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{\an7}Narrator: IT’S NIGHT
\h\hAT THE MUSEUM.
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{\an7}INSIDE THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION IN WASHINGTON,
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{\an7}THE LAST VISITOR HAS LEFT.
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{\an7}THE DINOSAURS ARE ALONE.
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{\an7}THE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE
HAS ONLY GUARDS FOR COMPANY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT ON THIS NIGHT,
SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING.
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{\an7}THE MOST FAMOUS AND MYSTERIOUS
DIAMOND IN THE WORLD
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS BEING TAKEN FROM
ITS BOMB-PROOF CABINET.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE HOPE DIAMOND,
AT 45.5 CARATS,
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{\an7}THE BIGGEST DEEP BLUE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVER DISCOVERED,
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{\an7}IS ABOUT TO GO UNDER THE DRILL
TO REVEAL ITS INNER SECRETS.
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{\an7}HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF ATOMS
\h\h\h\hWILL BE BLASTED OUT OF IT
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{\an7}AND OPEN UP A WINDOW
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hINTO A WORLD
OVER A BILLION YEARS OLD.
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{\an7}Man: THE HOPE DIAMOND
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{\an7}\h\hIS ONE OF THE WORLD’S
MOST UNIQUE CREATIONS.
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{\an7}IT’S A LITTLE BIT
LIKE A METEORITE
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{\an7}THAT’S FALLEN TO THE EARTH
\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM OUTER SPACE.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\hDOES NOT JUST CONTAIN
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{\an7}A SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY.
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{\an7}IT HAS ALSO SPAWNED
A LEGENDARY CURSE.
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{\an7}\h\hWoman: IT’S GOT THIS
FABULOUSLY COMPLICATED
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{\an7}AND DRAMATIC HISTORY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHERE ARE SO MANY TWISTS
AND TURNS AND DRAMATIC EVENTS
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{\an7}AND HORRIBLE DEATHS
ALONG THE WAY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BEHIND THE HOPE DIAMOND
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{\an7}LIES THE GREATEST JEWEL ROBBERY
IN HISTORY,
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{\an7}A GLITTERING AMERICAN HEIRESS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTRUCK BY TRAGEDY
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{\an7}AND AN EXECUTED KING AND QUEEN.
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{\an7}Man: THE IDEA THAT HERE’S
\h\h\h\hTHIS DIAMOND
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{\an7}THAT HAS TOUCHED THE NECK
OF MARIE ANTOINETTE,
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{\an7}\h\hTHAT WAS STOLEN
FROM AN IDOL IN INDIA
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{\an7}AND HAS THIS MAGICAL POWER.
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{\an7}Narrator: FOR HALF A CENTURY
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{\an7}\h\hTHE HOPE DIAMOND HAS BEEN
AMERICA’S CROWN JEWEL.
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{\an7}NOW, TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY,
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{\an7}MASTER CRAFTSMEN
AT HARRY WINSTON
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hARE CREATING A NEW SETTING
SELECTED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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{\an7}Man: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOPE,
YOU ARE NOT THE SAME.
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{\an7}THIS TRANSFORMS YOUR VISION
INTO THE WORLD OF GEMS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: THIS IS
THE ASTONISHING STORY
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{\an7}OF THE HOPE DIAMOND.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NATURAL HISTORY
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{\an7}IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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{\an7}HERE, PROTECTED BY A THICK LAYER
OF BULLET AND BOMB-PROOF GLASS,
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{\an7}LIES THE MOST VISITED EXHIBIT
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE PLANET.
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{\an7}\h\hIT ATTRACTS ABOUT AS MANY
VISITORS AS THE MONA LISA.
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{\an7}WHAT MAKES THE HOPE DIAMOND
SO SPECIAL AND ALLURING
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{\an7}IS ITS UNIQUE COMBINATION
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{\an7}OF SIZE, NEAR PERFECT CLARITY
\h\h\h\hAND DEEP BLUE COLOR.
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{\an7}\h\hIT TOWERS OVER
THE SINGLE CARAT DIAMOND
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{\an7}TYPICAL OF AN ENGAGEMENT RING,
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{\an7}BUT THE HOPE ALSO CONTAINS
ONE MYSTERIOUS PROPERTY
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{\an7}THAT IS THE SUBJECT
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{\an7}\h\hOF A LONG RUNNING
SCIENTIFIC PUZZLE.
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{\an7}ONE NIGHT IN THE LATE 1960s,
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{\an7}SCIENTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
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{\an7}PLACED THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\hUNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.
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{\an7}NOTHING HAPPENED...
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{\an7}UNTIL THE LIGHT
\h\hWAS SWITCHED OFF.
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{\an7}\hINCREDIBLY, THE DIAMOND EMITTED
AN ALMOST SUPERNATURAL RED GLOW.
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{\an7}IT CONTINUED TO GLOW
\h\hFOR UP TO A MINUTE,
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{\an7}AN EFFECT NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hDR. JEFFREY POST, CURATOR
OF THE NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION,
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{\an7}HAS STUDIED THE HOPE
\h\h\h\hFOR TWO DECADES.
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{\an7}Post: THIS GLOW WAS SOMETHING
THAT CLUED US IN TO THE IDEA
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{\an7}THAT THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS DIAMOND
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{\an7}THAT MADE IT DIFFERENT
\h\hTHAN MOST OTHER DIAMONDS.
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{\an7}WE’VE NEVER SEEN THIS INTENSITY
IN ANY OTHER DIAMOND.
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{\an7}Narrator: BUT WHAT WAS
\h\h\h\hTHAT SOMETHING
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{\an7}CREATING THIS MYSTERIOUS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRED GLOW?
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{\an7}SOME BELIEVED THE ANSWER
COULD BE FOUND IN HISTORY
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{\an7}OR EVEN IN LEGEND.
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{\an7}BUT FOR THE SMITHSONIAN’S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEXPERTS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS A QUESTION
THAT ONLY SCIENCE COULD SOLVE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE FIRST STAGE
OF THEIR INVESTIGATION
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{\an7}WAS TO GO BACK IN TIME,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO PLANET EARTH
BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO.
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{\an7}WHAT EVENTUALLY BECAME
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE HOPE DIAMOND
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{\an7}WAS FIRST CREATED
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{\an7}AROUND 100 MILES BELOW
\h\hTHE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
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{\an7}IN A LAYER CALLED
THE UPPER MANTLE.
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{\an7}LIKE EVERY OTHER DIAMOND,
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{\an7}IT BEGAN LIFE AS A CLUSTER
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF CARBON ATOMS.
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{\an7}UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE AND HEAT,
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{\an7}THE ATOMS FORMED INTO THE RIGID
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF DIAMOND.
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{\an7}BUT TO GET TO THE SURFACE,
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{\an7}A DIAMOND HAS TO SURVIVE
\h\hA PERILOUS JOURNEY.
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{\an7}\h\hPost: THE DIAMOND
IS A PASSENGER.
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{\an7}\h\hWE’VE GOT MOLTEN MAGMA
THAT’S NOW PUSHING, ERUPTING
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{\an7}TOWARDS THE SURFACE
\h\hOF THE EARTH.
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{\an7}IT CARRIES THE DIAMOND WITH IT.
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{\an7}NOW THIS ERUPTION IS SO VIOLENT,
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{\an7}IT GETS TO THE SURFACE
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE EARTH
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{\an7}IN A MATTER OF A FEW HOURS.
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{\an7}THESE DIAMONDS ARE TRAVELING
\h\h\h\hAT 30, 40 MILES PER HOUR.
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{\an7}THE DIAMOND COULD HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED DURING THIS.
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{\an7}IF THE DIAMOND TRAVELED
TOO SLOWLY TO THE SURFACE,
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{\an7}IT WOULD CHANGE FROM DIAMOND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO GRAPHITE.
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{\an7}AGAIN, THE DIAMOND
WOULD BE DESTROYED.
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, MAYBE
\h\hONE IN A MILLION,
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{\an7}ONE IN A BILLION DIAMONDS
\h\hTHAT ARE DOWN THERE
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{\an7}ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO THE SURFACE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AFTER THE DIAMOND CRYSTAL
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{\an7}SURVIVED ITS JOURNEY
\h\hTO THE SURFACE,
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{\an7}THE MOLTEN ROCK COOLED
\h\h\h\hAND SOLIDIFIED,
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{\an7}ENTOMBING THE DIAMOND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOVER MILLIONS OF YEARS,
THE MOLTEN VOLCANIC ROCK ERODED,
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{\an7}RELEASING THE DIAMOND
TO BE WASHED ALONG RIVERS
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{\an7}IN THE SUB-CONTINENT OF INDIA,
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{\an7}FINALLY COMING TO REST
\h\h\h\hIN GRAVEL DEPOSITS.
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{\an7}\h\hAND THAT WAS WHERE,
IN THE MID 17th CENTURY,
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{\an7}\h\hHUMAN EYES FIRST GAZED UPON
THE LARGEST DEEP BLUE DIAMOND
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{\an7}THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
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{\an7}THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS ABOUT TO
EMBARK ON A 350-YEAR JOURNEY.
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{\an7}IT WOULD POSE A SET OF RIDDLES
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{\an7}ENCOMPASSING SCIENCE, HISTORY
\h\hAND A LEGENDARY CURSE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT IT WASN’T UNTIL
THE EARLY 20th CENTURY
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{\an7}THAT THE STORY OF A CURSE
\h\h\h\hFIRST EMERGED
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND CAPTURED
THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT THE CENTER OF EVENTS
WAS A FAMOUS AMERICAN HEIRESS--
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{\an7}EVALYN WALSH McLEAN.
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{\an7}1910.
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{\an7}EVALYN AND HER HUSBAND NED
\h\hARE ON VACATION IN PARIS.
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{\an7}THEY RECEIVE A VISIT
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{\an7}FROM ONE OF THE WORLD’S
MOST FAMOUS JEWELERS--
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{\an7}PIERRE CARTIER--
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{\an7}\h\hA MAN ON CONSTANT LOOKOUT
FOR WEALTHY CUSTOMERS.
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{\an7}CARTIER TELLS EVALYN
\h\h\h\hAN AMAZING STORY.
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{\an7}HE’S RECENTLY ACQUIRED A DIAMOND
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{\an7}OF UNPARALLELED COLOR, SIZE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND BEAUTY
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{\an7}AND WITH A HISTORY TO SEND
\h\hSHIVERS UP THE SPINE.
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{\an7}THE EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED IT,
HE SAYS,
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{\an7}STOLE IT FROM THE EYE
\h\hOF A HINDU GODDESS
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{\an7}IN AN INDIAN TEMPLE.
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{\an7}HE WAS THEN RIPPED APART
\h\h\h\hBY WILD DOGS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVER SINCE,
THERE HAS BEEN A CURSE
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{\an7}ON WHOEVER OWNED THE DIAMOND.
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{\an7}A FRENCH QUEEN WORE IT AND WAS
BEHEADED AT THE GUILLOTINE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE NEXT OWNERS, ONE OF
THE RICHEST FAMILIES IN EUROPE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWERE PLUNGED
INTO FINANCIAL RUIN.
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{\an7}BUT FAR FROM SCARING
\h\h\h\hEVALYN AWAY,
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{\an7}PIERRE CARTIER’S STORY
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{\an7}ONLY WHETS HER DESIRE
\h\h\h\hFOR THE DIAMOND.
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{\an7}\h\hRichard Kurin:
EVALYN WAS TOTALLY TAKEN
\h\hBY CARTIER’S STORY,
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{\an7}I THINK SHE WAS
\h\hENTRANCED BY HIM.
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{\an7}CARTIER STAGE-MANAGED IT
\h\hSO BEAUTIFULLY,
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{\an7}SO HE WAS TELLING THE STORY
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ALL THE TIME
HOLDING IN FRONT OF HIM
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{\an7}\h\hTHIS PACKAGE WITH
THE DIAMOND IN IT.
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{\an7}Narrator: FOR CARTIER,
\h\hEVALYN IS A PRIME CATCH.
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{\an7}SHE AGREES TO A DEAL--
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{\an7}SHE’LL BUY THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR $180,000,
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{\an7}OVER $4 MILLION
\h\hIN TODAY’S MONEY.
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{\an7}BUT THERE’S ONE PROVISO--
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{\an7}IF THE LEGENDARY CURSE
\h\hBRINGS ANYTHING TERRIBLE
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{\an7}WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS,
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{\an7}SHE’LL GET HER MONEY BACK.
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{\an7}EVALYN REVELED IN HER DIAMOND.
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{\an7}Kurin: SO HERE’S EVALYN
\h\h\h\hAT HOME WEARING...
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{\an7}SHE’S WEARING A GEM
\h\hAROUND HER NECK.
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{\an7}AND THERE’S THE HOPE.
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{\an7}SHE LOVED THE CAMERA.
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{\an7}SHE’D BECOME HER OWN
\h\h\h\hKIND OF DIRECTOR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
EVALYN WALSH McLEAN’S LIFE
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{\an7}\h\hHAD BEEN A TRUE
RAGS-TO-RICHES STORY.
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{\an7}SHE WAS BORN IN 1886,
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{\an7}\h\hTHE DAUGHTER OF A GOLD MINER
WHO STRUCK IT RICH IN COLORADO.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THE AGE OF 22,
EVALYN MARRIED NED McLEAN,
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{\an7}WHOSE FAMILY OWNED BANKS,
\h\h\h\h\h\hA RAILROAD
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{\an7}AND THE WASHINGTON POST
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNEWSPAPER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUYING THE HOPE DIAMOND
WAS THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT YET
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{\an7}IN THE SPECTACULAR LIFE
\h\h\h\hOF EVALYN AND NED.
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{\an7}Kurin: THEY LIVED A VERY OPULENT
LIFE, HAD EVERYTHING.
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{\an7}THEY EVEN BUILT GOLF HOLES
\h\h\h\h\h\hWHEN NED BECAME--
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{\an7}\h\hWAS CLOSE TO SENATOR
AND THEN PRESIDENT HARDING.
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{\an7}SHE HAD FOUNTAINS AT THE ESTATE,
SO THESE WERE--
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{\an7}THIS WAS LIKE BEING IN A MASSIVE
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE IN A WAY.
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: EVALYN
OWNED MANY HOUSES.
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{\an7}THE LARGEST ONE STILL STANDING
IS A FABULOUS MANSION
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHICH WAS ONCE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE PROPERTY
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{\an7}IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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{\an7}TODAY, IT’S THE HOME
OF THE INDONESIAN EMBASSY
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{\an7}AND EVALYN’S GREAT-GRANDSON,
\h\h\h\h\h\hJOSEPH GREGORY,
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{\an7}HAS COME TO VISIT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGregory:
\h\h\h\h\h\hWHEN YOU FIRST WALK INTO
THE ENTRY HALLWAY OF THE HOUSE,
187
00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:52,259
{\an7}YOU SEE THE TIFFANY GLASS
188
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{\an7}THAT’S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ENTRY HALLWAY.
189
00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,563
{\an7}NOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE
\h\h\h\hDURING THAT TIME
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{\an7}WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
191
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{\an7}NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENT
\h\hOF THE UNITED STATES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCOULD AFFORD
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
CELEBRITIES, POLITICIANS,
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{\an7}EVEN THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT,
\h\h\h\h\h\hWARREN G. HARDING,
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{\an7}ALL FLOCKED TO EVALYN’S PARTIES,
196
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{\an7}\h\hKNOWING THEY WERE IN
FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT
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{\an7}WITH THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\hAT THE CENTER
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{\an7}ON A MOST UNUSUAL MODEL.
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{\an7}Kurin: SHE HAD A GREAT DANE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNAMED MIKE,
200
00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:25,191
{\an7}\h\hAND MIKE WOULD SOMETIMES
WEAR THE HOPE DIAMOND.
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{\an7}Narrator: EVALYN NEVER BELIEVED
THAT THE HOPE DIAMOND CURSE
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{\an7}WOULD STRIKE HER.
203
00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:39,873
{\an7}\h\hBUT NEARLY 10 YEARS AFTER SHE
FIRST LAID EYES ON THE DIAMOND,
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{\an7}HER FAIRYTALE LIFE
WOULD BE SHATTERED.
205
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{\an7}\h\hDEATH AND DISASTER
WOULD STRIKE HER FAMILY.
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{\an7}IT WAS A SERIES OF EVENTS
\h\h\h\hTHAT WOULD CEMENT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE IDEA OF A CURSE
IN THE POPULAR IMAGINATION.
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{\an7}WAS THERE SOMETHING STRANGE
\h\h\h\hOR SUPERNATURAL
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{\an7}ABOUT THE HOPE DIAMOND?
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOULD IT BE RELATED
TO THE MYSTERIOUS RED AFTERGLOW
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{\an7}THAT SCIENTISTS FIRST NOTICED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1960s?
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{\an7}\h\hPost: LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE
A GLOWING EMBER, FOR EXAMPLE,
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00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:14,240
{\an7}IN A BARBECUE GRILL AT NIGHT.
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00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:15,709
{\an7}YOU LOOK AT THESE GLOWING COALS,
215
00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:20,113
{\an7}AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT
THE DIAMOND REMINDS ME OF.
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{\an7}Narrator: SMITHSONIAN SCIENTISTS
WERE BEGINNING TO THINK
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{\an7}OF A DARING EXPERIMENT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHICH THEY HOPED
WOULD SHOW THE WORLD
219
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{\an7}THAT THE RIDDLE OF THE RED GLOW
220
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{\an7}WAS A MATTER OF SCIENCE,
\h\h\h\hNOT SUPERSTITION.
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00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:36,763
{\an7}BUT WHILE SCIENCE
WOULD BE ONE TOOL
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{\an7}TO INVESTIGATE THE DIAMOND,
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{\an7}HISTORY WOULD BE ANOTHER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS THERE EVIDENCE
IN THE HOPE DIAMOND’S JOURNEY
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{\an7}TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A CURSE?
226
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHAT WAS FACT
AND WHAT WAS LEGEND?
227
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{\an7}ONE THING WAS CERTAIN--
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{\an7}IN THE MID 17TH CENTURY,
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{\an7}\h\hA FRENCH EXPLORER,
JEAN BAPTISTE TAVERNIER,
230
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{\an7}TRAVELED TO AN ANCIENT KINGDOM
IN INDIA
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{\an7}IN SEARCH OF PRECIOUS GEMSTONES.
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{\an7}AT THAT TIME, INDIA WAS
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD
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{\an7}\h\hWHERE DIAMONDS
HAD BEEN DISCOVERED.
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{\an7}HISTORIAN OMAR KHALIDI
235
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{\an7}HAS STUDIED TAVERNIER’S
OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS
236
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{\an7}TO A PLACE CALLED GOLKONDA.
237
00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:32,418
{\an7}\h\hKhalidi: IT WAS A TIME
WHEN THE KINGDOM OF GOLKONDA
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{\an7}WAS AT THE HEIGHT
OF ITS PROSPERITY
239
00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:38,758
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE CENTER
OF THE WORLD GEM TRADE,
240
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE PURPOSE
OF TAVERNIER’S JOURNEY
241
00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:50,237
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS TO BUY DIAMONDS FOR THE
ROYALTY AND NOBILITY OF FRANCE.
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{\an7}Narrator: TAVERNIER WRITES
\h\hOF VISITING A TEMPLE
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{\an7}CONTAINING A LARGE HINDU IDOL.
244
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{\an7}Tavernier: "THE GREAT IDOL
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE ALTAR
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{\an7}HAS TWO DIAMONDS FOR HIS EYES,
246
00:13:01,014 --> 00:13:02,983
{\an7}AND THE SMALLEST
OF THESE DIAMONDS
247
00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:06,019
{\an7}WEIGHS ABOUT 40 CARATS."
248
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{\an7}Narrator: TAVERNIER THEN RELATES
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY
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{\an7}OF A LOCAL JEWELER
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{\an7}WHO EXTRACTED A DIAMOND
FROM ONE OF THE IDOL’S EYES
251
00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:15,428
{\an7}AND WAS HORRIBLY PUNISHED.
252
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{\an7}Tavernier: "AS HE WAS ABOUT
\h\hTO LEAVE IN THE MORNING,
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00:13:17,697 --> 00:13:21,100
{\an7}THIS THIEF, THEY SAY,
\h\h\h\hDIED AT THE DOOR
254
00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,870
{\an7}AND THE IDOL PERFORMED
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS MIRACLE
255
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{\an7}AS A PUNISHMENT OF SACRILEGE."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
\h\h\h\hMANY INDIANS BELIEVED THAT
DIAMONDS HAD INHERENT QUALITIES
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{\an7}WHICH, DEPENDING ON THEIR COLOR,
COULD SIGNAL DANGER.
258
00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:38,618
{\an7}\h\hKhalidi: DIAMONDS HAD
SIGNIFICANCE BEYOND WEALTH.
259
00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:42,922
{\an7}WHITE DIAMONDS WERE SIGNS
\h\hOF PROSPERITY;
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{\an7}RED DIAMONDS WERE ASSOCIATED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH BRAVERY;
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{\an7}WHEREAS THE BLUE DIAMONDS
\h\hWERE ASSOCIATED
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{\an7}WITH MISFORTUNES, ILL OMEN,
BAD LUCK AND SO FORTH.
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{\an7}Narrator: ON DECEMBER 6, 1668,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTAVERNIER APPEARS AT
THE FRENCH COURT IN VERSAILLES
265
00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:11,284
{\an7}CARRYING AN ENORMOUS
\h\h\h\hBLUE DIAMOND.
266
00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,052
{\an7}THERE IS NO RECORD
\h\hOF HIM REVEALING
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00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:17,390
{\an7}WHERE OR HOW HE’S OBTAINED IT.
268
00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:21,594
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTAVERNIER’S CLIENT IS
EUROPE’S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS KING--
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{\an7}LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE.
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00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:26,800
{\an7}FOR HISTORIAN LUCY WORSLEY,
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{\an7}TAVERNIER’S GLITTERING DIAMONDS
WERE THE PERFECT MATCH
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00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:33,940
{\an7}FOR THE MONARCH WHO CALLED
HIMSELF "THE SUN KING."
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00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,675
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWorsley:
WHEN LOUIS XIV WAS HERE,
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00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:38,778
{\an7}THIS ROOM WAS FULL OF LIGHT
\h\hTHROUGH THE WINDOWS,
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00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:41,113
{\an7}FROM THE MIRRORS,
FROM THE CANDLES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE SILVER FURNITURE
AND ALSO FROM THE KING HIMSELF
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00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:46,886
{\an7}AND THE DIAMONDS THAT HE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN WEARING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: LOUIS WAS
THE BIGGEST SPENDER OF THE AGE.
279
00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:55,028
{\an7}\h\hHE SINGLE-HANDEDLY SPARKED THE
WORLD’S OBSESSION WITH DIAMONDS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWorsley: LOUIS XIV REALLY
CREATED THE MARKET IN DIAMONDS.
281
00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:01,434
{\an7}UP UNTIL HIM, THE JEWEL
\h\hTHAT EVERYONE HAD WANTED
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00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,569
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS THE PEARL,
PEARLS WERE THE THING,
283
00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:05,672
{\an7}BUT SUDDENLY TAVERNIER
\h\h\h\hARRIVES FROM INDIA
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00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:07,840
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWITH ALL OF THESE
FABULOUS NEW STONES,
285
00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:12,912
{\an7}AND LOUIS XIV BUYS 40 BIG ONES
AND 1,200 LITTLE ONES,
286
00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:14,213
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAS THEM CUT,
STARTS WEARING THEM,
287
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,249
{\an7}\h\hSUDDENLY EVERYONE
WANTS DIAMONDS,
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00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:18,017
{\an7}THEY’RE THE NEW CRAZE.
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00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:21,554
{\an7}Narrator: TAVERNIER GROWS RICH
FROM THIS NEW EUROPEAN CRAZE,
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00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:24,557
{\an7}NETTING THE EQUIVALENT
\h\hOF NEARLY $10 MILLION
291
00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:26,659
{\an7}FOR HIS INDIAN DIAMONDS,
292
00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:30,095
{\an7}BUT THE MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND LOUIS’ FAVORITE
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00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:34,266
{\an7}\h\hIS AN ENORMOUS
115-CARAT DARK BLUE.
294
00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:38,070
{\an7}BUT LOUIS IS NOT FULLY SATISFIED
295
00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:40,773
{\an7}WITH THE DIAMOND TAVERNIER
\h\h\h\h\h\hHAS BROUGHT HIM.
296
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{\an7}HE’S WILLING TO CUT DOWN
\h\hA 115-CARAT DIAMOND
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00:15:44,744 --> 00:15:48,915
{\an7}TO CREATE SOMETHING
EVEN MORE DAZZLING.
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{\an7}THE SCIENCE OF CUTTING DIAMONDS
TO ENHANCE THEIR BRILLIANCE
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00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:53,452
{\an7}IS STILL NEW,
300
00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:54,787
{\an7}BUT LOUIS’ COURT JEWELER
301
00:15:54,921 --> 00:15:57,657
{\an7}\h\hWILL CREATE PERHAPS
THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE.
302
00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:01,661
{\an7}HE GRINDS AND POLISHES
\h\h\h\h\h\h63 NEW FACETS
303
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,963
{\an7}TO CREATE THE FRENCH BLUE.
304
00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:08,901
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THE PROCESS,
HE SHRINKS IT TO 69 CARATS.
305
00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:11,971
{\an7}Post: IT WAS REALLY A MASTERFUL
CUTTING JOB OF THE DAY.
306
00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:14,907
{\an7}I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE
HOW LONG IT MUST HAVE TAKEN,
307
00:16:14,941 --> 00:16:16,843
{\an7}HOW PAINSTAKING
\h\hIT MUST HAVE BEEN
308
00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:19,045
{\an7}WITH THE TOOLS AVAILABLE
\h\h\h\hAT THAT TIME,
309
00:16:19,078 --> 00:16:23,416
{\an7}BUT WHAT RESULTED WAS WHAT WAS
CONSIDERED AT THE TIME BY MANY
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00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:28,287
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE THE WORLD’S
MOST BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND.
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00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:31,891
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FOR FOUR DECADES,
THE FRENCH BLUE IS IN THE EMBLEM
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF THE ORDER
OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE,
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00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:36,862
{\an7}PART OF THE FRENCH CROWN JEWELS.
314
00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:38,931
{\an7}\h\hBUT BY THE END
OF THE 18th CENTURY,
315
00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:42,202
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTIME IS RUNNING OUT
FOR THE DECADENT FRENCH ROYALS.
316
00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:44,738
{\an7}AND FOR THE QUEEN,
\h\hMARIE ANTOINETTE,
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00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:49,875
{\an7}DIAMONDS WILL NOT TURN OUT TO BE
A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND.
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00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:54,080
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN JULY 1789,
PUBLIC ANGER SPILLS OVER
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00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:56,349
{\an7}INTO FULL BLOWN REVOLUTION
320
00:16:56,382 --> 00:17:00,820
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAGAINST LOUIS XVI
AND HIS DIAMOND-LOVING QUEEN.
321
00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:07,426
{\an7}PIERRE CARTIER WILL LATER RELISH
TELLING EVALYN WALSH McLEAN
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00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,228
{\an7}THAT MARIE ANTOINETTE
WORE THE FRENCH BLUE
323
00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:11,531
{\an7}AROUND HER DELICATE NECK,
324
00:17:11,664 --> 00:17:16,802
{\an7}A NECK THAT WILL SOON BE CHOPPED
BY THE GUILLOTINE.
325
00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:19,239
{\an7}THE CROWN JEWELS ARE MOVED
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THIS BUILDING,
326
00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:22,175
{\an7}THE ROYAL WAREHOUSE,
\h\h\h\hFOR SAFEKEEPING.
327
00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:24,377
{\an7}THEY WILL NOT BE SAFE FOR LONG.
328
00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:34,053
{\an7}SEPTEMBER 1792.
329
00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,388
{\an7}A GANG OF PROFESSIONAL THIEVES
330
00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:39,592
{\an7}COMMITS THE GREATEST HEIST
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN HISTORY.
331
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:43,262
{\an7}THE ROBBERS CLIMB UP THE OUTSIDE
OF THE ROYAL WAREHOUSE.
332
00:17:43,296 --> 00:17:45,198
{\an7}THEY BREAK INTO THE JEWEL ROOM
333
00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:48,334
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND TAKE OFF
WITH A GLITTERING HAUL.
334
00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:51,570
{\an7}AMAZINGLY, NO ONE
NOTICES THE THEFT
335
00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:55,241
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEY RETURN
OVER THE NEXT FIVE NIGHTS.
336
00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:59,445
{\an7}BY THE END, THEY GET AWAY WITH
NEARLY ALL THE CROWN JEWELS,
337
00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:00,779
{\an7}A PRICELESS COLLECTION
338
00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:03,182
{\an7}THAT INCLUDES THE ORDER
\h\hOF THE GOLDEN FLEECE
339
00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:06,051
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWITH ITS DAZZLING
FRENCH BLUE DIAMOND.
340
00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:13,059
{\an7}IT WILL NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN.
341
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:20,033
{\an7}\h\hSO WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE FRENCH BLUE?
342
00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:23,002
{\an7}\h\hIN 1812, 20 YEARS
AFTER THE THEFT
343
00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:24,837
{\an7}OF THE FRENCH CROWN JEWELS,
344
00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:27,339
{\an7}A MYSTERIOUS BLUE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\h\h\hAPPEARS
345
00:18:27,373 --> 00:18:29,342
{\an7}IN A JEWELER’S SHOP IN LONDON.
346
00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:33,246
{\an7}A MEMORANDUM AUTHENTICATES
\h\h\h\hITS SIZE AND SHAPE.
347
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,348
{\an7}IT COMPARES TO THE FRENCH BLUE,
348
00:18:35,381 --> 00:18:38,184
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THERE’S
ONE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE.
349
00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:40,886
{\an7}\h\hIT’S A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT SIZE.
350
00:18:40,987 --> 00:18:43,323
{\an7}Kurin: THE FRENCH BLUE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS 67 CARATS,
351
00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:45,458
{\an7}A LITTLE MORE THAN 67 CARATS.
352
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:48,260
{\an7}THIS GEM IS 44 CARATS,
353
00:18:48,427 --> 00:18:52,464
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE QUESTION IS
AT THAT TIME, IN 1812,
354
00:18:52,498 --> 00:18:54,433
{\an7}AT THE TIME OF THIS MEMORANDUM,
355
00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:58,371
{\an7}NOBODY WAS REALLY ASKING WHETHER
THESE DIAMONDS WERE THE SAME,
356
00:18:58,404 --> 00:19:02,808
{\an7}SO THIS WAS THOUGHT TO BE
\h\hJUST A NEW DIAMOND.
357
00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:04,877
{\an7}Narrator: THE NEW LONDON BLUE’S
NEXT DESTINATION
358
00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:06,945
{\an7}HAS NEVER BEEN PROVED,
359
00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:09,081
{\an7}BUT THE FINGER POINTS
\h\h\h\hTO NONE OTHER
360
00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:13,886
{\an7}THAN THE FUTURE BRITISH KING,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGEORGE IV.
361
00:19:14,053 --> 00:19:17,590
{\an7}Worsley: IT’S JUST SO TEMPTING
TO THINK THAT GEORGE IV
362
00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:19,458
{\an7}WAS THE IDEAL PURCHASER.
363
00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:20,893
{\an7}WHO ELSE COULD HAVE AFFORDED IT?
364
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,394
{\an7}WHO ELSE WOULD HAVE WANTED IT?
365
00:19:22,428 --> 00:19:25,431
{\an7}\h\hBUT WHAT WE DON’T HAVE
IS ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION
366
00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:26,799
{\an7}FROM THE ROYAL ARCHIVES
367
00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:28,300
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOR CONNECTED
WITH GEORGE PERSONALLY,
368
00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:30,970
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSAYING, "YEAH,
I BOUGHT THE DIAMOND."
369
00:19:31,137 --> 00:19:34,607
{\an7}Narrator: IN 1830,
GEORGE IV DIES.
370
00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,909
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSHORTLY AFTERWARDS,
THE LONDON BLUE DIAMOND
371
00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:40,746
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREAPPEARS AGAIN
IN DOCUMENTED HISTORICAL FACT.
372
00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:42,248
{\an7}IT’S BOUGHT BY THE MAN
373
00:19:42,281 --> 00:19:44,550
{\an7}WHO WILL GIVE THE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\hITS FAMOUS NAME,
374
00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:48,687
{\an7}A WEALTHY BRITISH BANKER,
\h\hHENRY PHILIP HOPE.
375
00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:53,659
{\an7}IN 1851 THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\hGOES ON DISPLAY
376
00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:56,262
{\an7}AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN LONDON.
377
00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:58,731
{\an7}IT’S A SENSATION.
378
00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:03,535
{\an7}BUT A FRENCH GEM EXPERT NOW PUTS
FORWARD AN EXTRAORDINARY THEORY.
379
00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,871
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE SUGGESTS
THAT THE HOPE DIAMOND
380
00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:09,475
{\an7}MIGHT BE A RE-CUT VERSION
\h\hOF THE FRENCH BLUE,
381
00:20:09,508 --> 00:20:14,446
{\an7}WHICH HAD DISAPPEARED
IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
382
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,617
{\an7}THE THEORY WOULD REMAIN UNPROVEN
UNTIL AS RECENTLY AS 2005,
383
00:20:18,651 --> 00:20:22,288
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHEN SCIENTISTS FROM
THE SMITHSONIAN AND NEW MEXICO
384
00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:26,192
{\an7}FINALLY SOLVED THE MYSTERY.
385
00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:30,429
{\an7}USING COMPUTER-AIDED GEOMETRY,
THEY MODELED BOTH DIAMONDS.
386
00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:33,232
{\an7}THEY THEN CREATED A REPLICA
\h\h\h\hOF THE FRENCH BLUE
387
00:20:33,332 --> 00:20:36,135
{\an7}AND A MOLD THAT
\h\hPRECISELY FIT IT.
388
00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:39,538
{\an7}THE NEXT MOVE WAS TO INSERT
\h\hTHE SMALLER HOPE DIAMOND
389
00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:45,878
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE MOLD
AND INJECT IT WITH WAX.
390
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,646
{\an7}THEY FOUND THAT THE HOPE DIAMOND
391
00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,783
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWOULD FIT SNUGLY
INSIDE THE FRENCH BLUE.
392
00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:53,585
{\an7}THERE WAS ONLY ONE CONCLUSION.
393
00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:56,455
{\an7}Post: THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\hTHAT WE KNOW TODAY
394
00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:59,459
{\an7}IS IN FACT THE ONLY
SURVIVING PIECE
395
00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:01,894
{\an7}OF THE STONE THAT WAS
\h\hORIGINALLY SOLD
396
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:06,999
{\an7}TO KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1668.
397
00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:09,468
{\an7}Narrator: SO DID THOSE
\h\hWHO POSSESSED THE DIAMOND
398
00:21:09,502 --> 00:21:11,170
{\an7}DURING THIS MURKY PERIOD
399
00:21:11,203 --> 00:21:13,539
{\an7}SUFFER FROM A CURSE?
400
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:16,708
{\an7}GEORGE IV CERTAINLY MET
\h\h\h\h\h\hAN AGONIZING END.
401
00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:20,946
{\an7}HE DIED IN PAIN, OVERWEIGHT
\h\hAND SUFFERING FROM GOUT.
402
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:24,984
{\an7}FORTUNE WOULD ALSO NOT SMILE
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE HOPE FAMILY.
403
00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:29,054
{\an7}IN 1887, 21-YEAR-OLD
\h\h\h\hLORD FRANCIS HOPE
404
00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:32,224
{\an7}INHERITS THE FAMILY ESTATE,
\h\h\h\hART COLLECTION
405
00:21:32,258 --> 00:21:35,261
{\an7}AND FAMOUS BLUE DIAMOND.
406
00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:37,396
{\an7}BUT HE’S ABOUT TO LOSE IT ALL
407
00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:39,598
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHANKS PARTLY
TO AN AMERICAN SHOWGIRL
408
00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:42,935
{\an7}NAMED MAY YOHE.
409
00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:44,770
{\an7}Kurin: HE TREATED HER
\h\hEXTREMELY WELL,
410
00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:47,273
{\an7}HE WANTED TO IMPRESS
\h\hTHIS AMERICAN GAL.
411
00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:51,977
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE ACTUALLY WAS PART OWNER
OF THE LYRIC THEATRE IN LONDON,
412
00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:55,114
{\an7}AND HE ARRANGED FOR HER
TO GET A CONTRACT THERE
413
00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,782
{\an7}AND BECOME A LEADING LADY.
414
00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:59,184
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE FINANCED,
HE OWNED THE NEWSPAPER,
415
00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:01,087
{\an7}AND HE REALLY PROMOTED
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND MARKETED HER
416
00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:04,256
{\an7}BECAUSE HE WANTED HER TO SHINE.
417
00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:06,425
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
BUT FOR LORD FRANCIS HOPE,
418
00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:09,995
{\an7}\h\hMAY YOHE TURNS OUT TO BE
A RUINOUS EXTRAVAGANCE.
419
00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:11,863
{\an7}TO MAINTAIN HER LIFESTYLE,
420
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:15,434
{\an7}HE GAMBLES AWAY THE EQUIVALENT
OF $75 MILLION,
421
00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:18,670
{\an7}SQUANDERING THE FAMILY FORTUNE.
422
00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:21,674
{\an7}IN 1901, MAY LEAVES HIM
423
00:22:21,707 --> 00:22:24,176
{\an7}AND LATER MAKES A HOLLYWOOD
\h\hMOVIE OF THEIR LIFE,
424
00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:29,982
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBLAMING THEIR DOWNFALL ON
THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND.
425
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:33,986
{\an7}LORD FRANCIS IS FORCED TO SELL
THE HOPE DIAMOND.
426
00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:36,421
{\an7}HE DIES FINANCIALLY RUINED.
427
00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:40,092
{\an7}FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE GEMSTONE
CRISSCROSSES THE ATLANTIC,
428
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,694
{\an7}LOOKING FOR A BUYER,
429
00:22:41,727 --> 00:22:46,165
{\an7}UNTIL FINALLY PIERRE CARTIER
\h\hFINDS EVALYN WALSH McLEAN.
430
00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:49,235
{\an7}[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
431
00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:53,505
{\an7}IN HER EARLY YEARS OF OWNING IT,
432
00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:57,376
{\an7}THE HOPE DIAMOND HAD BROUGHT
EVALYN NOTHING BUT PLEASURE.
433
00:22:57,409 --> 00:22:59,811
{\an7}THE CURSE WAS JUST A STORY.
434
00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:06,519
{\an7}BUT THEN A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES
STRUCK HER FAMILY
435
00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:10,322
{\an7}AND PROPELLED THE CURSE
\h\hONTO THE WORLD STAGE.
436
00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:17,129
{\an7}\h\hWHILE EVALYN IS AWAY
AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY,
437
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:20,799
{\an7}HER 9-YEAR-OLD SON VINSON
IS PLAYING NEAR THE ROAD
438
00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:24,837
{\an7}IN FRONT OF THEIR ESTATE
IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON.
439
00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:33,345
{\an7}\h\hTHE BOY RUNS OUT IN FRONT
OF A PASSING FORD MODEL T.
440
00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:34,447
{\an7}[HORN HONKS]
441
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:35,982
{\an7}[CRASH]
442
00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:39,552
{\an7}HE’S KNOCKED TO THE GROUND,
443
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:41,954
{\an7}\h\hHIS HEAD SMASHING
INTO THE CONCRETE.
444
00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:43,956
{\an7}Man: VINSON!
445
00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:45,791
{\an7}MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED?
446
00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:50,595
{\an7}Narrator: A FEW HOURS LATER,
\h\h\h\hVINSON WALSH McLEAN DIES
447
00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:54,766
{\an7}AND THE FAMILY’S MISFORTUNE
BECOMES HEADLINE NEWS.
448
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:55,901
{\an7}Man: GET SOME HELP, MAN.
449
00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:59,038
{\an7}Kurin: AND ON THE NEXT DAY
\h\h\h\hIN THE PAPERS,
450
00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:00,506
{\an7}IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
451
00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:04,176
{\an7}AND FOLLOWING IN OTHER PAPERS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAROUND THE COUNTRY,
452
00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:07,379
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPEOPLE SPECULATED
WAS THIS YET ANOTHER INSTANCE
453
00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:10,416
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF THE CURSE
OF THE HOPE DIAMOND?
454
00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,785
{\an7}Narrator: EVALYN WALSH McLEAN’S
DREAM LIFE
455
00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:16,155
{\an7}IS SHATTERED IN AN INSTANT.
456
00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:19,792
{\an7}AFTER VINSON’S DEATH,
THE BAD LUCK MULTIPLIES.
457
00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:22,261
{\an7}THE WASHINGTON POST
\h\hGOES BANKRUPT
458
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,464
{\an7}AND THE McLEAN FAMILY FORTUNE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS DECIMATED.
459
00:24:25,564 --> 00:24:27,733
{\an7}EVALYN’S MARRIAGE FALLS APART.
460
00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:32,271
{\an7}HER HUSBAND NED ENDS UP
\h\hIN AN INSANE ASYLUM,
461
00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:36,441
{\an7}AND THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER COMMITS
SUICIDE AT THE AGE OF 25.
462
00:24:40,212 --> 00:24:43,916
{\an7}\h\hEVALYN ALWAYS INSISTED SHE
DIDN’T BELIEVE IN THE LEGEND,
463
00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:48,420
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT WHEN SHE DIED AT 60
AFTER A LIFETIME OF TRAGEDIES,
464
00:24:48,454 --> 00:24:54,794
{\an7}SHE HAD BECOME THE EMBODIMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE CURSE.
465
00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:58,130
{\an7}HER LAVISH COLLECTION OF JEWELS
WAS PUT UP FOR SALE
466
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:01,333
{\an7}\h\hWITH THE HOPE DIAMOND
AS THE STAR ATTRACTION.
467
00:25:01,367 --> 00:25:04,036
{\an7}WHETHER IT WAS SCIENCE,
\h\h\h\hHISTORY OR LEGEND,
468
00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:05,938
{\an7}ONE THING SEEMED CLEAR--
469
00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:09,208
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE HOPE DIAMOND
WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER,
470
00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:13,445
{\an7}AND THE DISCOVERY IN THE 1960s
OF ITS MYSTERIOUS RED GLOW
471
00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:16,248
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOR PHOSPHORESCENCE,
AS SCIENTISTS CALL IT,
472
00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:18,984
{\an7}ONLY REINFORCED THE MYSTERY.
473
00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:23,222
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPost:
\h\hWHY DOES IT SHOW THIS, THIS
VERY INTENSE PHOSPHORESCENCE
474
00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,791
{\an7}THAT SEEMED TO BE UNUSUAL
475
00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:30,228
{\an7}AND PERHAPS EVEN UNIQUE
\h\hTO THE HOPE DIAMOND?
476
00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:33,098
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: TO TEST WHETHER
THE HOPE REALLY IS UNIQUE,
477
00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:36,569
{\an7}JEFF POST NEEDS TO COMPARE IT
\h\h\h\hWITH OTHER BLUE DIAMONDS,
478
00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:38,938
{\an7}BUT BLUES ARE VERY RARE.
479
00:25:38,971 --> 00:25:41,607
{\an7}JEFF AND HIS COLLEAGUE
\h\h\h\hELOISE GAILLOU
480
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,942
{\an7}TRAVEL TO NEW YORK CITY’S
\h\h\h\hDIAMOND DISTRICT
481
00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:47,146
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE ONE MAN
HE KNOWS CAN HELP, A DEALER--
482
00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,615
{\an7}ALAN BRONSTEIN.
483
00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:53,485
{\an7}Bronstein: WE’VE GOTTEN TOGETHER
ABOUT 90 BLUE DIAMONDS FOR HIM,
484
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,788
{\an7}WHICH HAVE A VARIETY OF SHADES
485
00:25:55,821 --> 00:25:58,490
{\an7}AND HAVE A VARIETY
OF SATURATIONS
486
00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:01,227
{\an7}AND GRAYNESS MODIFICATION,
487
00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:04,596
{\an7}SO THAT IS, THAT’S A LARGE
NUMBER OF BLUE DIAMONDS
488
00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:08,300
{\an7}TO HAVE IN ONE PLACE TO STUDY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT ONE TIME.
489
00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:12,170
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
USING A SPECTROMETER TO MEASURE
THE WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT,
490
00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:17,042
{\an7}THEY FLOOD THE STONES
\h\h\h\hWITH ULTRAVIOLET.
491
00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:18,711
{\an7}WHEN THEY TURN OFF THE LIGHT,
492
00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:21,780
{\an7}THEIR INSTRUMENT PICKS UP
THE PHOSPHORESCENCE.
493
00:26:26,785 --> 00:26:29,254
{\an7}Post: OK, SO WE HAVE
A REALLY STRONG PEAK
494
00:26:29,288 --> 00:26:31,423
{\an7}IN THE BLUE/GREEN PORTION
\h\h\h\hOF THE SPECTRUM,
495
00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:33,960
{\an7}JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE SEE
IN THE HOPE DIAMOND.
496
00:26:36,295 --> 00:26:38,197
{\an7}WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT,
497
00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:41,066
{\an7}\h\hIN ALL OF THE BLUE DIAMONDS
THAT WE’VE LOOKED AT SO FAR,
498
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:43,636
{\an7}AND IT’S APPROACHING
\h\h\h\h80 BLUE DIAMONDS,
499
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:47,606
{\an7}\h\hALL OF THEM SHOW
A PHOSPHORESCENCE.
500
00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:49,407
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
ALL BLUE DIAMONDS GLOW,
501
00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:51,210
{\an7}BUT THE EXPERIMENT SHOWS
502
00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:54,146
{\an7}\h\hTHAT EACH HAS ITS OWN
DISTINCTIVE SIGNATURE.
503
00:26:54,179 --> 00:26:57,883
{\an7}SOME RED LIKE THE HOPE,
\h\h\h\hOTHERS BLUE/GREEN--
504
00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:02,854
{\an7}AND NONE SHINES AS INTENSELY
\h\hOR FOR AS LONG AS THE HOPE.
505
00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:08,494
{\an7}SO WHY DO BLUE DIAMONDS HAVE
\h\hTHIS EERIE PHOSPHORESCENCE?
506
00:27:08,594 --> 00:27:10,096
{\an7}Post: THE FACT THAT WE ONLY SEE
507
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:13,299
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS PARTICULAR KIND OF
PHOSPHORESCENCE IN BLUE DIAMONDS
508
00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:16,435
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSTRONGLY SUGGESTS
THAT IT IS CORRELATED
509
00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,770
{\an7}WITH THE PRESENCE OF BORON.
510
00:27:18,871 --> 00:27:21,273
{\an7}Narrator: BORON IS AN ELEMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE CARBON,
511
00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:25,577
{\an7}A BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF NATURE
FOUND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOAP.
512
00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:27,913
{\an7}BUT IT’S EXTREMELY RARE
\h\h\h\h\h\hDEEP IN THE EARTH
513
00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:29,848
{\an7}WHERE DIAMONDS ARE FORMED.
514
00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:32,385
{\an7}THE HOPE DIAMOND GLOWS
\h\h\h\hFAR MORE INTENSELY
515
00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:35,453
{\an7}\h\hAND LONGER THAN ANY
OF THE SMALLER DIAMONDS,
516
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,857
{\an7}SO WHAT IMPACT MIGHT BORON
\h\hBE HAVING INSIDE IT?
517
00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:41,494
{\an7}TO FIND OUT, JEFF POST
\h\h\h\h\h\hWILL HAVE TO TAKE
518
00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:43,595
{\an7}A SAMPLE FROM THE HOPE DIAMOND.
519
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:48,000
{\an7}THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT SEEMS
\h\h\h\h\h\hALMOST UNTHINKABLE.
520
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:51,904
{\an7}\h\hHE WILL HAVE TO DRILL
INTO AMERICA’S CROWN JEWEL.
521
00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:57,276
{\an7}\h\hHIS EXPERIMENT
WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE
522
00:27:57,309 --> 00:28:00,412
{\an7}IF THE DIAMOND WERE STILL
ADORNING SOMEONE’S NECK.
523
00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:02,547
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THANKS TO
A SURPRISING DONATION,
524
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:06,751
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE HOPE BECAME
A SPECIMEN FOR SCIENCE.
525
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{\an7}AFTER EVALYN WALSH McLEAN DIED,
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00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:14,160
{\an7}THE NEXT OWNER WAS THE JEWELER
TO THE STARS, HARRY WINSTON.
527
00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:20,565
{\an7}MANY BELIEVE HARRY WINSTON WILL
SIMPLY REMOUNT THE HOPE DIAMOND
528
00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:22,201
{\an7}AND FIND A NEW BUYER,
529
00:28:22,234 --> 00:28:26,238
{\an7}BUT HE KNOWS IT MIGHT NOW
\h\hBE A HARD SELL.
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00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:27,573
{\an7}\h\hMaurice Galli:
THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY--
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00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,209
{\an7}HE KNEW OF THE CURSE STORY.
532
00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:33,345
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE KNEW ALSO
THAT THE COST ITSELF,
533
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:37,349
{\an7}THE PRICE OF THE STONE,
WENT INTO THE MILLIONS.
534
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,585
{\an7}TO FIND A CLIENT WILLING TO BUY
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00:28:40,619 --> 00:28:44,456
{\an7}A QUOTE, UNQUOTE "CURSED" STONE
FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY
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00:28:44,489 --> 00:28:47,659
{\an7}MIGHT HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM.
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00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:51,029
{\an7}Narrator: INSTEAD, WINSTON
\h\hBEGINS TO THINK OF AN ACT
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00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:53,132
{\an7}OF EXTRAORDINARY PHILANTHROPY--
539
00:28:53,265 --> 00:28:58,070
{\an7}HE WILL DONATE THE HOPE DIAMOND
TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
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00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:00,806
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT WHEN THE NEWS
OF HIS INTENTION LEAKS OUT,
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00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:03,041
{\an7}NOT EVERYONE IS DELIGHTED.
542
00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:07,546
{\an7}A VOCAL MINORITY IS PETRIFIED BY
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE NATION.
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00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:10,615
{\an7}\h\hONE AMERICAN WRITES
TO THE SMITHSONIAN...
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00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:12,050
{\an7}Man: "WITH OUR NEIGHBOR RUSSIA
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00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:13,819
{\an7}ABLE TO BLOW OUR COUNTRY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO PIECES
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00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:16,288
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN A FEW HOURS
OF MISSILE BOMBARDMENT,
547
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,223
{\an7}IT WOULD BE INSANE TO TEMPT FATE
548
00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:22,962
{\an7}\h\hBY HAVING ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THIS GHASTLY GEM."
549
00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:26,065
{\an7}Kurin: ACTUALLY, PEOPLE EVEN
\h\h\h\hBYPASSED THE SMITHSONIAN.
550
00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:28,300
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY WROTE
TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
551
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,471
{\an7}AND THEY SAID, "ARE YOU CRAZY?
552
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:35,974
{\an7}\h\hTHIS HOPE DIA--
THIS DIAMOND IS CURSED."
553
00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:38,577
{\an7}Narrator: BUT THE SMITHSONIAN
\h\h\h\h\h\hDOESN’T FLINCH.
554
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:40,378
{\an7}THEY ACCEPT THE DIAMOND.
555
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:43,549
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU WOULD THINK WINSTON
WOULD SEND HIS PRICELESS DIAMOND
556
00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:46,051
{\an7}IN AN ARMORED CAR.
557
00:29:46,084 --> 00:29:48,520
{\an7}INSTEAD, WHAT DOES HE DO?
558
00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:50,422
{\an7}WHAT HE ALWAYS DID.
559
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:54,459
{\an7}HE MAILS IT BY REGULAR POST.
560
00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:56,862
{\an7}Broadcaster: TODAY, HERE CAME
A BROWN PAPER WRAPPED PACKAGE
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00:29:56,895 --> 00:30:00,198
{\an7}SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR $152 POSTAGE.
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00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:01,467
{\an7}NEW YORK DIAMOND MERCHANT...
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00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,402
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: WINSTON’S
UNUSUAL DELIVERY METHOD
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00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:06,571
{\an7}\h\hENSURES NEWS COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
565
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,375
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBroadcaster:
A GIFT TO THE SMITHSONIAN
WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS--
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00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:12,878
{\an7}THE HOPE DIAMOND, THE BIGGEST
\h\hBLUE DIAMOND IN THE WORLD.
567
00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:15,847
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE JEWEL IS PUT
IN A SPECIALLY DESIGNED SAFE
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00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:20,051
{\an7}WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW IT
\h\hTHROUGH BULLET-PROOF GLASS.
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00:30:20,085 --> 00:30:22,220
{\an7}Post: WITH THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMING HERE,
570
00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:24,623
{\an7}HARRY WINSTON’S VISION
\h\h\h\hSTARTED TO UNFOLD--
571
00:30:24,723 --> 00:30:28,193
{\an7}THAT IS, TO BUILD A GREAT
NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION.
572
00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:30,128
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS HE LIKED TO SAY,
WE DON’T HAVE A KING AND QUEEN,
573
00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:34,166
{\an7}BUT WE SHOULD HAVE
\h\hOUR CROWN JEWELS.
574
00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:37,402
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
50 YEARS AFTER HARRY WINSTON
\h\h\h\hGAVE HOPE TO AMERICA,
575
00:30:37,469 --> 00:30:40,238
{\an7}HIS COMPANY HAS OFFERED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO CREATE
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00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:42,841
{\an7}AN ANNIVERSARY PARTY DRESS
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE DIAMOND--
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00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:44,676
{\an7}A NEW, TEMPORARY SETTING
578
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:49,448
{\an7}USING MODERN DESIGN TECHNIQUES
TO SHOWCASE ITS BRILLIANCE.
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00:30:49,481 --> 00:30:50,716
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hde Laage:
OUR RULE IN THIS STUDIO
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00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:53,619
{\an7}IS TO START WITH NO LIMITATION.
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00:30:53,652 --> 00:30:58,123
{\an7}WITH NO CONSTRAINT OF PRICE,
\h\hOF SIZE, OF CRAZINESS,
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00:30:58,156 --> 00:30:59,891
{\an7}OF ANYTHING.
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00:30:59,925 --> 00:31:03,695
{\an7}\h\hGalli: WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS
ENHANCE THE COLOR AND THE SIZE
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00:31:03,729 --> 00:31:07,499
{\an7}AND THE LIFE OF THAT STONE
\h\hWITHOUT OVERPOWERING.
585
00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:10,135
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
FROM 25 INITIAL SKETCHES,
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00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:13,304
{\an7}THE SMITHSONIAN SELECTS
\h\h\h\hTHREE FINALISTS...
587
00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:25,484
{\an7}BUT THE FINAL SELECTION
\h\h\h\hIS IN THE HANDS
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00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:28,353
{\an7}OF THE HOPE DIAMOND’S
\h\h\h\hTRUE OWNERS.
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00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:30,990
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFrédéric de Narp:
WE REALLY WANTED TO INVOLVE
THE AMERICAN AUDIENCE,
590
00:31:31,156 --> 00:31:35,494
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE AMERICAN PUBLIC,
TO HAVE THEM CHOOSE THE NECKLACE
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00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:38,964
{\an7}THAT WOULD SURROUND
\h\hTHE HOPE DIAMOND.
592
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:40,966
{\an7}\h\hWoman: THE FATE
OF THE HOPE DIAMOND,
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00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:42,400
{\an7}IT’S ALL IN YOUR HANDS!
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00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:44,269
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMan: HOPE TAKES ON
A NEW DESIGN FOR A FAMOUS JEWEL.
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00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:45,670
{\an7}\h\hWoman: THE PUBLIC
WILL GET TO DECIDE
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00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,172
{\an7}WHAT SETTING IT WILL HAVE.
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00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:49,674
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMan: STARTING TODAY, YOU CAN
HELP PICK ONE OF THOSE SETTINGS.
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00:31:52,144 --> 00:31:54,313
{\an7}Narrator: AS THE HOPE DIAMOND
\h\h\h\h\h\hGOES ON DISPLAY
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00:31:54,346 --> 00:31:56,915
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE FIRST TIME
OUT OF ITS HISTORIC SETTING,
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00:31:56,948 --> 00:32:00,385
{\an7}OVER 100,000 VOTES FLOOD IN.
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00:32:03,422 --> 00:32:06,926
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCristián Samper:
AND THE WINNER IS...
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00:32:06,958 --> 00:32:08,660
{\an7}EMBRACING HOPE.
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00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:17,569
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNarrator: CREATING
SUCH A COMPLEX SETTING
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00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:21,439
{\an7}WILL TAKE A POUND OF PLATINUM,
OVER 300 BAGUETTE DIAMONDS,
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00:32:21,473 --> 00:32:24,309
{\an7}AND MONTHS OF PAINSTAKING WORK.
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00:32:41,927 --> 00:32:43,395
{\an7}BUT SOME MIGHT WONDER:
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00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:46,097
{\an7}BY CHANGING THE SETTING,
\h\h\h\hEVEN TEMPORARILY,
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00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:49,267
{\an7}COULD THEY BE INVOKING
\h\hTHE LEGENDARY CURSE?
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00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,175
{\an7}Broadcaster: OVER THE CENTURIES,
THE DIAMOND HAS ACQUIRED
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00:32:56,208 --> 00:33:01,613
{\an7}AN UNSAVORY REPUTATION
AS A PRODUCER OF BAD LUCK.
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00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:04,916
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WITHIN A YEAR OF
ITS DONATION TO THE SMITHSONIAN,
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00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:08,153
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE HOPE APPEARED
TO CLAIM ANOTHER VICTIM--
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00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:10,922
{\an7}THE MAILMAN JAMES TODD.
614
00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:12,591
{\an7}HE WAS INJURED BY A TRUCK,
615
00:33:12,757 --> 00:33:16,661
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS WIFE DIED
AND HIS HOUSE BURNED DOWN.
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00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:19,497
{\an7}OVER THE YEARS, LETTERS
\h\hHAVE CONTINUED TO ARRIVE
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00:33:19,531 --> 00:33:21,266
{\an7}AT THE NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION
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00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:23,635
{\an7}WARNING OF THE CURSE.
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00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:29,140
{\an7}\h\hBUT FOR JEFF POST,
ALL THE CURSE STORIES
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00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,843
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE FANTASY
OR SIMPLE COINCIDENCE.
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00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:34,012
{\an7}FOR 50 YEARS, THE HOPE DIAMOND
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00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:36,781
{\an7}HAS BROUGHT THE SMITHSONIAN
\h\hNOTHING BUT GOOD LUCK
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00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:39,318
{\an7}AND FASCINATING
SCIENTIFIC PUZZLES.
624
00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:42,688
{\an7}FOR HIM THE REAL STORY
\h\hIS BURIED FAR DEEPER,
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00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:45,657
{\an7}IN THE SCIENCE OF ITS CREATION.
626
00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:47,325
{\an7}Post: IN FACT, IN MANY WAYS
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00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:48,961
{\an7}THE MORE INCREDIBLE PART
OF THE HOPE DIAMOND STORY
628
00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:52,664
{\an7}IS THE ONE THAT STARTED PERHAPS
TWO OR THREE BILLION YEARS AGO
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00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:54,599
{\an7}DEEP IN THE EARTH’S
\h\hUPPER MANTLE.
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00:33:57,769 --> 00:33:59,204
{\an7}Narrator: IT’S 7:30 PM
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00:33:59,237 --> 00:34:02,373
{\an7}AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
\h\h\h\hOF NATURAL HISTORY.
632
00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:07,612
{\an7}THE LAST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
LEAVE, AND ALL GOES QUIET.
633
00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:15,487
{\an7}TONIGHT, JEFF POST WILL REMOVE
THE HOPE DIAMOND
634
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,090
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND SUBJECT IT
TO AN AUDACIOUS EXPERIMENT.
635
00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,228
{\an7}Post: THE GOAL
OF DOING THIS WORK
636
00:34:23,261 --> 00:34:27,098
{\an7}ISN’T TO TRY TO DISPEL A CURSE.
637
00:34:27,132 --> 00:34:29,101
{\an7}\h\hTHE GOAL IS TO LEARN
ABOUT THE HOPE DIAMOND
638
00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:32,404
{\an7}AND ITS HISTORY AND ITS ORIGIN.
639
00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:36,408
{\an7}Narrator: HE AND HIS TEAM ARE
ABOUT TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE--
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00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:38,276
{\an7}DRILL INTO THE HOPE DIAMOND
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00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:43,882
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO EXTRACT ATOMS
AND UNRAVEL ITS DNA.
642
00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:48,620
{\an7}\h\hTHEY’RE USING A TIME OF FLIGHT
SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER.
643
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,889
{\an7}IT’S AN INSTRUMENT
MORE OFTEN USED
644
00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:52,824
{\an7}TO TEST CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES,
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00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:57,028
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR EXAMPLE,
FOR TRACES OF STEROIDS.
646
00:34:57,062 --> 00:34:58,964
{\an7}THEY’RE ABOUT TO OPEN A WINDOW
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00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:01,967
{\an7}INTO A WORLD MORE THAN
\h\hA BILLION YEARS OLD,
648
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,937
{\an7}WHEN THE DIAMOND WAS CREATED.
649
00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:08,373
{\an7}THE INSTRUMENT FIRES BEAMS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF TINY PARTICLES
650
00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:10,241
{\an7}CALLED GALLIUM IONS
651
00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:13,111
{\an7}\h\h\h\hONTO THE SURFACE
OF THE HOPE DIAMOND.
652
00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:16,748
{\an7}THE IONS BLAST A CRATER
INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
653
00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,516
{\an7}\h\hFROM WHICH HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF ATOMS
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00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:20,619
{\an7}ARE SUCKED BACK
\h\hINTO THE MACHINE,
655
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,222
{\an7}WHERE THEY’RE SORTED BY WEIGHT
AND COUNTED.
656
00:35:23,254 --> 00:35:24,756
{\an7}Post: IT SOUNDS
\h\hA BIT DESTRUCTIVE
657
00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:27,592
{\an7}AND IN FACT IT IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A DESTRUCTIVE PROCESS.
658
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:29,528
{\an7}BLASTING IS PERHAPS
TOO STRONG A WORD,
659
00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:31,130
{\an7}BUT IT GIVES YOU THE IDEA.
660
00:35:31,162 --> 00:35:34,666
{\an7}IT’LL BE GOUGING OR BLASTING
\h\hA SMALL LITTLE TINY CRATER
661
00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:36,067
{\an7}INTO THE DIAMOND.
662
00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,470
{\an7}IT WILL SORT OF DRILL DOWN
\h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE SURFACE
663
00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:41,206
{\an7}INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL
\h\h\h\hLAYERS OF ATOMS,
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00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,074
{\an7}\h\h\h\hKNOCKING OUT
SOME OF THOSE ATOMS,
665
00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:45,843
{\an7}\h\hAND WE WILL BE MAKING
A VERY TINY LITTLE HOLE
666
00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:48,413
{\an7}IN THE HOPE DIAMOND.
667
00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:51,816
{\an7}Narrator: HE HOPES TO FINALLY
REVEAL EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
668
00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:55,053
{\an7}WHEN THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS BORN.
669
00:35:55,086 --> 00:35:57,021
{\an7}TWO MONTHS PASS.
670
00:35:57,122 --> 00:35:58,490
{\an7}HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF ATOMS
671
00:35:58,523 --> 00:36:01,860
{\an7}HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED
\h\hAND ANALYZED.
672
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,996
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS PHOTO, TAKEN
UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT,
673
00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:08,166
{\an7}\h\hINDICATES AREAS WHERE
THE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN,
674
00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:12,170
{\an7}BUT THE HOLES ARE FAR TOO TINY
TO SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE.
675
00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:16,107
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE PRESENCE OF BORON IS
JUST AS JEFF POST ANTICIPATED,
676
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:17,642
{\an7}BUT THE HEADLINE RESULT
677
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:20,112
{\an7}IS THAT THERE’S ONLY
A TINY AMOUNT OF IT,
678
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:24,983
{\an7}AND THE BIG SURPRISE IS THAT
IT’S NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
679
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:27,418
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBORON MAKES
THE HOPE DIAMOND BLUE,
680
00:36:27,452 --> 00:36:29,454
{\an7}BUT ITS UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION
681
00:36:29,487 --> 00:36:33,157
{\an7}GIVES A NEW INSIGHT
\h\hTO THAT BLUENESS.
682
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:36,861
{\an7}Post: THE HOPE DIAMOND PROBABLY
ISN’T UNIFORMLY BLUE.
683
00:36:36,961 --> 00:36:38,262
{\an7}WHAT WE’RE SEEING WITH THE EYE
684
00:36:38,296 --> 00:36:41,466
{\an7}IS ACTUALLY A SUMMATION
\h\h\h\hOF ALL OF THE BLUE,
685
00:36:41,499 --> 00:36:43,735
{\an7}DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE
\h\hIN THE DIAMOND,
686
00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:46,171
{\an7}SORT OF A MOSAIC OF BLUES
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN A SENSE,
687
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:49,207
{\an7}AND THAT THE BLUE COLOR
\h\h\h\hVARIES SLIGHTLY
688
00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:50,942
{\an7}WITH THE CONCENTRATION,
689
00:36:50,975 --> 00:36:55,213
{\an7}THE AMOUNTS OF BORON
\h\h\h\hTHAT ARE PRESENT.
690
00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:57,281
{\an7}Narrator: BUT THE MOST
\h\h\h\hSIGNIFICANT OUTCOME
691
00:36:57,348 --> 00:36:59,951
{\an7}IS TO SHOW THAT IT’S
\h\h\h\hTHE BORON ATOMS--
692
00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:01,386
{\an7}ACTING WITH THE CARBON
693
00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:04,088
{\an7}AND ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED ATOM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE DIAMOND--
694
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:07,258
{\an7}\h\hTHAT ARE PRODUCING
THE MYSTERIOUS RED GLOW.
695
00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:10,762
{\an7}WHEN AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT RAY
\h\hPASSES THROUGH THE DIAMOND,
696
00:37:10,795 --> 00:37:15,266
{\an7}\h\hIT STRIKES A CARBON ATOM
AND SPINS OFF AN ELECTRON,
697
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:18,770
{\an7}\h\hWHICH GETS TRAPPED
IN THE UNIDENTIFIED ATOM.
698
00:37:18,803 --> 00:37:20,271
{\an7}AT THE SAME TIME,
699
00:37:20,305 --> 00:37:23,508
{\an7}A POSITIVE CHARGE SPINS OFF
\h\hFROM THE CARBON ATOM
700
00:37:23,541 --> 00:37:25,877
{\an7}AND GETS TRAPPED IN THE BORON.
701
00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:28,312
{\an7}\h\h\h\hATTRACTED BY
THE POSITIVE CHARGE,
702
00:37:28,346 --> 00:37:31,249
{\an7}THE ELECTRON JUMPS
TO THE BORON ATOM.
703
00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:36,387
{\an7}IT’S THAT COLLISION THAT CAUSES
THE BURST OF RED LIGHT.
704
00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:39,224
{\an7}THIS PROCESS HAPPENS
\h\h\h\hOVER AND OVER
705
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,558
{\an7}IN THE DIAMOND LATTICE,
706
00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,327
{\an7}AND BECAUSE SOME BORON ATOMS
707
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,196
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE FARTHER AWAY
FROM THE UNIDENTIFIED ATOMS,
708
00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:48,500
{\an7}THE GLOW CONTINUES
FOR UP TO A MINUTE.
709
00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:52,671
{\an7}SCIENCE HAS EXPLAINED
710
00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:54,739
{\an7}THE HOPE DIAMOND’S
INNER SECRETS,
711
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:58,944
{\an7}WHICH LEAVES ONLY THE CURSE.
712
00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:03,114
{\an7}BACK IN 1910, PIERRE CARTIER
HAD TOLD EVALYN WALSH McLEAN
713
00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:04,950
{\an7}HIS AMAZING STORY--
714
00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:07,185
{\an7}THE EXPLORER WHO’D STOLEN
\h\h\h\hTHE HOPE DIAMOND
715
00:38:07,218 --> 00:38:09,253
{\an7}FROM THE EYE OF A HINDU GODDESS
716
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:12,423
{\an7}AND BEEN RIPPED APART
\h\h\h\hBY WILD DOGS;
717
00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:16,594
{\an7}THE FRENCH QUEEN WHO’D WORN IT
AND LOST HER HEAD;
718
00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:20,365
{\an7}THE FAMILY WHO’D BEEN RUINED.
719
00:38:20,398 --> 00:38:24,435
{\an7}\h\h\h\hALL STRUCK DOWN
BY THE LEGENDARY CURSE.
720
00:38:27,672 --> 00:38:31,943
{\an7}\h\hAMERICA’S LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HOUSES AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION,
721
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:36,180
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHICH RICHARD KURIN USED
TO RESEARCH THE HOPE’S CURSE.
722
00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:37,682
{\an7}THE MORE HE FOUND OUT,
723
00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:41,653
{\an7}THE MORE HOLES HE DISCOVERED
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN CARTIER’S STORY.
724
00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:44,789
{\an7}TAVERNIER WASN’T KILLED
\h\h\h\h\h\hBY WILD DOGS.
725
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,859
{\an7}HE DIED OF OLD AGE IN RUSSIA.
726
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:50,461
{\an7}THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE
THAT MARIE ANTOINETTE
727
00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:53,298
{\an7}EVER EVEN WORE THE FRENCH BLUE.
728
00:38:53,398 --> 00:38:56,534
{\an7}Kurin: YOU KNOW, WHEN IT
WAS SOLD TO THE McLEANS,
729
00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:58,569
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE NEW YORK TIMES
ON THE FRONT PAGE SAID,
730
00:38:58,603 --> 00:39:00,939
{\an7}"THIS IS AN ANCIENT CURSE."
731
00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:03,808
{\an7}AS I STARTED TO GO THROUGH
THE HISTORICAL RECORDS,
732
00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:07,945
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hI DID NOT FIND ANY MENTION
OF ANY CURSE OF THE HOPE DIAMOND
733
00:39:08,046 --> 00:39:11,483
{\an7}BEFORE THE 1900s.
734
00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:13,952
{\an7}"REMARKABLE JEWEL A HOODOO."
735
00:39:13,985 --> 00:39:17,789
{\an7}\h\h\h\h"HOPE DIAMOND HAS BROUGHT
TROUBLE TO ALL WHO’VE OWNED IT."
736
00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:22,994
{\an7}Narrator: IF THE CURSE WAS REAL,
737
00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:26,531
{\an7}ITS OWNERS COULD BE EXPECTED
\h\hTO HAVE LIVED SHORT LIVES,
738
00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:28,900
{\an7}BUT DID THEY?
739
00:39:28,933 --> 00:39:30,935
{\an7}KURIN WENT BACK
THROUGH THE RECORDS
740
00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:34,239
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND INVESTIGATED
ALL THEIR LIFESPANS.
741
00:39:34,272 --> 00:39:36,641
{\an7}\h\hKurin: THE AVERAGE
LIFE EXPECTANCY OF PEOPLE
742
00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:39,010
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT HAVE OWNED
THE HOPE DIAMOND, DIRECT OWNERS,
743
00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:41,112
{\an7}IS ABOUT 72 YEARS OLD.
744
00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:43,381
{\an7}THAT IS QUITE A LONG LIFESPAN,
745
00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:46,117
{\an7}CONSIDERING THAT WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
746
00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:48,886
{\an7}LIKE TAVERNIER
AND KINGS OF FRANCE
747
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:54,926
{\an7}THAT LIVED IN THE 17th
\h\h\h\hAND 18th CENTURIES.
748
00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:58,129
{\an7}\h\h\hYOU FIND THAT ACTUALLY PEOPLE
THAT HAVE OWNED THE HOPE DIAMOND
749
00:39:58,162 --> 00:40:00,598
{\an7}LIVED EXTRAORDINARILY
\h\h\h\h\h\hLONG LIVES,
750
00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:03,501
{\an7}LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE.
751
00:40:03,534 --> 00:40:06,270
{\an7}Narrator: THERE COULD ONLY BE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE CONCLUSION--
752
00:40:06,304 --> 00:40:08,640
{\an7}THE CURSE WAS AN INVENTION,
753
00:40:08,673 --> 00:40:11,142
{\an7}THE BRAINCHILD
OF PIERRE CARTIER,
754
00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:13,411
{\an7}\h\hWHO FABRICATED
THE TALLEST OF TALES
755
00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:17,315
{\an7}TO WHET EVALYN WALSH McLEAN’S
\h\h\h\hAPPETITE FOR THE DIAMOND.
756
00:40:19,317 --> 00:40:23,521
{\an7}\hCARTIER’S BRILLIANT SALES PITCH
HAD CREATED FOR THE HOPE DIAMOND
757
00:40:23,554 --> 00:40:25,856
{\an7}A LEGENDARY MYSTIQUE
\h\h\h\hTHAT ELEVATED IT
758
00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:29,394
{\an7}INTO ONE OF THE WORLD’S
\h\hMOST VALUABLE ARTIFACTS.
759
00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:39,804
{\an7}IT HAS SURVIVED GREAT JOURNEYS,
DRAMATIC DISAPPEARANCES
760
00:40:39,837 --> 00:40:42,740
{\an7}AND RADICAL RE-DESIGNS.
761
00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:47,078
{\an7}AND NOW, IT’S ABOUT
TO GET ANOTHER.
762
00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:49,480
{\an7}HARRY WINSTON IS PUTTING
THE FINISHING TOUCHES
763
00:40:49,514 --> 00:40:52,150
{\an7}ON THE HOPE DIAMOND’S
\h\h\h\hNEW SETTING.
764
00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:02,594
{\an7}David Schwartz: IN ORDER
TO CREATE A PIECE OF ART
765
00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:03,795
{\an7}THAT’S WEARABLE,
766
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:07,298
{\an7}THAT ACTUALLY CONFORMS
\h\hTO THE WEARER’S NECK,
767
00:41:07,332 --> 00:41:08,867
{\an7}IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
768
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,269
{\an7}AND WHAT WE ARE DOING
\h\h\h\hIN THIS CASE
769
00:41:11,336 --> 00:41:14,940
{\an7}IS WE ARE ACTUALLY HINGING
\h\hEVERY SINGLE SETTING.
770
00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:19,410
{\an7}\h\hAND IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS
FLUID, VERY FEMININE DESIGN,
771
00:41:19,444 --> 00:41:24,316
{\an7}IN PLATINUM, WITH 300 STONES
\h\hAND 60 CARATS OF DIAMONDS,
772
00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:30,388
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
WORKMANSHIP THAT GOES INTO IT.
773
00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:32,523
{\an7}WE’VE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA NECKLACE
774
00:41:32,557 --> 00:41:34,893
{\an7}THAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE
ABOUT A YEAR TO MAKE
775
00:41:34,926 --> 00:41:37,796
{\an7}WITHIN ABOUT 8 MONTHS.
776
00:41:37,929 --> 00:41:42,000
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO FOR US IT WAS
A BIT OF A LABOR OF LOVE.
777
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:12,797
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
DAVID SCHWARTZ AND HIS TEAM
BRING THE COMPLETED SETTING
778
00:42:12,897 --> 00:42:15,166
{\an7}TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.
779
00:42:15,233 --> 00:42:16,801
{\an7}Schwartz: THE EMBRACING HOPE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNECKLACE.
780
00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:18,069
{\an7}Post: OH, MY GOSH. WOW!
781
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:19,470
{\an7}THAT IS SPECTACULAR!
782
00:42:19,504 --> 00:42:21,673
{\an7}ALL WE NEED IS A DIAMOND
IN THE CENTER THERE.
783
00:42:21,706 --> 00:42:24,175
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSchwartz:
YEAH, THAT’S ALL WE NEED.
784
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:26,010
{\an7}IT’S READY FOR THE HOPE.
785
00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:27,878
{\an7}Post: IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT WAS
MADE FOR IT, DOESN’T IT?
786
00:42:27,912 --> 00:42:29,847
{\an7}Schwartz: EXACTLY.
787
00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:32,117
{\an7}Narrator: NOW THE TRICKY PART.
788
00:42:33,951 --> 00:42:35,653
{\an7}IT’S BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS
789
00:42:35,686 --> 00:42:38,756
{\an7}SINCE THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS PUT
IN A NEW SETTING.
790
00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:41,559
{\an7}[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
791
00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:51,336
{\an7}[SAWING]
792
00:42:51,369 --> 00:42:58,209
{\an7}ONE WRONG MOVE COULD DAMAGE THE
WORLD’S MOST VALUABLE GEMSTONE.
793
00:42:58,242 --> 00:43:01,045
{\an7}BUT IT’S IN MASTERFUL HANDS.
794
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:05,584
{\an7}PAVEL BESPALKO HAS BEEN CRAFTING
JEWELRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
795
00:43:05,616 --> 00:43:09,887
{\an7}[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
796
00:43:09,921 --> 00:43:12,257
{\an7}\h\h\h\hONE OF HIS SECRETS
IS LISTENING TO CHOPIN
797
00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:15,693
{\an7}TO MAINTAIN HIS CONCENTRATION.
798
00:43:17,361 --> 00:43:19,864
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWINSTON HAS BROUGHT
HIS WORK BENCH FROM NEW YORK
799
00:43:19,897 --> 00:43:23,100
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO ENSURE HE HAS
EVERYTHING HE NEEDS.
800
00:43:31,742 --> 00:43:33,110
{\an7}Bespalko: THAT’S IT!
801
00:43:33,144 --> 00:43:34,979
{\an7}[APPLAUSE]
802
00:43:37,682 --> 00:43:40,051
{\an7}Narrator: A SINGLE SCREW
\h\hIS ALL IT TAKES
803
00:43:40,084 --> 00:43:44,889
{\an7}TO HOLD THE SET DIAMOND
IN ITS RIBBONS OF PLATINUM.
804
00:43:44,922 --> 00:43:47,191
{\an7}de Narp: I FIND THE DESIGN
\h\hEXTREMELY INSPIRING.
805
00:43:47,225 --> 00:43:48,827
{\an7}I JUST PERSONALLY LOVE IT.
806
00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:51,029
{\an7}YOU REALLY SEE THERE
\h\h\h\hTHE TWO HANDS
807
00:43:51,062 --> 00:43:54,933
{\an7}\h\hOF SOMEBODY HOLDING THE WORLD,
HOLDING THE RAREST GEM ON EARTH.
808
00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:56,234
{\an7}AND IT IS A SYMBOL OF GENEROSITY
809
00:43:56,267 --> 00:43:59,270
{\an7}WHEN YOU PUT YOUR TWO HANDS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE THAT.
810
00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:03,574
{\an7}Narrator: TO SHOWCASE
\h\h\h\hTHE NEW SETTING,
811
00:44:03,741 --> 00:44:06,544
{\an7}THE MUSEUM HAS TAPPED
\h\h\h\hA HOMETOWN GIRL:
812
00:44:06,577 --> 00:44:08,946
{\an7}ESTEE LAUDER MODEL HILARY RHODA.
813
00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:10,949
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRhoda: I’M ACTUALLY
FROM CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND,
814
00:44:10,982 --> 00:44:12,851
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THAT’S WHY IT’S ALSO
REALLY NICE TO COME BACK HERE
815
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:14,118
{\an7}AND TO THE SMITHSONIAN
816
00:44:14,152 --> 00:44:18,423
{\an7}AND SHOOT THIS AMAZING DIAMOND
ON MY NECK.
817
00:44:18,456 --> 00:44:21,993
{\an7}IT DOES FEEL HEAVY.
818
00:44:22,093 --> 00:44:24,195
{\an7}I’M FEELING VERY EXPENSIVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRIGHT NOW.
819
00:44:26,364 --> 00:44:28,666
{\an7}MY MOM AND I WERE WALKING
INTO THE MUSEUM TODAY
820
00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:31,001
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SHE’S LIKE,
"YOU KNOW IT’S CURSED, RIGHT?"
821
00:44:31,035 --> 00:44:32,470
{\an7}AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT? NO!"
822
00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:35,139
{\an7}I LOOKED IT UP, AND YOU KNOW,
823
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,942
{\an7}APPARENTLY IT’S JUST
AN URBAN MYTH, RIGHT?
824
00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:39,176
{\an7}I’M HOPING?
825
00:44:44,515 --> 00:44:46,684
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
50th ANNIVERSARY PARTY DRESS
826
00:44:46,717 --> 00:44:48,786
{\an7}WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR A YEAR
827
00:44:48,819 --> 00:44:52,523
{\an7}BEFORE THE DIAMOND RETURNS
TO ITS HISTORICAL SETTING.
828
00:44:56,294 --> 00:44:58,363
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hPost: WE FOCUS A LOT ON
THE HISTORY OF THE HOPE DIAMOND.
829
00:44:58,529 --> 00:44:59,964
{\an7}WE’RE THINKING ABOUT THAT
830
00:45:00,131 --> 00:45:01,399
{\an7}AS SOMETHING THAT’S ALWAYS
\h\hHAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO,
831
00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:02,700
{\an7}WHICH IN A SENSE IT HAS,
832
00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:05,169
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEXCEPT TONIGHT IS
PART OF HISTORY, TOO.
833
00:45:05,203 --> 00:45:07,772
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THE HISTORY OF
THE HOPE DIAMOND CONTINUES.
834
00:45:07,872 --> 00:45:10,174
{\an7}AND AS LONG AS PEOPLE COME
\h\h\h\hTO SEE THIS DIAMOND
835
00:45:10,208 --> 00:45:11,476
{\an7}OR HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT,
836
00:45:11,576 --> 00:45:14,646
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHATEVER HAPPENS TO IT
WILL BECOME PART OF THAT STORY.
837
00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:22,219
{\an7}IT’S FUN TO IN A SENSE
838
00:45:22,253 --> 00:45:23,955
{\an7}BE A PART OF THIS MOMENT
\h\hIN ITS HISTORY
839
00:45:23,988 --> 00:45:26,991
{\an7}AND REALIZE THAT IT IS
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
840
00:45:32,597 --> 00:45:34,299
{\an7}Rhoda’s mother: HER BIRTHSTONE
IS THE DIAMOND,
841
00:45:34,332 --> 00:45:38,469
{\an7}AND HER MONOGRAM IS H.R.H.,
842
00:45:38,502 --> 00:45:40,838
{\an7}HER ROYAL HIGHNESS,
WHICH IS, I THINK,
843
00:45:40,871 --> 00:45:42,406
{\an7}VERY FITTING, VERY REGAL.
844
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:46,210
{\an7}de Narp: THIS STONE CARRIES
\h\h\h\hMORE THAN 350 YEARS
845
00:45:46,244 --> 00:45:49,380
{\an7}OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE HISTORY,
846
00:45:49,413 --> 00:45:52,349
{\an7}AND THAT MAKES THE HOPE DIAMOND
THE RAREST GEM
847
00:45:52,383 --> 00:45:54,619
{\an7}AND THE MOST MYTHICAL STONE
848
00:45:54,652 --> 00:45:56,587
{\an7}ON EARTH.
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