live now than in previous years. No major wars to be drafted in, no crash of the stock market, no famine or dust bowl forcing me to move 1000s of miles
@@SEAZNDragon hello the diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back to India
@@OtakuUnitedStudio hello the real name of the diamond is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are giving us back
and of course Hope curse aficionados point out that as soon as it belonged to the Smithsonian, it belonged to the country and all the citizens...
There is a rumour or story in India that this diamond is stolen from a Sita devi statue. We worship her and she is a powerful god of prosperity.
Has anyone else thought that the right place for the diamond should be around the neck of the statue it was originally stolen from.
Assuming either the statue still exists or is in good enough shape that it can be put there. It WOULD make one hell of an exhibit.
Which one and does it still exists
@@demonprinces17 I don't know if it still exists but it was mentioned at the beginning of the video.
The full story of hope diamond (ENG Sub) : ua-cam.com/video/D3REjx9cpkk/v-deo.html
One more channel 🙄
I can't keep up with this much knowledge 😭
This channel's been around a while. His newest one is Business Blaze.
Location: United States? :-(
Have you ever seen " Binging with Babish" ? I would love to see you two work on a food related collaboration. Love your posts , l feel l come back from my lunch break smarter than when l left , however, not smart enough to find another job.
Titanic brought me here
Dunno, the U.S. has had its fair share of bad luck since then.
I didn't get any of the stuff about the origin of the diamond 💎 it was way too complicated.
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Jesus Simon another channel!?
I just keep finding more and more channels how, just how? I started at Business Blaze, I had no idea the youtube empire I had uncovered.
Any other Brit got Horrible Histories "George the IV the regent king" song in their heads when Simon said "George the IV"
I'm proud of you both. I'm 3rd
I was giving the last video all that sweet watch time.
@@NewsNowNME I just want to tell u that that hope diamond real name is Kohinoor diamond and it is from India
Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back to India
i took a pic of the diamond when i saw it at the smithsonian, it’s still on my camera roll😂 not cursed yet ;)
😆 (lol) Suddenly, your treasure trove of Cubic Zirconia doesn’t look so bad.
Would the Smithsonian be a good Megaproject?
ooh that is a great idea!
I subscribe to ALL Simon channels
Lol. I wondered if there would be any comments yet.
Thought there was a Liz Taylor/Richard Burton connection with the Hope Diamond. Mandela Effect?
Different diamond entirely, apparently.
That one was actually called the Taylor-Burton Diamond, how original. That was a normal white diamond, aside from its unusual size of 68 carats.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio They named her monstrous engagement ring something very similar as well. I have *such* a clear memory of hearing about her owning the Hope when I was a kid it kinda freaks me out. Matrix glitch, I guess
The Krupp diamond...
I've been there and saw that. In like 1989.... it Was way back recessed into a wall and so far and behind bulletproof glass . I couldn't really see it very well.
I'm 6th as of right now
And feel like an #OGlegend
You blaze?
@@OtakuUnitedStudio I always #keepcalmandblazeon
I´m surprised that you do not mention the fact that the Hope Diamond, like all blue diamonds, is this color because of a minute quantity of boron adulterant. Whatismore, with exposure to UV light, the Hope not only brightly fluoresces in its _complementary color,_ being red and green, glowing orangish-red, but it does so for over a minute.
*Fun Fact:* I viewed the Hope Diamond many years ago in a traveling exhibit, so I cannot vouch for the fact that its permanent display, with three inches of tempered glass, is near a floor-drain. They say, when the Moon drowns in blood and craven spirits roam the forlorn Earth, during the last stroke of midnight merely gazing upon it will make one´s head explode. Thus the drain? We can only surmise.
I'm surprised you missed the explanation, 20 seconds in, that blue diamonds are blue because of the presence of boron.
Hope this video you created on hope diamond 💎 may even bring the curse on u 😶🌫️🤧😳take care 😃😃
Kolar is in Karnataka state not in Andhra Pradesh.
Aiken is pronounced 'ay-kin', like ache-in
The diamond is cursed alLEGENDly...
It's in my belly I want the proxy thing out x
Me: I don't believe in curses
Also me: Haha, the curse moved to America
Honestly it's quite gaudy looking in real life. Grew up going to the Smithsonian and it's Honestly one of the least exciting exhibits.
Fun video
Bloody hell another one! Our boy fairly gets about
More of a shiner than Simon's dome😂
Great story, but....
If you had a million £ in your house 🏠 and people knew and your house was burgaled and you were murdered, it doesn't mean you are cursed, just naive.
Good job #Facktboi.
I don't care what you say. To me this thing is 100% cursed.
curse free?!?!?! have u seen the US this week?
Nothing has happened to the Smithsonian. You think a rock that's been sitting in a vault there for 62 years is why we suddenly had a political riot just this week?
We all know it's a Rapper Bug Zapper
It don't matter if hes a Thug Or Dapper
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It should be called the Despair Diamond
Sorry but the real name of diamond is Kohinoor diamond
And it is from India
Britishers stole that diamond from India and they are not giving back
icon south carlina is pronounced achon like bacon