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Legends 51: Royal

2025/4/14
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The filming of the 1956 film 'The Conqueror' was plagued with bad luck and ultimately disaster. The crew filmed in a desert downwind from a Nevada test site where the U.S. government was testing nuclear bombs. Out of the 220 cast and crew members, 91 developed cancer and 46 died as a result. The collective wealth and power of Howard Hughes and John Wayne couldn't save the cast from nuclear fallout.
  • The Conqueror, filmed in Utah near a nuclear test site, resulted in 91 of 220 cast and crew members developing cancer.
  • The film is considered one of the worst movies ever made and also the most cursed film in history.
  • Wealth and power cannot guarantee safety or prevent unforeseen disasters.

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All the power and privilege in the world can’t guarantee safety. And if these legends are any indication, the list of risks includes the supernatural.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson and research by Cassandra de Alba.

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