DEATH CHAIR

ORIGIN: North Yorkshire, England.

The urban legend of The Death Chair is also known as The Chair of Death or Busby's Stoop Chair. 

And it revolves around Thomas Busby, a man who was executed in 1702 for the murder of his father-in-law, Daniel Auty. 

The story claims that Busby killed Auty in a drunken rage, supposedly beating him to death after an argument. 

After the murder, Busby was arrested, tried, and eventually hanged for his crime.

Before his execution, as he was being led to the gallows, Busby placed a curse on his favorite chair. 

He declared that anyone who dared to sit in his chair would meet an untimely and violent death. 

Locals took his curse seriously, and over the centuries, the chair gained a dark reputation.

According to the legend, multiple deaths were linked to those who sat in the chair. 

Some individuals reportedly died in car accidents shortly after sitting in it, while others suffered fatal falls or very strange accidents. 

The scary pattern of deaths and misfortunes caused the chair to be hung from the ceiling of a local pub to prevent anyone from sitting in it. 

Today, it is displayed in a museum, as a reminder of Busby's curse.