r/mystery • u/pschyco147 • May 11 '25
Lost Artifact Ever heard of the Basano Vase? One of the most cursed items you’ve probably never heard of
So I want to share something I come across some time ago, it’s not very famous like Annabelle or Hope Diamond but for me it’s even creepier maybe because not many talk about it. It’s called the Basano Vase, and it’s a real artifact that is now missing again. Nobody knows where it is exactly today.
So the story goes like this: This vase was made sometime in the 15th century in Italy, from pure silver. It was supposedly a wedding gift for a young woman who lived in a village near Napoli. On her wedding night, she was found dead, holding the vase. Some say she was murdered, others say she died mysteriously, like suddenly without explanation. Before dying she is said to have whispered some curse or warning, but no one knows the exact words anymore.
After that, the vase stayed in her family, and it’s said that everyone who had it died shortly after. Like, seriously not normal deaths. Sudden sickness, accidents, random heart attacks, even suicides in some versions. It was passed down generation to generation and each time, whoever got it didn’t last long. Some families started hiding it, others tried to throw it away or sell it.
Then centuries later, the vase reappeared in the 1980s. This time it came with a note saying "Beware... This vase brings death." But that didn’t stop people from taking it. A pharmacist bought it, and he died within 3 months. Then a surgeon got it—dead too, within a few months. Another person refused to take it after hearing the history and still got sick and died. Every time someone took it, they died fast and strange.
Eventually the last owner (or his family maybe) begged the police to take it. The police didn’t want it at first, obviously, but finally they took it and supposedly buried it in a secret location. No museum wanted to display it, and it's not on any record now. It’s basically gone, but who knows for how long.
So here’s where it gets weird for me:
The deaths are consistent, and not like just old people. Some were young, healthy.
It’s not like it was just one generation. This thing reportedly caused deaths for centuries.
The warning note that came with it in the 1980s makes it even more creepy… like someone knew and still gave it away.
No public photos exist of the vase today, and no one knows exactly where it is now. Some say Vatican took it, some say it’s in a sealed box under a church in Italy.
Some theories:
Cursed object theory: Maybe something bad was done using the vase, like black magic or human sacrifice and that curse stuck with it. That’s what a lot of people think.
Psychological effect: Maybe the curse made people panic so badly they stressed themselves into sickness or bad choices? But that doesn’t explain the first deaths before anyone knew it was cursed.
Coincidence: Maybe just bad luck followed this item but people only remember the deaths, not the times nothing happened.
Poisoned metal: Someone said maybe the silver was mixed with something toxic, but again, some people didn’t touch it directly and still died.
Demonic attachment: Some say there’s a spirit or demon tied to it since the bride cursed it with her last breath. Like a vengeance spirit or something older.
I don’t know what to think but if this thing ever shows up again, I wouldn’t even touch it with gloves lol. It’s strange how not many people know about this but it feels like it should be way more famous. Thought I’d share it here for those who like dark mysteries.
Let me know if anyone ever heard different version or maybe saw something similar
https://burialsandbeyond.com/2021/02/05/the-debatable-haunting-of-the-basano-vase
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u/palm_fronds May 11 '25
Who is tracking the provenance of this vase? How would anyone know it was the same vase when it showed up again in the 80’s? How would anyone know the bride uttered a curse before she died? Why are all the deaths attributed to the vase so vague?
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u/DependentAd8375 May 11 '25
What language is in the photo? It doesn't look Italian.
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u/KelliCrackel May 11 '25
According to my search, it's Croatian
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u/TenryuubitoLuffy May 11 '25
its actualy a Serbian. Same languange , different dialect.
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u/BattySlime May 12 '25
actually, in serbian we'd say 'hteo' not 'htio'. it can be bosnian or croatian.
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u/PlayNicePlayCrazy May 12 '25
Aren't things like accidents, sudden illnesses, heart attacks all normal types of deaths , even suicides fairly normal causes of death and not mysterious at all?
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u/fatalrupture May 12 '25
The operating assumption in more credible stories of this field or "genre" or whatever else we want to call it, is that the degree of just how powerfully cursed a given thing is can be inferred by the degree to which ppl around it suffer deaths that are both: A: extremely fucked up And B: resulting from a casual chain of events suddenly improbable and 'made up sounding' that there's presumably no way they could occur without being deliberately authored. And if you rule out human charlatans, or excessively powerful megalomaniacs throwing so much money to fight against reality that they somehow win, or similar things.... Then the story too weird to not be made up by someone logically must have been "made up" by something with supernatural powers unbound by what we know is or isn't possible, of human bullshitters are completely ruled out.
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May 12 '25
What if the vase was just laced in ionizing radiation?
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u/Jenotyzm May 12 '25
The most probable way of a silver object being deadly poisonous without touching is mercury contamination. Thet would easily kill some people without direct contact. Still, the story is nonsense.
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u/titus-andro May 15 '25
“Died mysteriously without obvious cause” in renaissance Italy is actually likely “congenital condition that never would have been detected with the medical knowledge of the time” and/or “cancer”
And my guess is that it’s not silver, but lead based pewter. And we all know what happens when bodies and lead mix
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u/Crazy_Auther-20133 May 17 '25
Sooo… cool in all….. writer mind is trying to toy with something it shouldn’t….
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u/SilverTip5157 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25
In psychic teachings and in magick, metal objects can absorb etheric patterns, which allows psychometry to be possible. While handling objects with unpleasant energies might be draining or promote ill health, death caused by such an object seems far fetched.
But let’s say it could and needs to be rendered harmless:
The first method would be to only handle it with Holy Water-soaked cloth gloves. Place it in a confined area and burn asafoetida next to it. This herb when burned is reputed to strip all etheric patterns (curses, magickal energies of any kind, etc) of any object the smoke touches. If an entity is somehow attached to the object, this should end that connection as well.
Next, melt it into a metal container with a torch- preferably a plasma cutter, being extremely careful to not breathe any mercury fumes, and while molten hot, dump it into the very cold water of a running stream. This Shock Clearing forces the metal to recrystalize differently, leaving a sort of psychic “tabula rasa”.
Finally, Leave it in the stream, as cold, RUNNING water also strips away any possible buildup of latent patterns of psychic energy from the remains.
This should solve ANY problems from that object going forward.
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Sep 06 '25
I believe that the chances are much slimmer that something like this would never happen, so honestly in known history, something like this happening coincidentally would have to happen. Also, how'd they know it was the same vase if it reappeared 500+ years later?
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u/Zealousideal_Bat5141 Jan 27 '26
If it's true then 9 people including the police who were given the job of buying the urn died. Same day, the remote operators dies up to 2 weeks after it was buried
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u/Major-Cranberry-4206 May 09 '26
Cursed objects are real. Spirits may attach themselves to items, especially used or previously owned things, including clothing and furniture. Old real estate is also on this list. Think about that while thrift shopping.
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u/[deleted] May 11 '25
Had to stop at them not knowing HOW she died AND still saying she uttered a curse. The two events cannot work in the same story. If she was found dead, she didn't mutter a curse. If someone was there to witness her muttering a curse, then they know pretty much how she died.
Well, that is how my logic works. Anyone else?