Curse of the Mummy or Dummies?
Some time after the sinking, several New York newspapers revealed the truth behind the Titanic's tragedy. They claimed that the real reason for the disaster, was a mummy of an Egyptian pharaoh within Titanic's cargo hold. It was told that the mummy was cursed, and when the unimaginable happened, the collector bribed some members of the crew to put the mummy into a lifeboat. Once the mummy arrived in America, it brought such terrible luck to the collector that he shipped it back to Europe, supposively on the ship Empress of Ireland, which sank and carried a death toll of many lives. Somehow, the mummy was saved again. The owner now decided to return it to Egypt on a third ship, the Lusitania, which was torpedoed by a German submarine. It was presumed that the pharaoh sank with the ship and now lies undisturbed at the bottom of the Irish Channel.

The Facts: No mummy sailed on the Titanic. Neither was it onboard the other ships. This myth apparently reassured people seeking a reason for the unthinkable disaster. However, it adds allure to the Titanic legend and the mummy's curse remains fiction.

It's just more of the same National Enquirer mentality fables that popped up after the Titanic sank,

http://www.samsloan.com/cursed.htm