The many deaths attributed to the famous Curse Of King Tut were actually the work of demented occultist Aleister Crowley (2nd photo) according to writer Mark Beynon.
In the 1920's and 30's, the press noted a number of odd deaths among people who had been associated with the 1923 opening of the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The public quickly came to attribute the untimely demises to an Egyptian curse but circumstantial evidence points to black magic maven Aleister Crowley as the culprit in at least six of the deaths.
Dubbed "the wickedest man in the world" by the press, Crowley was a practitioner of ritual magic and a sexual libertine whose antics scandalized British society. He shocked religious sensibilities by calling himself "The Great Beast," in reference to the Antichrist.
Crowley was furious over the desecration of King Tut's tomb and sought revenge, committing some murders himself and sometimes enlisting disciples to do his dirty work.
Crowley's victims, according to the writer, include Egyptian Prince Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, his wife was once involved with Crowley.
Captain Richard Bethell, the personal secretary of archaeologist Howard Carter, the man responsible for uncovering King Tut's tomb, was found smothered to death in bed at an exclusive London club, Crowley was a frequent guest at the club.
Bethell's father, Lord Westbury, fell to his death from his seventh-floor London flat. Beynon says it would have been impossible for an elderly man to have climbed up on the high windowsill, and believes he was likely thrown by Crowley.
Edward Steele, who handled King Tut exhibits housed at the British Museum, suddenly died after a minor operation, Crowley was known to be in the vicinity at the time.
Mark Beynon: "When I researched these deaths, Crowley's name came up again and again.
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