The Curse of the Billy Goat is a sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs in 1945 when Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was asked to leave a World Series game against the Detroit Tigers at the Cubs' home ballpark of Wrigley Field because his pet goat's odor was bothering other fans. He was outraged and declared, "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more," which has been interpreted to mean that there would never be another World Series game won at Wrigley Field. The Cubs have not won a National League pennant since this incident and have not won a World Series since 1908.

The curse of 39 refers to the belief in some parts of Afghanistan that the number 39 is cursed. It's gone as far as some 39-year-old Afghans are said to refer to themselves as being "one less than 40" or "one year to 40." The cause of the number's undesirability is unclear, but it has widely been claimed to have been associated with a pimp, allegedly living in the western city of Herat, who was nicknamed "39."

The Chained Oak is an Oak Tree, tied in chains, located near to the village of Alton in Staffordshire, England. An old woman begged the Earl of Shrewsbury for a coin. The Earl cruelly dismissed her, so the old woman placed a curse on him. The old woman said, "For every branch on the Old Oak Tree here that falls, a member of the Earl’s family will die." The Earl dismissed this and carried on his way. The same night a violent storm caused a single branch from the old oak tree to break and fall. Later that same night, a member of the Earl’s family (it's unclear who) suddenly and mysteriously died. The Earl ordered his servants to chain every branch together to prevent other branches from falling. To this day the Oak tree remains chained up.

Loathly lady curse is that a beautiful woman appears unattractive (ugly, loathly) but undergoes a transformation upon being approached by a man in spite of her unattractiveness, becoming extremely desirable. It's a commonly mentioned curse in Celtic folklore, but also known in the Norse tradition.

Stoneham's famous piece, The Hands Resist Him, is one of the most famous allegedly cursed paintings. According to some people, the painting is haunted, as they've seen the characters in the painting move.

The Madden Curse: Many athletes who appear on the cover of the Madden NFL game will have a horrible season afterward, end up on the injured list, or fade into obscurity. Michael Vick (Madden 2004), Donovan McNabb (Madden 2006), Shaun Alexander (Madden 2007), Vince Young (Madden 2008), Brett Favre (Madden 2009), Troy Polomalu (Madden 2010) and Peyton Hillis (Madden 2012). Richard Sherman might be in for a surprise soon.

Thomas Busby was executed in 1702, for strangling his father-in-law to death for sitting in his chair. For some reason, the chair became cursed - supposedly 63 people died soon after sitting on the infamous chair. Some of them mere hours later. In 1972, the Thirsk Museum actually had to suspend it from the ceiling to prevent people from committing suicide by chair.